[Gio~Logist]

Originally Posted by darnoldy

It would be more-correct to say that they don't do it because, in the long run, communities that try it tend to self-destruct.

As somebody who has been managing online communities since before you were born (the software for the first forum I managed was written in FORTRAN), I have heard the arguement you are making innumerable times. "We (whatever group the person identifies with) are the ones who are important here, without us this community would disappear, we should be in charge, you should do what we want." Its not true. Life doesn't work that way.

--don

Regardless of how long you've been dealing with forums (and do not take offense to this), you cannot treat this the same because the case is different. And no one is saying we should be in charge, so please look carefully before posting. What is obvious and has been said is that members should be able to vote for staff since the staff will directly effect members most, which i'm sure you should know as someone who has been managing online communities for such a long time.