[Locked] Role of Moderators on Fakku
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Takerial
Lovable Teddy Bear
Longevity wrote...
Girlfountain wrote...
You really are a hypocrite...
There you go with the insults. It seems you haven't learned anything
Why does everyone throw around hypocrite, usually in the wrong situation.
Long isn't a hypocrite. He can promote you do one thing and do another thing and not be a hypocrite if he doesn't act like he does the one thing.
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I am happy to see such a mature debate going on, even with the disagreements. It is clear to me just how much all of you care about the community and that is an awesome thing.
I am going to lock this topic, not because it is getting out of hand, because I want us all to move on. To summarize my thoughts I will quote a post I made back in May because I believe it is relevant here.
It has always been my goal to have the forums run with as little moderation as possible. I believe moderators should only step in when something or someone has a negative affect on the community, not when something fails to have a positive affect. I have seen what happens to most forums when they become a circle jerk of moderators and admins doing whatever they please unrestrained, and I will make sure we never reach that point. Therefore moderators here only exercise their powers when the situation calls for it. This view has not always worked perfectly, but it has done a very good job up until now. I never want a moderator to stop being a user of FAKKU first and foremost.
Everything a moderator or administrator does is logged, whether it be: deleting a post, deleting a topic, moving a topic, editing a post, or banning a user. Nothing is ever deleted, only moved or hidden. If you think a moderator is somehow abusing their power all you have to do is bring it to my attention. I am quite easy to get in contact with.
That said I choose my moderators and admins very carefully. Not to sound lame but I want warriors who will fight hard for me if the situation arises. I need to be able to trust them 100% to both have my back and do what they think is best for FAKKU. My time for moderating is limited but I assure you that I am always watching over things from a distance. I may not always agree with every single action another moderator or administrator makes, but I'm OK with that. This is not a tyranny and I like having different opinions. There are very good reasons why I asked each staff member to join the staff.
If someone is moderator of a particular forum it is because I feel they embody the "character" of that forum. Same goes for global moderators but on a larger scale. I only look for specific forum moderators when a particular forum hits a certain activity level and becomes too active for global moderators to handle alone.
Additionally there is no "time limit" on how long a user has to be on the site before I consider them for a staff position. Nikon and Raze both got their jobs after a few months of being members here, Raze probably sooner than that. And the FAKKU staff list is always updated. Most recently TheDarkStarAlchemist has joined our ranks as moderator of the Requests forum. So to think I am not paying attention to things and not choosing new moderators is false, I simply don't see the need for more at the moment.
I am going to lock this topic, not because it is getting out of hand, because I want us all to move on. To summarize my thoughts I will quote a post I made back in May because I believe it is relevant here.
Jacob wrote...
If you think someone is breaking the rules in a post, it's simple, report the post. A moderator will read it and take action if necessary. We get quite a bit of reports about things that are not actually breaking the rules, we ignore those reports.It has always been my goal to have the forums run with as little moderation as possible. I believe moderators should only step in when something or someone has a negative affect on the community, not when something fails to have a positive affect. I have seen what happens to most forums when they become a circle jerk of moderators and admins doing whatever they please unrestrained, and I will make sure we never reach that point. Therefore moderators here only exercise their powers when the situation calls for it. This view has not always worked perfectly, but it has done a very good job up until now. I never want a moderator to stop being a user of FAKKU first and foremost.
Everything a moderator or administrator does is logged, whether it be: deleting a post, deleting a topic, moving a topic, editing a post, or banning a user. Nothing is ever deleted, only moved or hidden. If you think a moderator is somehow abusing their power all you have to do is bring it to my attention. I am quite easy to get in contact with.
That said I choose my moderators and admins very carefully. Not to sound lame but I want warriors who will fight hard for me if the situation arises. I need to be able to trust them 100% to both have my back and do what they think is best for FAKKU. My time for moderating is limited but I assure you that I am always watching over things from a distance. I may not always agree with every single action another moderator or administrator makes, but I'm OK with that. This is not a tyranny and I like having different opinions. There are very good reasons why I asked each staff member to join the staff.
If someone is moderator of a particular forum it is because I feel they embody the "character" of that forum. Same goes for global moderators but on a larger scale. I only look for specific forum moderators when a particular forum hits a certain activity level and becomes too active for global moderators to handle alone.
Additionally there is no "time limit" on how long a user has to be on the site before I consider them for a staff position. Nikon and Raze both got their jobs after a few months of being members here, Raze probably sooner than that. And the FAKKU staff list is always updated. Most recently TheDarkStarAlchemist has joined our ranks as moderator of the Requests forum. So to think I am not paying attention to things and not choosing new moderators is false, I simply don't see the need for more at the moment.