To Rod - I believe Pheonix is well-intentioned, though his effect is that of a troll. This is why I take the time to educate and make rebuttals. If it pisses you off that he is wasting my time and playing me for a fool, please assume my time and patience are limitless, and that I am fool to begin with. I hope this will cool your anger. As for the disruptions caused, I am applying stricter and stricter moderation until I finally reach the point where no more disruption is occurring. If this fails, banning is always an option.
And yes, the ignore function can help calm things down. I don't have anyone on ignore, so you need not worry I will miss any offending posts (though I may not always recognize them as such).
To gandul - I too miss old-timers who were the giants on the forum. Some of them still show up from time to time, some of them have seemingly moved on. But that is the way of life, I can't control that (though I've often thought of reaching out to various old timers and suggesting they make a comeback). But that doesn't give anyone the right to belittle current contributions by posters. If you want to raise the quality of the forum, why not try to do that yourself. Learn all you can of weather and climate and environmental science and ice and whatever. Post numerical and qualitative analysis. Find a piece of underreported data and make it your habit to report it.
We have quite a few posters who post data regularly on a daily or weekly or monthly basis. Some have better style (to my personal taste), others maybe less so. I have made some suggestions to the reporting format over the years, some have been taken up, some not. But in any case, I am grateful for every one of them, as I would never keep up with the data otherwise. And so should you - be grateful. Don't kick the hand that feeds you. Gerontocrat is the record holder of making regular updates in the largest number of data threads on the ASIF. Without him, many of these threads would be dead. If he posts a bit too much language with the data - he has earned that right. There is a reason why he is the most Liked poster by far on the ASIF. You can skip the words and just read the data, I mostly do that myself. You can post a regular "competing" data update yourself - JCG does that successfully in the JAXA thread. But please, don't attack. Impolite and ineffective.
About Foow, what can I say? Make your predictions, try to see if you have better success rates.
Blumenkraft is a bit of a hothead, as he would admit himself. When you think he (or any other poster) is in the wrong, report to moderator is the best recourse. In his own section (politics) write to his co-moderator B.C if needed.
As for my moderation style, I keep learning. Never done that until nominated here on the ASIF. If you feel my post disrupts the flow, report to moderator and give me feedback. If you feel someone else's post disrupts, report to moderator. If you have a specific or general complaint about the Cryo section, feel free to PM me. I promise to genuinely listen to all, though I don't promise any automatic changes.
GSY - I believe you do not intend the typos, though I highly recommend rereading your posts before submitting. There is a preview function, and pay special attention to words you type in CAPS, typos in them are very conspicuous. I often read my posts after submitting as well, and edit out the frequent remaining errors. However, regardless of the above you are double the hothead that BL is, which is why you have been put on moderation. Tips: When criticized, correct your ways. When notified of a typo, edit it. Don't spam threads and don't post big "F Y", that is offensive and disruptive. When you feel you are wronged, report to moderator.
To all - we live in angry times. Trump, AGW, the coronavirus, economic issues, all serve to raise the anger level. Please help making this a peaceful place by keeping things civil and polite. As it is, I am not aware of a better science-minded forum on the Internet, so let's all be grateful that it exists, and strive to make it better in our little way.