strong rule against harassing the hosts if they don't abide by certain poster's wishes. The alert system can be abused to lock/hide discussions that some here don't like at the expense of an open message board. The host's job is to enforce the SOP as they interpret it. Not everyone interprets it the same and that's why we have host discussions and work toward's and that's why there is some inconsistencies. At any given time during the day and night we will get different make-ups of hosts and their consensus' can vary. Some don't like that because they want iron-clad rules and enforcement. That's not that easy on a liberal message board and IMO that's a good thing. As I understand it hosts are to default to the Leave status rather than Locking everything. Some here get very upset if the hosts don't lock everything they alert on.

IMO no one should be allowed to "strongly influence" the hosts. If DU posters don't like the decisions in GD Hosting, they should take it up with the Admins and NOT drag it into GD for a feeding frenzy.

If you want to discuss the NSA you can usually find me in threads intended for those discussions.