I disagree with that suggestion entirely. If people felt uncomfortable enough to use PMs to express their worries with the moderators then insisting that they declare themselves in some spirit of "openness" is most likely to just make them even more uncomfortable than they really are.
In the end the mods have made their decision and I was happy to draw a line under the issue and move on. If other people aren't we are in danger of just spiraling back into the arguments again.
I made a fool of myself with a public resignation which was really a self-imposed ban as I found myself getting increasingly frustrated and wanting to start arguing as well. I felt that would be detrimental to the board thus I took myself away until my life had evened out enough to be able to deal with the board like an adult again.
On my return I was relieved to see that the status quo was starting to be re-established: this is in danger of flying apart again. I understand that people feel the need to have their accuser speak to them directly but that is a dangerous precedent to set: we trust the moderators to keep the board the way we want it and their decision is, in my opinion final and it is damaging to keep questioning that process here.
I apologise if I have offended anyone with this post, but I am concerned that we'll now be swamped with calls for people to stand up and say if they were the complainants and I believe that that will be a very dangerous precedent to set.
Openness and freedom of speech is a fine thing but so is the protection of trust and confidentiality. The people that made PM complaints to the mods trusted that their confidentiality would be preserved and we have to accept that if they had felt confident enough to speak to Leg personally, they would have. Forcing them to do that now is tantamount to bullying and I am strongly against that in any form.
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