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Message: <blockquote data-quote="alsih2o" data-source="post: 1740845" data-attributes="member: 4790">I tend to disagree, but only in a way. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I think ENWorld is and should be a reflection of its users. Morrus, P-kitty, Eric, Henry, and all the others who "direct" the site will always be a direct reflection of the users. If the mods seem too harsh we can almost always consider it a reflection of user activity. If there aren't enough reviews we can say the same. Too many publishers, too much non-d20, too much off-topic? All the fans.  Russ has broad controls over the board but has been smart enough to (mainain a tradition of?) allow the user control too. Same with the forum breakdown, users go here and there or don't and it determines what becomes important. I rarely read the news page or the reviews. I come for creative input (and output), art, teh funney, and comraderie. I get it all in spades. Othersc ome here for the news and reviews almost exclusively. Consequently they probably won't even see and therefore cannot react to a nice query like this. As the users shift focus the board management is forced to shift focus. At least to some extent. This is why I believe vagueness and generality SHOULD be the rule of the day. If a mission statement is created or goals are stated publicly there will be pressure to make the site live up to them, instead of living up to how it is used. This requires active, fluid response from the directors. I think we have seen this over and over again, not always, but darned near always. We had too many off-topic posts and no interest in an off-topic forum. Now there is one, and experiment that thrived. Lots of PDFs and some hard work by a certain prolific madman and we now have a staff reviewer for electronic products. The creature catalog, the art gallery, newshounds. All the same. When we discusse this years ENnies (At least my end of it) Russ stressed consistency. No changes, keep the physical award the same for recognition. And I agreed. Now I see lots of people calling for a change to the award. And I think it will happen. A steady eye on the group driven eveolution, which is dependant on polite user contribution  and participation, is the correct response. Goals and statements are not. This is more difficult and requires a more constant effort but from what I have seen in my time as a user I have faith.</blockquote>

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