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Moderation - that dirty, dirty M word

Started by Guest (Deleted), February 28, 2006, 06:25:25 PM

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fett527

#15
March 01, 2006, 07:30:18 AM
I'm a mod, your a mod, wouldn't you like to be a mod too?
He's no good to me dead.- Fett

Janos

#16
March 01, 2006, 09:34:39 AM
Quote from: fett527I'm a mod, your a mod, wouldn't you like to be a mod too?

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BillyBeanbag

#17
March 01, 2006, 10:17:40 AM
Quote from: ZalmoxisI wonder Pooka about this soapbox forum. I fear it will only bring us disharmony and strife.
Hey!
Quote from: ZalmoxisNote that I certainly hope this does not turn out to be the case. Just knowing the histories of some of the posters likely to be here, "civility" does not come to mind.
Okay, you're approaching this the wrong way.  When I was a mod, I used this tactic all the time.  The admins and mods would be like: "We should be hands off in Church & State, and I'd be like "Oh Noes, they're gonna fight and stuff, and then there're going to be feelings hurt, and why can't we all get along! Oh golly gee noooo!"

Then I learned about the beauty of the bitch slap. I learned if you spend all the time trying to make this a place for everyone, it's going to end up not being for you, and if you're management, that's the key to board survival IMHO.
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Cyberzombie

#18
March 01, 2006, 10:21:26 AM
Quote from: BillyBeanbagThen I learned about the beauty of the bitch slap.

~smack~  Good boy.  Now get back out on the streets and make me some money, bitch!

:D
 

TiQuinn

#19
March 01, 2006, 10:27:16 AM
Quote from: ZalmoxisNote that I certainly hope this does not turn out to be the case. Just knowing the histories of some of the posters likely to be here, "civility" does not come to mind.

Ah, knock-down drag out fights can be fun, but if it's been going on for 5 pages, no further points are being made, and no one's laughing at the jokes anymore, then a mod should probably step in.

I mean, hell, look back at the old Cyragnome-Izrador debates on NKL/NTL.  Aside from the occasional broadside, they were pretty civil.
 

BOZ

#20
March 01, 2006, 03:14:42 PM
Quote from: TiQuinnAh, knock-down drag out fights can be fun, but if it's been going on for 5 pages, no further points are being made, and no one's laughing at the jokes anymore, then a mod should probably step in.

yeah, pretty sure that's what pooka meant above.
don't quote me on that.  :)

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Knightcrawler

#21
March 01, 2006, 10:15:00 PM
Quote from: Harry JoyWhy on earth would anyoneASK to be a mod? I've modded three forums, currently still a mod at one, and had to be practically begged at each site to do it. It's not a job that brings much satisfaction, although it's nice being able to see IP addies.

Some people, like possibly Cyberzombie, have the right personality where they actually enjoy being a Mod.  I myself wouldn't mind taking a shot at it.
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Reefer Madness

#22
March 01, 2006, 10:45:35 PM
Quote from: Harry JoyWhy on earth would anyoneASK to be a mod? I've modded three forums, currently still a mod at one, and had to be practically begged at each site to do it. It's not a job that brings much satisfaction, although it's nice being able to see IP addies.

because people want you to "Respect their authoritah!"!!
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Guest (Deleted)

#23
March 01, 2006, 10:47:48 PM
But I have no authoritah... Have you ever seen a Pooka put in charge of Anything??

Cyberzombie

#24
March 02, 2006, 10:50:39 AM
Quote from: KnightcrawlerSome people, like possibly Cyberzombie, have the right personality where they actually enjoy being a Mod.  I myself wouldn't mind taking a shot at it.
I made the offer because I want to help out.  I haven't actively helped on a message board in a while.  I'm always broke when fund drives come along, so I pretty much have to help with manual labour if I'm going to.  :)

So if I get asked, I will happily do whatever labour is required.
 

Knightcrawler

#25
March 02, 2006, 11:04:37 AM
Quote from: CyberzombieI made the offer because I want to help out.  I haven't actively helped on a message board in a while.  I'm always broke when fund drives come along, so I pretty much have to help with manual labour if I'm going to.  :)

So if I get asked, I will happily do whatever labour is required.

A lot of the my desire to one day mod is for some of the same reasons.  The other is just plain curiosity. :D
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Sobek

#26
March 06, 2006, 04:13:36 PM
Quote from: KnightcrawlerA lot of the my desire to one day mod is for some of the same reasons. The other is just plain curiosity.

Pretty much "ditto".  I never seem to catch the boat for the fund drives, for some reason, but I'd love to help out.  I'm also curious about how the whole thing works.
 
And, if I can catch a few of the "whiney" bullets for the Powers That Be, I'm happy to do so -- although I suspect I'd need a macro that sent a response saying "grow the fuck up".
 

el-remmen

#27
March 06, 2006, 04:20:05 PM
I think a good set of rules of thumb for choosing mods should be:

1) If someone asks to be a mod, they shouldn't be a mod.

2) If someone who has been a mod before and appeared to do a good job offers to be mod because they realize how much work it is and want to help out, they can be a mod.

3) Try to choose people who are good at diffusing situations and generally have people's respect without having any kind of actual power.

Just my experience.
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Enkhidu

#28
March 06, 2006, 04:31:26 PM
Quote from: the ultimate nullifierI think a good set of rules of thumb for choosing mods should be:

1) If someone asks to be a mod, they shouldn't be a mod.

2) If someone who has been a mod before and appeared to do a good job offers to be mod because they realize how much work it is and want to help out, they can be a mod.

3) Try to choose people who are good at diffusing situations and generally have people's respect without having any kind of actual power.

Just my experience.

I think this is generally good advice. I'd also add that I think that posters who are polarizing by their nature probably shouldn't be mods.
 

Cyclotron

#29
March 06, 2006, 04:33:07 PM
For your consideration...

"To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."  - St. Augustine

"Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue,  but carried to extremes narrows the mind."  - Francois de Salignac Fenelon

"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."  - Thomas Paine

"Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess."  - Oscar Wilde

"Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm."  - Jean Paul Richter

"The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation."  - Martin Tupper

"Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance."  - Charles Caleb Colton

"To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity."  - Blaise Pascal
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