- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: Death v2
Dont get us started on moderators Two posts in the last year... and one was a one liner in the flood, arent those not allowed? Two posts in this entire year 25 posts this entire year, with a few breaks of multiple months 25 posts this entire year aswell 8 posts this year I mean really none of this makes any sense, I know its off topic to an extent, but I think that generally, people who have positions of power should post commonly. DMB stepped down because he couldnt post enough, so why shouldnt others?
Moderating doesn't have a post quota or an attendance requirement.I never said it did
While it is hoped that if someone realizes that they are unable or unlikely to perform their duties, that they will come forward with that information, it is up to the Overlord and the moderator in question as to when they (and their number) will be retired. For example, I have no personal information on the moderators that you specified. I'm not their boss. I am their colleague. To me, if they are here today and working/posting, then I am glad to see them. Until or unless it is made my business, I know that this is the domain of Achronos.It is indeed hoped that it would happen, but unfortunatly that doesnt seem to be the case at all.
Posting is also not a requirement of a moderator. I will admit, I am one of the chattier ninjas, and there are members who wish that I would stop. I know that other ninjas (including some on your list) might not have public posts, but posts on the public forums are not a required part of being a moderator. It is possible to moderate these forums pretty effectively and not post once. Warnings, PM's and blacklists are all tools that leave little evidence for the public to see. But common sense would say that if it took the same amount of time to PM a user, why not post the comment to a user in order to allow the public forums to see your presence, to see the way things are supposed to be done, and to be reminded of the rules?
Hell, sometimes I am here and am more stealthy than usual. That is typically when I am using my mobile device and feel that I am more effective by using lock, ban, warn rather than get bogged down thumb-typing.But this is the exception rather than the rule, as opposed to the cases of those listed above.
I understand that you are expressing a common and widely held view. That you would like to see the staff post more. I agree, I would love to see them more than we do at this time.I think that they should either post more often or have their powers removed(in the case of ninjas). All that their powers do now is make their posting more commonly read and more notable to regular users, when that shouldnt be the case. Moderating should be about helping the community, not making your posts more apparent in a thread.
Where we disagree is that I don't think that it is their job to post on these forums. Sketch has other and more pressing duties that are related to Bungie's contact with external entities. Frankie has multiple articles each week, contact with the press, head waxing and gamer-gurl stalking. Achronos has web-dev duties, Webmaster containment and hawtness upgrades. and so on.I would buy this BUT they(frankie and sketch) post in other forums all the time, as opposed to here. So it isnt like they are completly strapped for time, or simply cannot do it, they simply chose not to =/
Posting on the forums is not "press release" caliber stuff (to me). It is more "hey guys, what's up?" sort of thing. And (again, to me) there are plenty of places on the Interwebz that are more welcoming to them (than Bungie.Net) when they have a personal moment to make a "hey guys" forum post.But there are things that the community should be alerted to, the upcoming updates reasons for example. Would it really be that hard for him to go and write about 2K characters on why the update is coming, drop some stats, etc. to calm down optimatch and focus discussions there into a smaller area, as opposed to the chaos which was there a while back? 30 mins of his time, to save the rest of the moderators the trouble of dealing with that circus? Comon now...
My suggestion? If we want more interaction, we need to encourage it, not demand it. When it does happen, we need to nurture it, not attack it. We the members are who populate these forums. If we can't be welcoming to the people who we supposedly admire/like, then why would they want to spend their personal time here?
They have the ability to ban people... if they post and someone says "Hey ____ you blow" then ban them. Really man, if people are so hostile, why not enforce the play nice rule? It makes sense that people who are hostile to them would be trouble makers throughout the forums and should be banned anyways, but thats just my opinion.
[Edited on 05.01.2007 1:26 PM PDT]