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Originally Posted by JONBALLS
..it sucks cause this website is built on an awsome premise but is flawed with the way these guys get set up.This hole MOD deal and the way they set these amateurs up in these positions . the whole process is a joke cause these guys are just people that come along and angle their way into these positions and three quarters of them are over their heads.Their not bad guys personally, but that doesnt mean you put these guys in some of the most important positions....
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JB, you underestimate yourself on your ability to write, that's for sure. It may not be pretty, but it always says something.
I excerpted the above because I think it shows a big part of the problem. Yes, we are "amateurs." We don't get paid, we get no training, there are no hard guidelines or rules for us to follow. And we came from the general membership! But where else would we come from?
But don't you think it is really better that way? My favorite "old saying" is the one that goes "Be careful what you ask for because you might get it."
Not that I think you will EVER get paid / trained Mods. But if it did happen, you probably wouldn't like it. For one thing, GP would have probably been gone long ago. Permanently (well, we all know that nothing is really permanent - Hi GP!).
And none of us really want that. Whether you think his "sentence" was too severe or not, you cannot deny that he threw down a challenge that DD felt he could not ignore. He thinks he was making some kind of "point", but it was stupid.
When you have fellow members chosen as Mods from the ranks, you get people that know you, your history, your quirks. 90 percent of what we do is stuff you never see, and it is a real benefit for the site. And we cut members a LOT of breaks. We are all pretty reasonable guys, with no real agenda except pussy.
BTW, I don't think any of us "angled" our way into anything. I never asked for this, believe it or don't. And jymie is the only one who has been here for any length of time.
Do you think there is no learning curve here? That we are really supposed to be "Super Moderators" from Day One? Did you know how to do every part of your job on the day that you started it? Wait for it a bit. We have had some situations recently that are not typical of what goes on here. Tempers are up, WK's are everywhere. If things ever get back to what most of us would like to think is "normal" around here, I'll bet most of you will be pretty happy with the job we do. And as time goes by, we will be better able to handle the "abnormal" situations when they come up. You will have a solid "amateur" team that can really help you out when you need it. Not that I think we are that bad now!
If GP were here, he would rip me up for the paragraph above this. He has publicly stated that he thinks I and DD are not worthy.... and would probably use the above to reinforce his point. Yet all I am trying to do is to get people to consider that we are ALL too harsh on EVERYONE. I've got no problem with him coming back. But his persistent hostility towards the Mods undermines his objectivity. And, of course, his credibility. I fear he will never understand that.
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