markablue - Administrator (philosophy, science)

[Reverend Rick]

markablue, how does one become a moderator on RF?

[markablue]

Originally Posted by Reverend Rick

markablue, how does one become a moderator on RF?

Moderators give their candidates and then we vote.

[Reverend Rick]

There seems to be an abundance of mod's on RF. Do we really need so many moderators?

[markablue]

Originally Posted by Reverend Rick

There seems to be an abundance of mod's on RF. Do we really need so many moderators?

With the way moderation is being done here, I'm afraid that we do. We are discussing some changes in the procedures (not the rules or principles) but we are also hoping for the forums to grow. I think the numbers we are having are optimal for now.

[Reverend Rick]

The only reason I asked about the number of Mod's was, sometimes in a thread, there seems to be more moderators debating than us common folks.

If I may offer an opinion, sometimes less is more. If everyone is a Mod, then the title is not special and deserving of respect. It seemed to me that lately everyone was becoming s-mods. Too many s-mods just makes the title less super.

The more moderators you have, the more potential you have for inconsistency in the moderation staff. I respect the administrators here at RF and have always been treated fairly. It is my hope that we have a consistent structure here at RF. Change can be good, but some folks need to prepare for change ahead of time and get their feathers ruffled when they are the last to know about a change that is about to be implemented.

I for one am willing to keep an open mind about recent events. I hope all this change will be for the better. Time will tell. I wish you all the best.

[MaddLlama]

I hope you don't mind me interjecting

The reason for the increase of mods was because at the time we were actually very short staffed - issues were going unresolved for several days, sometimes more than a week later. In addition, since the new owners had taken the marketing of the forum into their own hands, we were pretty sure that traffic would increase, more new members would sign up, and subsequently there would be even more reports to deal with. We wanted to bring some new people onto the team so this way we could train them before the traffic really picked up, since we didn't want the staff to be flying blind.

The reason it seems like there are more mods per capita than members is because we specifically nominate and choose people that are here often. The people who only come on once a week would be little help when decisions need to be made. So, most of the people who are mods are daily posters. It's not done on purpose, it's just a side-effect of smart planning.

[Jaiket]

Czesc!

Sorry I'm so late to say hi. It's a nasty habit I have. Being late.

[ChrisP]

Originally Posted by MaddLlama

I hope you don't mind me interjecting

The reason for the increase of mods was because at the time we were actually very short staffed - issues were going unresolved for several days, sometimes more than a week later. In addition, since the new owners had taken the marketing of the forum into their own hands, we were pretty sure that traffic would increase, more new members would sign up, and subsequently there would be even more reports to deal with. We wanted to bring some new people onto the team so this way we could train them before the traffic really picked up, since we didn't want the staff to be flying blind.

The reason it seems like there are more mods per capita than members is because we specifically nominate and choose people that are here often. The people who only come on once a week would be little help when decisions need to be made. So, most of the people who are mods are daily posters. It's not done on purpose, it's just a side-effect of smart planning.

Now, generally being an outsider, I have no idea what's going on here; but with all the mods I remember disappearing barring Circle1 (Haro Blayzeh!) it seems like you were training your replacements ...wth happened anyway?

Meh.

Welcome new people who keep the site running. It's work to be sure. Can I mention that there a bug in VB with Firefox where the reply to thread frame overlaps into the smiley/emoticon frame.

edit: hmmm wt... f appears to be filtered now how the hell am I supposed to express my inner most workings and thoughts without that beautiful part of the internet lexicon

[Buttons*]

Well honey, I woulda let you know what had been going on if you hadn't gone "oh dear!" every time I tried to inform ya