- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I really gotta stop coming late for the parties, all of this reading is giving me a headache.
Posted by: xTr1GGeR HaPPYx
Posted by: Savag3Shadow
And by the way, I've been here as long as anyone else has, yet what recognition and respect do I get? I post on a regular basis, but no, nothing for me.Do you feel special knowing that you have been here since 3/4/'06? What respect do you want? Do you feel that because you're posting in an 'important' thread, that you truly do deserve some sort of recognition? I really do hope that you were joking.
Anyways, about the Forum Cop thing, here's my take on it.
Most users here will probably think that being a moderator is a fun thing. You get all these fun tools and that sense of power that you come across in a Group that you help administer or moderate, and as an added bonus, you must get all this respect and new 'friends' because you're a moderator on the main forums.
To get all this, some users will go out of their way to befriend some of the moderators, have a nice joke with them at any opportunity they can get. Heck, add them on MSN and play your cards right, they might just get used to you. Then on the main forums you post helpfully everyhere and there, giving people advise and information on some problems they're struggling with. They go to the Septagon and try to get themselves heard, act like the 'perfect knight' (Anyone seen Kingdom of Heaven?) Talk about some community based issues, give ideas to help the website... what every good member could (maybe should) do.
This is all good right? Well, the forums bit? Yeah? Well, it's not for a noble cause, is it? Nah. It's for that chance to become a moderator. It's for that chance to be rewarded and respected.
But what happens to those people who have wasted their time on these boards, those people who have not had the fun that they could have, what happens when they finally come to realise that they will never get that reward they've sought after so oh so long?
They'll become a wee bit nasty, eh? Might lash out a bit, eh? (As mentioned above somewhere)
Sorry for the rambling. What my point is exactly, that it's both good and bad to have forum cops. It's good because they help out, give their input and generally follow the rules. It's bad because it's not for a selfless cause - well, in most cases - they do it so they can get that reward.
I find it horrible how some people lash out at those few good members who do come onto these forums and help out truly because they want to. For being discriminated because they are that one student who gives the teacher the apple.
Why can't we just leave them be?
If you read my entire post, you're a champion.
I completely agree with this post. Some forum cops may be good, and some may be bad. But not all are to one side. Both sides, have their own intentions and reasons why they act as such.
The good forum cops, most likely because that is the way they are. Helpful in every bit of way they can be. Helping out new users, lending a helping hand when it is needed.
The bad on the other hand, may be in it just to become a moderator and that is it. May possibly care less about the community.
The fact is, there is a fine line between both. Many times, that line is crossed. Many members hide their true intentions so well, it is hard to tell. My point here, is that no matter how good of a system we have, there will always be two different types of helpers, or in this case, forum cops. The good, and the bad.
Posted by: Mabian
Posted by: Uberdawg
Anyway, forum coppers must give up. It is a pointless existence they live. Seriously, these guys need to let the stinkin' mods do their jobs, they're capable enough.
So people should not help other people? It's pointless to help the community?
Are we talking about the same kind of people?
Exactly what I was going to say. I believe the Septagon community should break down the term "forum cop" into either a good or bad thing. Define the word as well as possible, aswell as all the other terms, such as mod-wanna be. Because after a second glance at this thread, I find that many may be mixing up the terms.
Forgive me if I rambled in this post. I am quite tired. I will try and make corrections later on tomorrow when I have the time and if there are any question, I will try my best to clarify.