Re: Why is anyone surprised at ref problems?

[Mike Martus]

Dealing with posters that make 2nd accounts or show no affiliation to a team often carry with them a problem..... and we at Chief Delphi inherit the problem.

Sometimes the person is hiding from their team because if their team leadership/sponsor knew their affiliation with them they would react toward the team and toward them. This is often the case when a youthful angry reaction to an event gets displayed without thought or concern. I have removed many, many posts at the request of the team leadership as the comments and content were issues that needed to stay inside the team and not in public forum.

As soon as I see a poster with no team # I send them a private e-mail asking why. If they do-not accept e-mail a very bright red flag goes up. I usually have their account banned because at that point there are issues that are not good for the community of FIRST. They are even trying to hide from us.

Sometimes I get a response back with a very good logical reason why... looking at the reason I make a decision to allow, ask them to reconsider their profile or in rare cases ban then. Usually when approached we can work out a compromise.

FIRST(no pun) and foremost is what is best for the community of FIRST.
Opinions, concerns expressed in the proper manner is the power of our community. Sharing our thoughts, expertise and opinions in the proper constructive way is growth and that is good for FIRST.

SOOOOOO...... Please lets move on, move up and develop the FIRST Community to its greatest potential. We can all learn, grow and express ourselves to keep FIRST a great experience.