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fett527 said:
LOL. +rep.
Moderator Elections
- Thread starter roguerouge
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LOL. +rep.
Ankh-Morpork Guard
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What if we had Moderator Survivor?
The ENTIRE community gets to watch the mods make idiots of themselves on a distant island and watch them vote each other off one by one. The winner uh...someone else figure out a prize, I just want to see Moderator Survivor now!
The ENTIRE community gets to watch the mods make idiots of themselves on a distant island and watch them vote each other off one by one. The winner uh...someone else figure out a prize, I just want to see Moderator Survivor now!
WhatGravitas
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Henry
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One thought that occurs to me is that we already have a similar experiement here, in the form of the ENnies judge selection. All five judges are elected by the entire forum community, both CS and non-CS; the five winners are the ones who nominate what products can be voted on, and in turn the products are selected by the community.
We hear no end of argument over what was selected and what wasn't selected; we hear how judges made good calls, bad calls, and insane calls; we have both anonymous community members and even high-profile ones critique the judge selection, the product selection, or both.
In the end, those trains still run on time, too, but they run a good bit less smoothly than the moderation of the site as a whole, and I'd argue they (and the support staff) have just as much, if not MORE, work than the mods do in making this site run.
We hear no end of argument over what was selected and what wasn't selected; we hear how judges made good calls, bad calls, and insane calls; we have both anonymous community members and even high-profile ones critique the judge selection, the product selection, or both.
In the end, those trains still run on time, too, but they run a good bit less smoothly than the moderation of the site as a whole, and I'd argue they (and the support staff) have just as much, if not MORE, work than the mods do in making this site run.
Solange
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Moderators are not ment to be popularity contests, which is what this would turn into. And even a single bad moderator can tarnish a site.
Moderators are chosen for a reason by ownership and the admins and fellow mods. I've generaly felt we've got a good core of mods here who do a fantastic job.
Now, if you think you know someone who would make a good moderator, sending a recomendation to the administrators is not a bad idea. They may not act on it, but user recomendations can help them select a new mod, or otherwise narrow down the list of candidates.
Moderators are chosen for a reason by ownership and the admins and fellow mods. I've generaly felt we've got a good core of mods here who do a fantastic job.
Now, if you think you know someone who would make a good moderator, sending a recomendation to the administrators is not a bad idea. They may not act on it, but user recomendations can help them select a new mod, or otherwise narrow down the list of candidates.
I've been part of a few democratic online communities over the years. They all were (or are) crap at the end of the day. Tyranny of the majority drowned out any value that could be found there. An easy way to validate this is to just visit a community that lacks moderation. The majority moderates by fiat attacking and driving off dissenters.
It ends up being less than the sum of all ideas in a democratic fashion, and more garbage on the internet. No thanks.
It ends up being less than the sum of all ideas in a democratic fashion, and more garbage on the internet. No thanks.
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