Article: Thank You Moderators!

[John Bonnes]

Please join me in thanking our moderators for all their work in the Twins Daily forums. Twins Daily has a number of unique aspects that separates its coverage from other media entities, and among them is the caring community that provides information, insight and thoughtful opinions in our comments. Our moderators make all this possible. And it is NOT easy.About six months after Twins Daily launched, we were close to shutting the forums and comments down. We faced the same challenges that other social media face, and we were losing the battles. We were determined to make this a place where "Don't read the comments" did NOT apply, and would rather lose the ability for feedback than cave to constant trolls and bickering.

 

Glunn was our first moderator, and has been the leader of the group since then. They wrestle daily with establishing fuzzy boundaries, considering historical reputations, and converting difficult commentators to become some of the most valued in the community. The job is constant, it is tireless, it is nebulous and it is often thankless.

 

Today, let's change that last one.

 

Thank you, Glunn, ashburyjohn, ChiTownTwinsFan, snepp, string bell, twinsnorth49, Riverbrian, nicksaviking, diehardtwinsfan and USAChief for all your efforts. You make this a place we all want to come to every day. We could not appreciate you more.

 

Earnestly,

Everyone

 

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[Respy]

Hear, hear.

[IndianaTwin]

Hip, hip, huzzah!

[tvagle]

Domo Arigato...too soon?

[Dave The Dastardly]

The Mod Squad makes TD a fun place to be!!!!   Thanks people!

[Shane Wahl]

Absolutely. Thank you to all of you.

[Baseball Bat]

thanks guys. Comments are a great part of TD

[operation mindcrime]

Thanks! \m/

[Han Joelo]

once, I started to open up a can of worms, but then I thought about the Twinsdaily Moderators, and I asked myself, "what are you doing?" so I stopped. Thanks!

[Thrylos]

Thank youse all

[wsnydes]

The mods here are wonderful. They're an obvious presence without being overbearing. It is that reason that I keep coming here. Thank you!

[luckylager]

The best place for Twins info and conversation by far. Thank you!

[mikelink45]

I appreciate editors and moderators.  This site has become a fun community where I like to dip in and sample the ideas and offerings of both writers and commentators and I appreciate the broad presentation styles and opportunities.  

​Thank you to all the TD staff. 

[mudcat14]

Kudos, Fellas (and/or Ladies!)

[Dantes929]

"We were determined to make this a place where "Don't read the comments" did NOT apply, and would rather lose the ability for feedback than cave to constant trolls and bickering."

Mission accomplished.   Well done you all.  I went all over the place before this and was mostly depressed by the comment sections.   Here I look forward to it.  Thank you!!    Even in the midst of a bad run of baseball you have single handedly made this the Golden Age of being a Twins fan.   Of course by single handedly I mean TD collectively.

[Mr. Brooks]

Absolutely!

[Nick Nelson]

Thank you all so much. Seriously.

[drjim]

Of all the moderators on all the message boards you are some of them.

 

 

(And you do a great job in a mostly thankless role)

[wavedog]

Thanks for your efforts in making Twins Daily a great site!

[Tom Froemming]

Cheers to the moderators! Thank you all.

[dbminn]

Thanks. Your work is really appreciated.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Concur.

[mickeymental]

thank you for saving us from ourselves.

[Oldgoat_MN]

Really appreciate being able to come to this site and enjoy the comments.

Thanks to all of you. It makes baseball more fun to have TD available with the high standards you maintain.

[Platoon]

A well deserved thanks to all the Mods. Also to TD for being a safe haven for civil discourse!

[Dozier's Glorious Hair]

Twins Daily is easily the best Minnesota sports website I've ever seen, and the excellent moderators are a key reason for that. Thanks so much! 

[tarheeltwinsfan]

Thank you moderators. I must confess that I have been gently chided and guided several times...and I appreciate the gentleness of the  nudges. You really are necessary for this site to succeed. 

[Penthang]

I’d like to thank you all. I skim through comments on other sites, often with pain at the volume of negative comments that offer no other value. Here the community has a lot to say and I read most of it with interest. This is directly related to the great job that the mods do of keeping the discussion where it should be.

 

Thank you.

[Sssuperdave]

The quality of content on Twins Daily, including the comments, is incredible, and the moderators are a huge reason why.  Thank you moderators!

[sploorp]

Sometimes I forget or take it for granted, then I read some of the Star and Tribune's comments or even MLB's and it all comes back to me in a hurry.  It's like night and day.

 

Thank you moderators!