Thread:User talk:Ecclytennysmithylove/You might be interested in this/reply (5)

The article is mostly tug-o-NPOV, methinks. I lol'd about "anarchy" of wikipedia, too - the very uni-portal which inspired creation of the term "digital maoism". :D

The real problem is horribly generic: the way downhill is always present (until one hits the rock bottom, anyway) and it's the easiest.

It's easy to see in your case. People may argue about policies and implementations thereof all they want, but there's also a simple observation: admins who actually give a damn would probably try to look into an issue before it reaches the level they consider not acceptable three times in a row, and certainly would not instead wave it away three times and then spend more time posturing that it would take to resolve this in a way acceptable to everyone the first time. Thus, they prioritize minimal efforts over results and fail to own up to it, and it's not even because they have too little time for TVT, but because they'd rather spend it on petty politicking rather than actually improving the site. Those are symptoms of the same plague, except some carriers are okay with it, while Fast Eddie isn't, but he's too busy blaming bad smell on the newly discovered "enemies" who insidiously hide their faces in cloth while backing off.

Sandbox politics is a very gross tragicomedy.