suicide baiting

in addition, has a time zone that works

 

Still catching up on the discussion but I wanted to get this down.

How about an "i need support" thread in Top Serket? People could post that they want someone to talk to in vent thread or pm and what might help them and people with spoons will know to check there

 

Would you be okay with being a mod, if given the opportunity? Because if so, I'd vote for you as at least one. If not, then I still think you're very calm and impartial, which is still really good for a board like this!

 

I would say that "active" is probably the most important of the three; calm and impartial are absolutely necessary, but one chunk of the problem is that the blowups almost exclusively happen at off hours.

 

Not to toot my own horn, but I'm up all evening most nights, tend to pop into here 10-20+ times a night while I'm ruminating on things to do, and have successfully moderated a group of about 20 for five contentious years with only a minor blow-up or two.

Not exactly the same as a group breaching 1,000, but it's something. If no one else better can be nominated, I'm willing to volunteer my services, but I'm worried about having enough influence/faith to merit a nomination in the first place. I'm not well known right now. I mean, I mostly just publicly discuss politics here even if I try to keep up to date on the forum itself. If it were to happen, I'd probably step up my game and stop commenting on things via alt accounts that only pertain to one subject.

This is by far not an attempt to garner it for myself, but putting myself out there in the event more are needed for my time zone (I'm up from 8 P.M. CST to 5 A.M. CST most times). I do believe that I can be qualified with a small bit of practice if no one better can be found. But, uh, I kinda think there's many better options in terms of community familiarity.

 

I am uncomfortable with the idea of mod choices being up for public vote or comment, as a general statement. (I mean obviously if Seebs chose someone that made most of us go "wait wtf" that'd be one thing, but I don't think he'd do that.) (Not that I'm objecting to Beldaran!)

 

though you'd probably make a really good mod if you felt you were up to it

 

oh.

 

I agree. But it is kind of funny phrasing "I'd support you as a mod choice and think it's a good idea" as "I WOULD VOTE FOR YOU FOR BOARD PRESIDENT. LET'S GET CAMPAIGN BUTTONS, BELDARAN/XAVIUS 2017"

 

i suppose then that now is not the best time for me to say that i think you'd also make a good mod

 

Not to sound rude but I am very, very uncomfortable with the idea of someone being made a mod with no community input what-so-ever.

 

im uncomfortable with mod being up for public vote. public input, maybe, public coment, sure, but the vote thing reminds me too much of a popularity contest that would create automatic tension involving whoever was voted in.

 

I do have a question: why does the ignore feature only hide the posts of the person you're ignoring, rather than also hide your posts from them? On other social sites w/forums I've been on, ignoring or blocking a person would basicslly hide your existence from each other -- you don't see their posts, they don't see yours. I much prefer this, since for me, when it's bad enough to use the ignore feature, it's come to the point I don't want them to be able to acknowledge me, or me them.

Tho I recognize this is more than some want. Could it be added as like...a second stronger tier of ignore function? Like having 'Ignore' and then 'Block'.

 

If you're comfortable with saying so, why's that?

I'm coming from where Spock and Ray are coming from on this, but I'm interested in seeing your perspective.

 

Yeah, public vote seems to me to invite accusations of popularity contests and resentment. I think a unilateral decision for mods is fine, as long as we're allowed to voice objections should they not be a good fit.

 

That is very sweet and I'm flattered! I'm also wondering if I should run for the hills at the hint of dreaded Responsibility. >_>

 

I feel like moderators are something that have to be chosen as a balance between people the community is familiar and comfortable with (Which is why I edited my post above to clarify that I'm only putting myself forward as an option if barely anyone else qualifies for my time zone because I know I am not an especially well-known person) and people that are traditionally reliable as moderators (for the reasons mentioned above - calm, impartial, active). I think ultimately it's a decision that we should trust the moderation team already existing to make - Seebs and Jack are very familiar, obviously, with the forum's crowd, but that they should hear feedback in the aftermath if people were to be like "WHOA WHAT THE HELL YOU MADE SATAN HIMSELF A MOD THIS ISN'T COOL HE KINKSHAMED ME ONCE".