Change in Moderation
Change in Moderation
Being a moderator and a community member at the same time is even harder. The people you are moderating are also the people you are talking to every day - about pets, PvP, roleplay, even real life stuff. It can be difficult for community members to sort out when a mod is a real person and when they are acting as an extension of the admin's brain.
In order to make it easier for all of us, we're making moderation an anonymous activity. In other words, I’ve made a new account called "Moderator"; this account will be the only one that does moderation and will not otherwise post on these forums. No arguing, no drama, nothing personal, just fixing posts, deleting posts, banning users, and so on.
I'm also recruiting some time from my husband (who runs a professional forum) and some of his moderators to sit behind the Moderator account and help in the short term.
The everyday accounts of Vephriel, Golden, and Kalliope no longer have moderator privileges. This is not a punishment for them - those accounts are going back to being regular community member accounts so that Vephriel, Golden, and Kalliope can be regular community members when they post. (They do, however, get a commemorative title.)
I want to be very clear: I have absolutely no complaints about how those three have done their jobs. They have done everything I asked of them and I can't overstate how much help they have been. As I said, moderating a forum is a thankless job that involves a lot of sacrifice ... and I really appreciate the sacrifices that they made of their time and energy for the benefit of our community.
So ... pop quiz!
Q: What is the number one thing you can do to help keep this forum running smoothly as the home of a friendly, happy community?
A: Use the Report Post button when you see a problem! And "Moderator" will come sweeping in to help.
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Also, the new titles for the old mod-accounts are wrong, they say emeritus when it should be emerita, since they're all female. ^^
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I'm 100% sure none of the current moderators would do anything they shouldn't do. And even if they did from poor judgement or such, I'm sure they wouldn't try to hide their mistake from Mania. We're a lot more humble and sincere bunch than meets the eye. :PSaturo wrote:This'll make it harder to see when a moderator misbehaves, but I guess Mania will be able to tell based on the IP in the log. Still, a change for the better I believe.
And just to add, I think you're way too worried of the mods 'misbehaving', Sat. Have a little faith? *puppy eyes*
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I also exist on DeviantArt.
"I'll probably be some kind of scientist, building inventions in my space lab in space!"
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Do the former mods now have a lighter purple than their old?
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Cute doesn't need an explanation.
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I noticed it as well, so I'd say yes...and if not then I guess both of our eyes need to be checked.Azunara wrote:Okay. It's driving me nuts, I need to know.
Do the former mods now have a lighter purple than their old?
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It's a shade lighter then the old purple.Vephriel wrote:Fantastic idea Mania, I'm really fond of the aspect of a communal/impersonal Moderator account. ^^
I noticed it as well, so I'd say yes...and if not then I guess both of our eyes need to be checked.Azunara wrote:Okay. It's driving me nuts, I need to know.
Do the former mods now have a lighter purple than their old?
I believe if you can believe out of nothing an explosion (big bang) happened then how far fetched can god be?
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Cute doesn't need an explanation.
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It will make it harder for you to put a name to a misbehaving moderator should one misbehave, but I'll be able to tell who is who easily enough.Saturo wrote:This'll make it harder to see when a moderator misbehaves, but I guess Mania will be able to tell based on the IP in the log.
Perhaps I wasn't clear. Moderation will be public - who in particular is doing the moderation is anonymous. So if you have a complain about the moderation on thread 256, post 8, you report that and we sort it out.Saturo wrote:It's usually a policy to keep mod edits and such publicly available, since complaints against mods do need to be filed occasionally, and is hindered by the anonymity.
Yes.cowmuflage wrote:Wait will we still get Pms with like reasons for things being lock? etc
Yes.Azunara wrote:Do the former mods now have a lighter purple than their old?
Good catch - I should have included that in the first message. Forum assistants can do announcements and sticky posts and lock, move, merge and split threads. They won't be able to delete or edit posts directly anymore.Cialbi wrote:Hmm, will there be any changes to the forum assistants?
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Cute doesn't need an explanation.
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I believe if you can believe out of nothing an explosion (big bang) happened then how far fetched can god be?
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Yes, I use it.AdamSavage wrote:Mania, Do you use the Moderation Account as well or is it only the mod's ?
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I thought so, I can tell.Mania wrote:Yes, I use it.AdamSavage wrote:Mania, Do you use the Moderation Account as well or is it only the mod's ?
I believe if you can believe out of nothing an explosion (big bang) happened then how far fetched can god be?