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Posted by: defnop552
Posted by: Alec9224
With the limited power regular forum ninjas have I wouldn't think they could do too much damage. Granted they could cause a lot of chaos, but I bet if you take any of the rule abiding members who have been around for a while and gave them mod powers they would step up and do the right thing.
If they've been good (or at least good for the majority of time) as regular members, what makes you think they'd abuse their powers?
I think the main concern,I think, would be entrusting a user who starts moderating in a ham-fisted manner. If they start locking and banning user's who haven't really broken any rule, that creates work for the other ninja's and the Webteam. Then the Webteam has to revoke the ninja's ninja-ness. Then the process starts again and the last search was fruitless and costly.
True, but like I said, I think if you took some of the rule abiding members they would act the right way. Of course there's always the risk, but the optimist in me says people would act the right way.
Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: Alec9224
With the limited power regular forum ninjas have I wouldn't think they could do too much damage. Granted they could cause a lot of chaos, but I bet if you take any of the rule abiding members who have been around for a while and gave them mod powers they would step up and do the right thing.
If they've been good (or at least good for the majority of time) as regular members, what makes you think they'd abuse their powers?
I don't think anything. I was paraphrasing and expanding on a statement from someone who I cannot speak for.
But I don't think that the issue/challenge is containing/controlling abuse (it's occurred in the past, it will happen again, systems and methodologies are in place).
Abuse isn't what I think they are concerned about. What I believe they see as a potential risk is more subtle than out and out abuse of position. The trust they speak of appears (at least to my observation) to revolve around the fact that we ninja (as a team and as individuals) operate consistently, autonomously, and with our focus on the best interests of our hosts and community. That is a hard thing to quantify, to find in a Q/A, or to simply expect someone you don't know that well to "just get it".
It would be possible for anyone with moderation tools to "do the job", but at the same time that person could not understand or subvert "the reason behind the job".
Hard to describe, especially since I am projecting my own supposition and concepts onto the statements and actions of someone else. So please don't try to read too much into this post or try too hard to analyze it. I am just typing and blabbing.
Don't worry, I never read much into any of your posts. :p
While this community is filled with people who's goal is to spam and cause chaos, it's also filled with people willing to do the right thing.
We're here because we enjoy the community; I don't think it would be hard to find good people to do the job with the right heart. There are many who are trying to help.
[Edited on 08.14.2011 5:46 PM PDT]