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MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A TRUCK...
Posted by: Langley
--on another note, I think MLG Chewhatever is an idiot.
Posted by: Achronos
There is a reason I am user ID 1 and my account creation date is before this site came online.
Posted by: just another fan
Posted by: baccardinals
Then to that point have you discussed this with Achronos?
We have HFCS for a reason.
I thought that was for making fun of us "normies" JAF?
Posted by: atomic weggie
The problem is the longer we go with only 5-6 mods actually working, the more they'll lose their fire for the job. Hell, a lot of them already look like beaten dogs. Poor Achilles probably feels like Sampson holding up the pillars as the whole place is crashing down around him.
Biblical references Weggie? You know that's against the rules O.<
However, Biblical references or not, Weggie is right. The remaining mods for whatever reasons are getting tired. And you can't really blame them. That doesn't mean that they aren't doing their job, it means that they are less involved when doing there job. They feel like they can't get involved with anything because they have to be soo many places at once. At least, that's how I see it from my perspective.
In addition, moderators carry the heavy burden that whenever they make posts, especially if they are the OP of a thread, that it garners special attention from the "normies". Same runs true when a Gold Texter, like the guy who posts after me, makes a post. It gets discussed ad naseum because of who is making the post. That has a very "cooling" effect on wanting to make posts or participate in the community because of all the attention it brings.
Achronos is working on a tool that is suppose to help out the moderators. There have been plenty of updates to the moderator tools since the days of Shishka and DMB. I <3 DMB by the way. The problem really lies in how to properly motivate volunteers, and the solution to that problem is never very easy. Believe me, I've worked in NPOs and that is the main focus of several actual employees. I hope that Bungie does something special for the mods because they are taking the brunt of a lot of flack, arguably taking flack for Bungie. Who had to read all the spoiler threads and lock them down? It wasn't Ske7ch. I know Achronos did his part during that time, but the moderators still had to look at all the threads the rest of us users got to avoid.
Who knows what the solution is! Achronos could appoint new mods. Hell, he can do that anytime he wants. I think the big issue is how to keep the mods we have happy. They are experienced (like Recon's mum) and they know the ropes (like Recon's...eh, nevermind). Bringing in new mods makes the work for the current mods more. They have to "train" the new mods while maintaining their current duties. That's a lot. I'm not saying it might not be a good idea in the long run, but it is still something to consider.
Sidenote: let's keep the whole, "I think so and so should be a mod" out of this. No one likes popularity contests, not even the people being nominated. Cheers to Weggie for avoiding that pitfall.
~B.B.
[Edited on 10.30.2007 10:40 AM PDT]