Frankly, the thing as far as I see it is that I don't particularly WANT a lot of moderators. A lot of moderators end up getting the idea that they have to justify their existence by doing shit. Then they go looking for threads to close or people to ban.

However, I want there to be ENOUGH moderators on here that the site runs smoothly. And given that between my current job and working on my latest RPG book I don't spend quite as much time on here anymore, it might be a good idea to get someone new to replace the recent standing-down of one of the moderation staff.

But I don't want just anyone just to have a mod.

I want someone that most people in the community would agree would be a good mod. Liked, trusted, etc. It's obviously got to be someone who's already racked up a few thousand posts or so.

I want someone who is ABSOLUTELY committed to Free Speech. Who can understand what we do and don't ban for here, and while sometimes they may need to tell me "this dude is way into site disruption, time to ban him", they more often are the ones telling me "are you sure this dude is really deserving a ban?"

I want someone who will be a team player at the same time, and will back the ultimate decisions made here, leaving discussion about it in the back.



So, if you think you qualify, or you think someone else qualifies and want to nominate them, please feel free to say so in this thread.

If we don't end up with anyone, or anyone right this instant, I won't be losing any sleep either.

Given our recent exchange backstage, you know my feelings on how i feel the board is going. We've grown apart, you and i, Pundit, and that sometimes happens, but i'll always enjoy the good old days of battles against the Forge and storygamers, before you started politicising the boards.

My totally honest opinion is JHKim. He is a foot in both camps of trad and non-trad games, a respected poster, and very much invested in free-speech.

Are there any perks at all to being a moderator on theRpgSite? Discounts on Pundit-games? A thank-you and the warm feeling of a job well done? What's in it for the applicant?

Don't take my question to mean I have an interest. I don't meet the post-count criteria nor have the community-hugs. I'm actually curious why anyone would want to deal with what I'd expect to be thankless drudgery.

Blackheart: Well, he DID ask for it...

Cruesader: If you're not going to enforce warnings, don't issue them.  He was told not to talk about members killing themselves, and then did it again.  Warn or don't, but if you do warn, follow up.

5StoneGames:Admittedly, he thought Asians were smarter than White people, but he definitely believed that cultural elements were expressed genetically and was an avowed racial separatist.  Personally this one I'm ambivalent about.  Pundit himself said you have to stand the line against a flood of Neo-Nazis shitting up the place.  5StoneGames certainly espoused opinions attractive to the Neo-Nazi/Stormfront/Alt-Right crowd.

Quote from: K Peterson;945858Are there any perks at all to being a moderator on theRpgSite? Discounts on Pundit-games? A thank-you and the warm feeling of a job well done? What's in it for the applicant?

You get to have "this machine kills fascists" under your name in red. You get to see the wondrous backstage mod forum where we never end up talking about anything other than site/technical issues. You get to be blamed for absolutely anything anyone doesn't like about theRPGsite when they aren't blaming me.

QuoteDon't take my question to mean I have an interest. I don't meet the post-count criteria nor have the community-hugs. I'm actually curious why anyone would want to deal with what I'd expect to be thankless drudgery.

Well, here's the only thing: it's also not really drudgery.  Because we're a free-speech board, it's almost no work at all. You don't have to actually do anything other than hang out at the site regularly like you were before, unless someone brings up (or you notice) that there's some blatant violation of the tiny number of rules we actually have.

So it's really almost zero work.

Quote from: One Horse Town;945853My totally honest opinion is JHKim. He is a foot in both camps of trad and non-trad games, a respected poster, and very much invested in free-speech.

You might want to message him, if you haven't yet, if you're putting his name forward on here.

Quote from: CRKrueger;945865Blackheart: Well, he DID ask for it...

Cruesader: If you're not going to enforce warnings, don't issue them.  He was told not to talk about members killing themselves, and then did it again.  Warn or don't, but if you do warn, follow up.

