I read the whole thread. All I can say is wow. Just... wow. Half of the thing was derailed by ken and friends arguing over whether a poll that may very well not have been rigged was compromised by alts. The best part of the thread was where ken tried to repeatedly opine how he wished the Community was "better" and more morally pure, as well as overusing the word "drama" more than a preteen girl.
That being said, the obvious answer is that open, pure democracy would never work on this site... at least not efficiently, and I personally wouldn't want mods picked this way because of things such as MM and how they would likely take advantage of the situation, the fact that everyone would nominate the usual people -- such as Cortana (who wouldn't be a bad mod), SJ (who would be a bad mod), and burrito (who would be an even worse mod) -- and also how a good sixth of the user population here is clinically retarded. The current way of election is the best, IMO.Posted by: King Dutchy
Posted by: defnop552
Posted by: King Dutchy
Most of us have done nothing but proper debating.I'll have you know I'm a master debater. :-)
I think this is the last post I'm going to make on this topic so I'll leave with a short, simple and oh so eloquent little phrase....
"It takes a mod to know a mod".Achronos picks the mods, yet he is not a mod, he's an overlord.Lol, he certainly does not.
Posted by: burritosenior
A few things.
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
It happened one timeThe only time we had a poll.
after countless mail sacksIf nineteen is the same as 'countless' to you, you have my utmost sympathy.
because one person decided to take things too seriously and be an idiot about it all.You mean dozens of people.
One time doesn't constitute an apprehension of allowing the community to vote on stuff.Yes. Yes it does. I'm concerned about your future in society if you honestly think otherwise.Surely you're not actually this stupid.
Posted by: Kickimanjaro
Is this why we cannot have nice things?Precisely.