One of the major attractions of this board is the ambivalent attitude taken by its owner towards what happens on it. Anyone who's worked with a moderated board (which I'm sure includes most of us) will know that it is much more frustrating than the usually genteel anarchy which prevails here.
As for agonising over whether a thread belongs in one category or another, I don't even understand the problem. I simply check all of the categories every day and look at the threads/posts which interest me immediately. When I have more time, I check out the others. Sometimes you miss the opportunity to offer some
bon mot or trot out your favourite quip or hold forth on the usage of some word or phrase, but so what? Other opportunities will come up.
If control is your thing I suggest you seek out boards where it exists. But from experience you'll know that someone else's idea of what's right and wrong very rarely correlates with your own.
The flow and ebb of ideas is the main attraction for me. They don't all interest me, of course not. But I'd hate to think that someone's views weren't available to me because some moderator was deciding what is and isn't kosher!
And, like Jackie, no way, no how would I want to be the moderator in any event.
