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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal [Re: Madtowntripper]
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So did I win or what?


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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
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Nope, we all lose.

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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
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Yes, you win. Report to engineering and get a mod button from Scotty


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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal [Re: Microcosmatrix]
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being that we are not forced to participate in this forum it is by no means neccery to consider what we have to say about it!
the only considiretion that needs to be done is Ythans interest and not ours to make!
and infact this is how it should be in every forum...

imagin you're sitting in ythans living room and talking to his freinds... would you feel you have the right to instruct ythan on which of his friends can keep the rules of his house and which can't?
in what matter they can or can't?



i was a regular poster at another drug froum which was much more paranoide about the content posted in it... i complaind a little but soon realized that it's not my place to force the rules i could only try to make them see the sence in what i had to say...
at one point though a new admin came on board which felt like me about diffrent issues of the forum. he was also told be the owner that he's free to make changes inorder to make it a better place...
that admin asked me to be a mod becouse he knew how i felt about the place and what i had in mind for it.
unfortunatly the other mods were offended by this action (not being given the choice) and made him go back on the decition...
that was the end of it for me... i didn't much want to "be in power" "rule the forum" or any ego shit like that... i wanted to make change for the better... they wanted to keep things exectly like they were so i just stopped going to that forum
it's been about a year and a half since and i've been checking it out occetionally and NOTHING changed!!! the same OLD threads empty boaring discussions... anything new and interesting of often soon castrated in some way
so the moral of this story is of course: i have the choice wether or not to participate... no one is making me do it!
if i don't like it it's MY problame and i can either try to fix it or give up and deal with it...

shroomery elections is a stupid thing...
forum politics is a waste of time for both sides (in most cases anyway)
put your energy to better use and creat interesting informational threads that contribute to the communety and maybe one day you'll be given the option to make a change

(longest rant in while *sigh*)


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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal *DELETED* [Re: Simisu]
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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal [Re: srgtm1a]
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Well said, now everyone quit bitching.


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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal [Re: Shroomism]
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I don't think anyone's bitching.

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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal [Re: Redstorm]
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Tampering with the voting system could be easily avoided by simply stating votes in a specific thread rather than using a forum poll. It would diminish anonymity, however would that really matter to anybody? To avoid puppet accounts there would need to be some prerequisites to voting implemented such as being an active member for at least a year. I'm just stating the obvious here that there very well could be successful elections with very minimal tampering.


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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal [Re: THE KRAT BARON]
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No, I automatically win.


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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal [Re: THE KRAT BARON]
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Fuck anonymity then, we don't need pussies voting anyway. :lol:


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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal [Re: Diploid]
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There are two big problems with a democratic selection of moderators:

1) It becomes a popularity contest. This is the biggest problem. Moderators have to be the "bad guy" sometimes. Although it is certain that some of the most popular members could do the job, many could not... especially when it comes time to enforce a blantent violation of a rule... popularity tends to lead to favoritism in an attempt to remain popular... again, something that doesn't work well with a good moderator.

2) Trust is a big part of becoming a moderator. We have seen before what happens when a moderator violates the trust given to them. It harms everybody that enjoys the site. The most popular vote isn't always for the most trustworthy person.

I personally like the idea of the members from the forum in question nominating people they feel would make good moderators for that forum. The moderators debate the pros and cons of each nominiation, in private, and the admin makes the final choice based upon the moderators debate. We have used this system in the past with great success. Some of our better moderators have been selected in this manner.


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Re: Mod Elections, A Proposal [Re: Diploid]
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I havent read this entire thread, so I apologize if this info is being repeated.

the shroomery used to have moderator elections. For the most part, it worked out well. But there were problems regarding puppet-voters...If the admin can keep that under control, I support mod elections happening again.

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