I vote for Icecream.

edit for reasons: She's level-headed, constant and by far the most patient person I've ever seen on the Internet. Even when faced with arguments that made me facepalm all the way to China she still managed to come back with a logical and level-headed response, and I think that's a good trait for a moderator to have.

Last edited by Zgarbas (2012 April 06, 1:49 pm)

i'd do it if there was a second moderator. i don't trust myself to be a sole moderator because i need someone to keep me in check when i go power mad or get lazy with responsibility, the latter often a response to the former being rejected.

Another vote for IceCream if she's willing to do it. Except for that 'episode' she seems reliable and is very active.

Now, as we all know, I am obviously the best candidate for this, and anyone who claimed otherwise would be an imbecile. However, the 8547 Japanese sentences Anki Deck is taking up too much of my time. Yudantaiteki would definitely be my next choice as he is one of the best on here at Japanese which is well, what the forum is all about. He is also good at explaining things and always gives balanced and argued responses.

@Fabrice or anyone who knows: What does set user titles mean?

Thanks, I had seen this feature on other forums but honestly didn't make the connection. I see some funny, deprecating titles on other forums and would love to see them on here.

Would there be any way of moderating by vote where if enough regular posters voted for someone to be banned s/he would be?

Moderation by vote is bad.

I'm not sure I really want to be a moderator...thanks for the votes of confidence but I don't have the consistent time to put into it.

Ok so far kainzero and Splatted have shown interest.

yudantaiteki wrote:

Moderation by vote is bad.

I'm not sure I really want to be a moderator...thanks for the votes of confidence but I don't have the consistent time to put into it.

This is a good point. You have to find someone willing to invest time. I was a moderator on three boards, one had very heavy traffic. It was a lot of work and responsibility. It ll started for me when I was a previously active poster on one board, and I was asked to moderate- and I did so for 3+ years. Other boards asked be t moderate for them and so on. It was a lot different for me than simply visiting a board whenever I had free time to do so and post whatever I wanted. After becoming a moderator, I felt I couldn't participate freely in discussions, especially if the topic got into a heated exchange. It was sort of like being a student in class and give the role as a class monitor. No fun.

This board wouldn't be too hard to manage. It has a friendly atmosphere and everyone is just sharing advice to each other. I love this site and my current status as an ocassional poster/visitor. I don't want to change that. There are many decent people on this board to choose from. You just have to find someone willing to do so, and provide them with some idea of what they are getting into.

IceCream wrote:

wow, thanks guys!!!

sure, i'm here often enough that i could be a moderator i think... but i would also prefer to share the role with others!!! I do sometimes need to be told to cool my head a bit.

Then my vote definitely goes to you
You would be my favourite moderator, I think

I also strongly support IceCream becoming a moderator. She's been here pretty consistently for the last few years, apart from one episode which was explained and discussed at length. That means we know her personality quite well, making her less of a risk as an appointee than someone with a lower post count or who has been here less time. I feel like IceCream always adds evidence-based rationality to discussions, and she re-evaluates her own position frequently, which leads to a sense of balance in her posts. Unlike other rational posters, she's also strongly empathetic and is often one of the first members to reach out when people are in need.

She's one of the major characters in the community, and I think appointing her a mod would be a natural move. Also, unlike some of the other high-post-count members, she's relatively uncontroversial and doesn't have an inflated ego.

I don't think any form of vote-based banning would be appropriate. The system would be wide open to abuse, and what's more the purpose of having a moderator is that you can control to some extent the direction of a community, not to let it be guided by whatever weirdos roll in.

Thankyou everyone for saying SUCH kind things about me..... i really appreciate all your kind words!!!!! ^_^_^_^

But, well, Fabrice knows what it's like to be a mod, so if he doesn't think it's a good idea, i'll take his word for it. I'm perfectly happy to just remain a normal member. I do see the reasoning...

And, like i said, i'm gonna be doing a ton of other things year anyway, so it might be better to not take on this kind of responsibility right now anyway. There's tons of people who would make awesome mods on this site, hopefully more'll step forward!!!

I'm going to be in the minority and vote against the appointment of IceCream as moderator.

IceCream is a very opinionated person with an opinion/view on just about everything (see post history). There's absolutely no problem with that by itself and I wasn't implying there was any.

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Ideally speaking, a moderator should be neutral in any discussion unless posts involve personal abuse, spam or any other type of non-productive post. As said, IceCream likes to take a side and express her views on a variety of issues. However, if she is armed with moderator privileges, and under heated debate conditions, normal non-moderator posters may be less likely and less willing to engage/argue with IceCream the almighty moderator than if she herself was a normal non-moderator poster as well. This is not conducive to hearing or reading alternative opinions/views.

That's the best case "bad" scenario, where the forum acts as an echo chamber for her opinions which is a realistic possibility since this forum isn't an extremely high-traffic forum. The worst case scenario would be if she uses her toolbox of moderator privileges to skew discussions in her favor.

So what actual evidence do I have to support my assertion that IceCream may act in an unproductive manner in regards to future forum discussions? Admittedly, not much.

However, I would like to remind and point out that it takes a certain sort of person or a certain state of mind to manually delete their own 1800+ posts one-by-one:

http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=7489

What conclusion that can be derived from that fact or whether/what it can explain/predict the nature of a particular person, is up to the individual.

Also worth noting is that she was banned once before (see last post of above thread).

HonyakuJoshua wrote:

Now, as we all know, I am obviously the best candidate for this, and anyone who claimed otherwise would be an imbecile.

It's a sarcastic post but I might as well use this opportunity to also vote against the appointment of HonyakuJoshua as moderator for the following main reasons:

1) A tendency to lie about something and/or embellish one's own qualities (http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=9424)
2) A tendency to be aggressive/overly aggressive in Internet posts as well as real life (assuming the claims of events in real life have any basis in reality) and this does not sit well with the moderator position. Examples include fighting on the streets "intermittently" (could be because of bad area or because of provocation, who knows) and others (http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=9476)

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