New Hip Hop Moderator

Should have picked someone who uses the forum, conor would be a good mod.

Hugh Cream wrote: »

Should have picked someone who uses the forum, conor would be a good mod.

Appreciated, but I already probably spend too much time on boards.

Not likely, but cheers.

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agree with hugh here...

no offence to you Aquila but you have been a member here since 08, you don't appear to post here regularly at all?

seems very strange that you are giving the mod job here tbh, i taught someone more active here in the hip hop forum would of been more entitled to it.

i know i wouldn't be able for it for many reasons etc but there's a few straight up posters here who are active and come across quite level headed who would be suited to the job.

not stirring up but i feel someone who's a bit familiar with peoples backrounds here as posters etc would of been a better choice.

out of interest malice, why didnt you post a thread here encase someone more active in the hip hop forum could possibly put their name in the hat where we could vote or something etc?

you dont even post here that much in fairness malice so i think some one like boom bap or makaveli would of been better suited to make the decision...

fair play makaveli, good job. hope to still se you posting here the forums have been poppin the lat few months .

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Boards has its process for making mods, it is not down to each category it is who would be interested and who would be able.

As Malice said, it was not not her/his decision anyway.

how can people be interested if they dont even know whats going on conor?

either way if thats the case its a bad system to decide mods.

Aquila wrote: »

I wont just be here in the capacity of a mod,i wanna post more often and keep up to date with new rappers,songs etc.i will bring here examples of non English hip-hop from Central/East European countries too.so we can sample different styles

That's good to hear. I look forward to your opinions. I heard a guy from Germany last year and I was very impressed. Couldn't understand a word but his flow was nice.

Also Psy de la Rime from France are class. Soprano from that group was on one of the BET cyphers last year. Pretty unreal achievement for a guy rapping as Francís.

I find French and German lend themselves quite nicely to the flow in the song. The artist could be rapping about making a cup of tea but it sounds great to me.

Malice wrote: »

Just in the interests of clarity, new moderator appointments aren't just made by me on a whim. The final veto for all appointments rests with the admins regardless of what I or any other moderator thinks. The bottom line is Aquila wouldn't have gotten the job if anyone felt he wasn't up to it so to him I say: Na zdrowie! .

As for a person's lack of visibility or whatever, I may have said this before on this forum but the point is the users make the forum by driving discussions, not the moderators.

I wasn't fully questioning the decision. I accept the rules are there and I don't know anything about the procedure for modding. As I was told in Honours Maths for the Leaving, if you don't understand the formula then just accept it, don't question it. I got my pass so there must be some merit in that statement :pac:.

what ever way its decided is irrelevant now, although maybe offering it to an existing member would have made sense, but then again, boards doesnt seem to work the way other forums do.
we have a new mod, wish him all the best, hopefully he knows the difference between trolling and the users driving the discussions.

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

You do not need to know what is "going on" to moderate. You need to stop posts that stray too off topic, or insults or anything illegal. As Paddy said someone new will be good.

Looking forward to hearing some eastern european rap, regardless if I don't understand a word of it.

lol i meant to let us know they are looking for a new mod is all, like i said a heads up so someone who might of wanted to throw their hat in the ring could, would of been a fair and good idea.

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There's only a handful of regular posters on this forum (I wouldn't even call myself a regular atm, tbh I'm more of a lurker ) but imo bar Boom Bap none of them are fit to be a moderator of this forum. As previously mentioned, most posters here are set in their ways, and with so many conflicting opinions in hip-hop, I don't think that would be the best quality to have while trying to mod.

ye a pretty honest but neutral opinion, i think your dead right to be honest as regards to most of us.

but the way it was done is still a bit shady, but lets move on hopefully the next time malice might let people know whats going on.

fjsanchez wrote: »

There's only a handful of regular posters on this forum (I wouldn't even call myself a regular atm, tbh I'm more of a lurker ) but imo bar Boom Bap none of them are fit to be a moderator of this forum. As previously mentioned, most posters here are set in their ways, and with so many conflicting opinions in hip-hop, I don't think that would be the best quality to have while trying to mod.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with being set in your ways, it's great to stand up for your opinions. I just think a mod of a forum like this one should have an open mind. Perhaps a non-regular who already has experience being a mod is the right way to go. Good luck Aquila

nah not having that, i can name a few, its not rocket science, neither is everyone here mental cases, a few have common sense.
like i said, conor being one, jimmy iovine and prettyboy being two more.

Zaph wrote: »

There is no entitlement when it comes to appointing a new mod. Aquila has a proven track record as a good mod of several other forums, and if there were any concerns about his ability to mod this forum he would not have been offered the modship.



There was nothing shady at all about the appointment. There is a proscribed process for appointing new mods and it was followed.

fair enough i see where your coming from alright but i was just saying there's one or two here who would possibly make good mods and might have liked to be given the chance is all.

i mean how otherwise how can normal regular posters here ever be given the chance if we dont know whats going on?

whatever about the aquila appointment, i wish him the best of luck.. im just on about for future situations.

im not starting anything or being smart but aquila you never post here, an existing member should of got the mod job or a more regular poster. It was a joke of an appointment in fairness, nothing to do with your modding skills its just more so to do with the fact your never active here