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Mike was too nice a person to be a Moderator and people that are too nice have hard time putting their foot down when they really need to. I've met him numerous times and even went to lunch with him at CGC a couple of years ago. 

The first time I met him was probably 14 years ago in NYC.

I do think he meant well, but he had to juggle directives from above as well.

In the last 5 months I've been back we really patched things up between us. He was super friendly towards me and he moderated fairly and consistently, not allowing any contentious behavior, which is really ALL I asked for. Nothing more. 

Our last board message exchange was positive. 

I'm sad to see him go, but that's life in a big corporation. You get walked to the door as soon as they don't need you anymore. 

Bingo.  I remember when he banned 'thats what she said' -the claim was made that that was the reason there are few women on the forum.
Yeah that's it-for the past 15 years women haven't joined the forum because they knew one day ppl would start posting that's what she said.
It was allowed in the cornfield thread because who cares.  then he banned it there too.
yeah these kind of moderation actions fixed things-
If you got a nonsense strike then came back and tried to explain why it was nonsense it was like talking to a wall.   you would make a legitimate point and he just ignored it, going on about something completely irrelevant.

I've heard they are offering milk and cookies, safe spaces, Legos and coloring books to all affected-

Agreed. 

Mike was favoring sides. 

Mike was a really, REALLY nice guy, but he was too nice. He'd listen to everyone's input and make a popular decision rather than an objective one. 

For example, the AI thread I started a year ago. It was a perfectly reasonable discussion and Mike just locked it after the cabal arrived. 

When I asked for a review, the response I got was that I 'used too many capital letters' to emphasize my points. 

That's all they could find, because I wasn't breaking any rules. 

I genuinely believed that the threat of a law suit after the Meyer's $10 Million settlement changed CGC's moderation style and why they outright banned contentious behavior. 

It's really the only thing I pushed for against Moderation.

The people throwing the contentious behavior were doing so because they couldn't defend their ideas with logic or reason, and so resorted to insults, and moderation were allowing contentious behavior in one direction only, because moderation was chummy with the contentious people. 

Most of my strikes were from me trying to defend my ideas or myself from the attacks. 

With the contentious behavior expelled, the last few months before Mike left were like a breath of fresh air, but that's what the forums should have been like all along.

If they'd done this from the beginning, I likely wouldn't have had any strikes. 

He lived in the area (a bit further out) and he worked remotely a lot of the time.

I hate the way corporations deal with employees but I understand why they do it. 

You don't get warned when this happens. You get walked to the door and handed a severance package (hopefully).

Sharon (skypinkblu) started a GoFundMe for Mike Greenwood (CGCMike). Thanks Sharon!

Here's the LINK.

I also put the information into the forum's global footer, so it will show up at the bottom of every page.