Uhh.. I simply asked a question which led me onto a similar thought so I broke it up. It seems as though everyone on this forum gets fired up when the word "moderation" is mentioned, and that is kind of sad to be honest. I asked a question that was pretty straight forward, but instantly I was being accused of criticizing staff, causing trouble, and looking for attention, just goes to show really. The truth of the matter is I don't actually think that the people moderating that section of the forum are necessarily bad at their jobs, it just looks a little overkill as it's not exactly the most active forum section here and it proposes the question of why there isn't more moderators in other sections of the forum. I did not make a mountain out of a molehill, I simply responded to aggressive responses from staff members. Oh well.
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Originally Posted by Gambet
Since when was it the job of a moderator to keep the forums alive? The community keeps the forums alive, the moderates simply moderate the posts for content that stretches the bounds of the forum rules. You're linking the inactivity of the forums to a lack of moderation, which is like comparing apples to oranges--it doesn't make any sense. If a certain section of the forums isn't active, then it doesn't need moderators.
Does this section need 5 moderators? No. Does it make a difference? No.
The moderators of this section of the forums have nothing to do with any other part of the forums, so if you'd like to see moderators added to other parts, then you're going about it completely wrong. Besides, again, your reasons for wanting moderation are invalid, for that is not the job of a moderator.
If you want other parts of the forums to become active again, then start posting in those sections. There's no point on sticking moderators in sections of the forums that receive little to no posts on a daily basis.
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Firstly, you don't seem to be understanding what the purpose and benefits of having moderators are. By your logic, a member of the FAQ team on a server would be there solely for the purpose of answering questions, and has nothing to do with integrating new players into the community, or providing a good service to those in need, they just answer questions? Right, very attentive. You think that the responsibilities of a forum moderator is limited to reviewing content? Sure, that is one of the main aspects of being a moderator but not their sole purpose by far. I guess this is why people like yourself aren't dealing with players of this game more often.
Moderators are responsible for maintaining a the productivity of the forum, and for most of the part, a constructive environment. A breach of the forum rules would disturb the two factors I've just outlined, which would obviously require attention and that is generally what happens. Like I said though, moderators are responsible for maintaining productivity, whether that be through community activities, encouraging discussions, whatever. No moderator, nor administrator should just accept that part of a forum is inactive -- to keep the forum at a good standard, and so that all of the areas are utilized well, it is not up to just the members of the forum to encourage activity and it never should be.
10-14-2008, 08:26 PM
). Other areas such as the Era section of the forums have less moderators because there are less people available to do the job. The other reason is that the Zone forums are well-managed and have scouted around to hire decent moderators, although in my opinion I'd have to agree that Supernanny is a bit trigger happy, Jesse only does event related things and moderates fairly...averagely (Sorry Jesse!), Dan just does whatever the hell he wants because he can, and I have no idea why Dante is a moderator.
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