Originally posted by Dan Murphy
I also think, again, JMO, that the days of the moderators having to 'jump-start' a board with posts are gone. It seems the boards just take a life of their own, slow, fast, whatever. In looking at the IB since March, there have only been about 25 or so threads initiated by moderators. Good ones, yes, but not needed to 'get it going'. I do recall, back almost three years ago, when I became a moderator, that was one of the 'responsibilities' of a moderator, to 'initiate conversation'. I do not really see that happening on an ongoing basis (though I must say that Snoopy does come up with some neat 'thought provokers' here on the CB).