5StoneGames:Admittedly, he thought Asians were smarter than White people, but he definitely believed that cultural elements were expressed genetically and was an avowed racial separatist.  Personally this one I'm ambivalent about.  Pundit himself said you have to stand the line against a flood of Neo-Nazis shitting up the place.  5StoneGames certainly espoused opinions attractive to the Neo-Nazi/Stormfront/Alt-Right crowd.

This is in the wrong thread. If anywhere, it should be in the OTHER currently active thread in this subforum.

THIS thread is about finding (or not) a new moderator. Please keep it focused on that.

I'll do it. If you don't like how I operate, can me.

I'd back Warboss Squee.

But losing OHT or BB would suck. Both do a great job.

Quote from: Spinachcat;945928I'd back Warboss Squee.

But losing OHT or BB would suck. Both do a great job.

Hey, thanks. Truth be told, losing OHT as a mod would suck just because he and BB have been the only mods since I arrived.

Then again, he's earned a break having to deal with us, because let's face it, we're a bunch of sbit flinging monkies.

Wait, OHT is stepping down? I assumed this was more because there's less mods around than there used to be, what with Benoist and others exiting?

EDit: damn, just saw the thread. Thats a shame. OHT was, in my opinion, the best possible mod.

Anyways, my two cents: JHKim is a good choice, overall, if its a job he wants, and there's a small list of posters I wouldn't want to see as mods, but Warboss Squee isn't on that.

Quote from: CRKrueger;945865Blackheart: Well, he DID ask for it...

Cruesader: If you're not going to enforce warnings, don't issue them.  He was told not to talk about members killing themselves, and then did it again.  Warn or don't, but if you do warn, follow up.

5StoneGames:Admittedly, he thought Asians were smarter than White people, but he definitely believed that cultural elements were expressed genetically and was an avowed racial separatist.  Personally this one I'm ambivalent about.  Pundit himself said you have to stand the line against a flood of Neo-Nazis shitting up the place.  5StoneGames certainly espoused opinions attractive to the Neo-Nazi/Stormfront/Alt-Right crowd.

Was Blackheart actually banned? If so,its fine, the guy had a public meltdown/temper tantrum, but I would have found it more hilarious if his request to be banned was just ignored.

5Stonegames and BST are the only posters actually banned for racism I can remember, and yeah, I was for that. Free Speech doesn't need to mean no moderation, and blatant racism just doesn't deserve any tolerance.

I think I made my opinions on Crusader pretty blatantly known, and while I've conscientiously avoided any gravedancing, the guy was also a racist, that just isn't the shit he got called on.

The only ban on this site since I've been here I've had any objection to was Phillip, to be honest.

Cruesader ignored a mod warning (a super rare thing here) so I can't oppose his banning, but I must disagree with Tristram on his characterization of Cruesader as a racist. Cruesader declared himself a veteran with diverse war buddies and an African-American ex-wife who he openly praised. He may have suffered from a terminal case of Internet Tough Guy syndrome, but I never saw him as a racist.

BTW, I also support JHKim if he wants the mod gig.

But I'm really unsure if that's an honor or punishment.

Quote from: Spinachcat;945967Cruesader ignored a mod warning (a super rare thing here) so I can't oppose his banning, but I must disagree with Tristram on his characterization of Cruesader as a racist. Cruesader declared himself a veteran with diverse war buddies and an African-American ex-wife who he openly praised. He may have suffered from a terminal case of Internet Tough Guy syndrome, but I never saw him as a racist.

Perhaps you missed the thread where he gave his opinions on Native Americans and crime in African American communities.

Quote from: Tristram Evans;945972Perhaps you missed the thread where he gave his opinions on Native Americans and crime in African American communities.

Oh no!  Somebody has an opinion about an ethnic group!

Anyway I would nominate Spinachcat for the job.  S/he has always struck me as somebody that is willing to listen to people, however I don't know if she has any connections to RPG.net, although I do remember somebody with the Spinachcat handle posting over there, to be honest I fucking hate that place with a passion and think anybody that has been a mod there should be automatically disqualified for being an insufferable faggot.

Not sure about Warboss Squee, haven't interacted with him enough to form an opinion of him.