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#49
Originally Posted by Jaffa View Post
Indeed, I think a lot of the ill-will recently blowing around the forum is because people have been confusing Quim spending a lot of his spare time as a dedicated and enthusiastic Maemo advocate which Quim in his official Nokia capacity.
I agree and I had commented the same thing in #maemo in one of those 'dark' evenings.

There is some logic in the perception that there is something wrong or at least suspicious when the same guy that is speaking on behalf of that company is also this community peer you can just discuss with. I don't agree with the logic but I understand it.

Wearing a 'SuperModerator' shirt in tmo doesn't help. Having moderator permissions doesn't help. If someone thinks that Nokia has intentions to control these forums, having extra-powers in them doesn't help.

For these reasons I will keep participating here because is fun, but I will do it as a plain registered user. At some point I don't even feel comfortable moving threads and intervening in other minor things, because maybe someone feels that...

My main goal when I requested moderator permissions was to tidy up a bit this garden and prepare for the newcomers to arrive. The goal is not complete but it's in a good way, and the trend is good. A lot of the work needed doesn't require moderator permissions (as penguinbait and qole are demonstrating) so I will keep contributing with bits and pieces, as usual.

I have tried to revoke my moderator permissions but I can't do it or I can't find out. Reggie, please when you have the time. Thanks!
 

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