Thank you for your feedback. I look forward to coming up with a solution to some of the problems you've created over the last several days.

How many new moderators are being added?

All this talk of toxicity and you don’t realize you’re a part of it. Yikes

Just merge with r/boston

I believe the accounts of all the applicants have been around for a while, and are quite different from mine. Perhaps the person who takes over would be willing to share some info about themselves, we'll see.

taylor hayward makes a new account and assigns themself as new mod

I don't have strong opinions on it, I'm not a civil engineer. Apparently some here do have strong opinions and I would like for people to be able to talk them through in a constructive way, without the name-calling, etc. that I've been seeing.

Definitely a popcorn worthy event.

Please just level with everyone: you don't like bike lane expansion and are annoyed that you're in the minority on this sub and in Cambridge.

They're ignoring all the useful critique, why would you waste time in giving more?

Beautiful day for it--just got back from a ride myself.

Coming here from the North End to say that this has all been hilarious to watch. Might just have to ride over to Cambridge today.

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>dEmInIsH tHe ToXiCiTy ArOuNd ThE pRo AnD aNtI bIKe DeBaTe

mission failed, we'll get'em next time

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That makes a lot of sense, sadly.

Well, El Presidente is no spring chicken so hopefully he finds the integrity and wisdom that has so far eluded him and decides his twilight years are better spent not holding a community hostage.

Or just loses the single sheet of paper he uses for all his passwords.

Unfortunately that's not possible. Mods can only remove mods who join later.

And I thought my city’s sub was bad sometimes. Turns out we got it pretty damn good after seeing this mod.

Sounds like this subs mod is a little bitch

This is all a sad attempt at damage control.

Our only hope is the new mods just oust the bozo.

>CambridgeMA shouldn't be a place where we contribute to the broad discord that's taking over the country where people are unhappy and antagonizing each other instead of working together to listen and solve problems

This is rich. If you really wanted to listen to people then you wouldn't have banned people and removed posts about a totally arbitrary rule based on an experience you had outside the sub. You made a rash decision and now you're trying to do damage control and you're making the sub all about you. You turned off the comments on the post where you announced the rule and you removed a post titled "Is the bike related post ban real?" THAT is the toxic behavior. People upset about getting banned or having their opinions stifled is not toxic. That's a reasonable thing to get upset about.

You need to go.

Not only have you failed at basic moderation for years, but then show up to abuse your power because someone spit in your face.

The fact you refuse to give up power after everything speaks to how completely unworthy you are of having power over others.

Since you utterly lack integrity and maturity, we can only hope the new moderators oust you so the community you’ve held back for years can thrive without you.

Just an FYI: The mod used their real first and last name and their location as their username.

I think people would be less angry if you acknowledge that you overstepped, apologized, and listened to the suggestions that have been presented to you.

Vague promises about addressing concerns at an undetermined time in the future does little to convince me that you are actually interested in improving the discourse here.

More than a little surprised that our Mod used his first and last name followed by location as his username. But that’s the only honesty I’ve ever seen from him.

But what really surprised me after looking him up is how old he is while behaving like child and not a very smart one. Just goes to show you age does not always correlate with wisdom.

You rushed to ban a broad, locally relevant topic, and then rushed to actively suppress feedback and conversation on the topic.

Your judgement regarding your previous actions and the path going forward is deeply skewed.

I'd suggest permanently closing this community, or handing the keys entirely over to someone with stronger communication, judgement and organizational skills.