Yes. I quit.
In all honesty, it was in a fit of anger, and, if given time, probably would have passed. But, the powers wasted no time in accepting. So, I can only assume they were looking for a reason.
It was probably a little bit of ego on my end (OK, maybe a lot), but I realized that the way I perceived my role was very different than how Neversoft and Agora perceived my role on the site.
In my view, mods on GHH have been elevated to community leaders. There's not much other official presence, so pretty much any questions of an official nature end up being handled by us. We do the comfort thing. Sometimes it's the parenting thing. We try to keep the community running smoothly.
Agora and Neversoft see the moderators more as a front line defense and level 1 tech support than anything else. I didn't realize that at first, but recent conversations have lead me to believe so. Now, there's nothing wrong with their view. It's their site and they have the final say in how it's operated. It just isn't my view and, frankly, isn't worth my time. I like to be 'involved.'
We have this off-site collaborative thing, where we can report and discuss problems. A thread appeared on GHH bemoaning the fact that Neversoft was never around, wasn't listening, didn't care, etc., etc. Nothing new, but we hadn't seen one in a while, and this one was gaining traction. So, I posted a link to it on our collaborative site and suggested that Neversoft get in there and deal with it.
Neversoft replied to my post... and I can't go into the details, but I (and others) posted strongly about how the Neversoft representative needed to have more 'presence' on the site. That they were the 'face' of Neversoft and needed to develop a rapport with the community, otherwise there would never be any trust or comfort.
Apparently, I either didn't explain it well, or... well.. the upshot is that Neversoft replied that they didn't like having to defend their decision to not post to "volunteer moderators." That pretty much gave me Neversoft's view on my plebian position. Almost immediately after (as I was composing a response), I receive a private email from Agora telling me to lay off and no longer respond to that thread.
Yes. I was being censored on our own discussion/collaboration site. There was no bad language. No accusations. Just pointed remarks that, in my view, Neversoft wasn't holding up their end of GHH. It's my opinion, but I guess it wasn't welcome.
So, I got upset and quit.
