> I can say that I have stopped contributing to the forum because I am
> sick and tired Gohde. Despite Gohde's many claims that I have no idea
> what I am talking about, my track record speaks for itself WRT SEO.
> Like many regulars here, I am the sort of person Google wants as a
> regular because I am able to provide good advice to many queries that
> arise here.

> I stopped contributing to the forum for the best part of a month
> because Gohde personally attacked me after almost every   post I made.
> When I returned last week I noticed that Gohde was still up to his
> antics and started the thread to have him permanently moderated or
> banned.

> I am certain that Gohde sits back after each insulting post and
> congratulates himself with offending another person. In whatever sad
> excuse for existence he calls a life, he is feeding off the trouble he
> creates here.

> What I am really dismayed about is that Google staff sit back and do
> nothing. I think Gohde considers this complicit consent to keep being
> a tool.

> Doc, I don't know if the delayed posting would help - Peckerhead would
> just need to wait a few hours before gaining the satisfaction of
> stirring someone up.

> If we ban him, he will just come back under a different name.
> Google is unlikely to moderate him because they do not have enough
> staff monitoring this NG to even bother replying to  this thread let
> alone read each of Gohde's posts.

> So how's this for a solution. Google appoint 3 or 4 people as
> moderators. If all of these moderators reach consensus that a persons
> behaviour is unacceptable that's person receives a warning from the
> moderators. If the person continues to "rock the boat" then that
> person is place on moderation. This moderation will be conducted by
> one of the persons Google appoints as a moderator.

> The benefit of this is that it puts in place a system that allows the
> forum to self moderate.