Sheryl is entitled to moderate her site as she sees fit. It would be more professional of her to publicly disclose her moderation criteria, but she's not required to do that either. The free market will pass judgment on the wisdom of her actions. I can deal with hard-edged moderation. I can just pretend it's a drill sergeant and be meek. I have empathy for people who feel overworked and underappreciated. I haven't been banned from TOBB, nor do I expect to be banned. I play by all the rules, making money for her and providing good information to other users. Yet I have one complaint. Trying to police postings on someone else's site is unprofessional or worse. I have read many credible reports that she has banned users based on posts on other sites and she has attempted intimidation of the moderator of another site. That moderator would be me. I would never dream of telling a moderator of another site how to handle a particular post in anything but the mildest terms. It's a matter of basic respect for the hard work of the moderator. I don't have to agree with every action of a moderator to appreciate the effort she puts in. I defer to her judgment, whether I agree with it or not. I expect the same deference when the positions are reversed. As far as I can tell, Sheryl does not defer to anyone's judgment. Only a handful of people (mostly trolls) have ever harshly criticized my moderation. Sheryl is one of these people, even though she is the antithesis of a forum troll, rarely posting outside her own site. I don't know how she finds the time and energy to police other sites and run her business.
