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"Whatever exists, whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent. These anonymous creatures may seem little or nothing in the world. Yet the smallest crumb can devour us. Any smallest thing beneath yon rock out of men's knowing. Only nature can enslave man and only when the existence of each last entity is routed out and made to stand naked before him will he be properly suzerain of the earth."
Posted by: Dark Assassn
Mmkay, here's the truth: If most of us members were allowed to be mods, we'd screw up, much more than our current mods. In one of the groups ive admined, I used to be extremely strict. But on the way to trying to get that position, since I didnt found the group, I was really nice.
Recently I've given a few members mod positions in that group, and so far only about 2 of them are handling it right.
For some reason I feel that some time ago people were asking about if the mods were too strict when they started out, and had to be talked to. I think it may have been TGP who came and said that they were actually a bit too lenient because they didn't want to screw up. But that was ages ago...
PS: Moderators are human. In saying so i mean that they make mistakes, so the ones they make shouldnt be taken more lightly or heavily than regular member ones. They simply can click a few more buttons than us members.
*Most of the people who want do be mods just want it to act in athority over other members, not to contribute to the community like they should.
I wouldn't exactly say the mods are human. They may have been before, but when you spend your entire life chained to a desk only able to go to Bungie.net, you basically give up your humanity.
I would say that people who go around saying "I would like to be a moderator" do so because:
A) They saw someone breaking the rules and thought to themselves: If only I were a moderator, I would have blacklisted that guy. They only want to be moderators so they can get rid of the few guys they don't like.
B) They have no idea what it means to be a moderator. They don't realize the responsibility, or the stress from getting 30+ PMs per day asking them to join groups, unban them, unlock threads, possibly to pin threads, and the like. I feel stressed out just thinking about it.
I wouldn't say they solely want the power per se, but they probably aren't really thinking about the well-being of the forums as a whole.