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Everytime there is a new moderator they begin to moderate and someone complains. This time it is me!
He started moving threads today and (by all that is holy) he's moving them to the correct forums! It sets a darned unusual precedent and I just thought it needed to be said!
Sorry to disappoint thee, Mark. I'm doin' it just for you, buddy!
No, the true sign of a new moderator having problems with personal power is if he/she/it started creating new topics for the express purpose of moving and closing them. Or craeting alt-IDs so he/she/it could ban them. Now that would be weird... like playing Solitaire, only more likely to get one ostracized.
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Originally posted by Eridanis Sorry to disappoint thee, Mark. I'm doin' it just for you, buddy!
No, the true sign of a new moderator having problems with personal power is if he/she/it started creating new topics for the express purpose of moving and closing them. Or craeting alt-IDs so he/she/it could ban them. Now that would be weird... like playing Solitaire, only more likely to get one ostracized.
I think the first few closed/moved/bans are referred to as "practice runs so you know what to do when you really need to do it." Of course, if someone continues these "practice runs" even 2 years into being a moderator, then, well, then you know the person has problems
Originally posted by Eridanis Sorry to disappoint thee, Mark. I'm doin' it just for you, buddy!
No, the true sign of a new moderator having problems with personal power is if he/she/it started creating new topics for the express purpose of moving and closing them. Or craeting alt-IDs so he/she/it could ban them. Now that would be weird... like playing Solitaire, only more likely to get one ostracized.
Don't forget the obligatory Announcement thread titled "The Hubris Report" where you herald each move/close with a link to the offending thread and a taunting comment precisely an hour before you take action. Kinda like a haymaker punch but with an added windmilling of the hand in its farthest back position. Heavy showboating equals major style points.
*sniff*
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