OK, time for the old-timers to chime in. One of the OBs who was here since the beginning and part of the group Spark started those places some complain about.
On the subject of Mods, in all this time I've found them to nothing if not tolerant of the shenanigans that takes place more so in GKD than in any of the other places. Most of the Mods here have been here for quite awhile with the exceptions of the ones who moderate their own forum because they have a Knife makers membership. I can think of 1 mod who the majority here who knew him saw melt down and lose control, only 1 who exhibited megalomaniacal behavior. If you ask me, not bad for a forum as large as this with the membership we have. Even the other forum is no where near as comprehensive or has access to all the same resources, (Sorry James, I like your forum too but even you have to admit they're two different forums and can't even be compared.) I won't mention any name, if you joined within the last 3 years or earlier than you know who it was anyway.
I know a bunch of the Mods off line on other forums and chatrooms where they're not Mods and you know what? They're all the same people without their mod hats and treat people no differently there than here. I've been dinged and warned and through it all managed to not piss any of them off or make enemies of any, well maybe just that 1 I didn't name.
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As for Mod sassin' like iit's been said countless times before, take it to a PM or an email if you can. You'll probably have a lot more fun with the mod and get to know them as a member volunteering their time to help maintain the quality of information and the feeling of a community of like minded people who post here.
I remember when I wanted to be a Mod, even asked the Boss himself, (you see where that got me! LOL
Today, you couldn't pay me to be a Mod here and a lot of the Mods who were here from the beginning are still here and the ones who retired only did so because of how exhausting it can be to help moderate a forum this diverse and this big.
To the Mods of BFC, I tip my hat and raise my glass, you folks do a tremendous job with little to no gratification dealing with the likes of the membership here on the Best, biggest and baddest knife forum on the internet.
Now that's how you deal with the staff moderatin' BFC.
How's that? Did I get it right?
You know I respect and appreciate all you folks do.