Moderatorship (or lack thereof)

nosmo

Do we need a new mod, or somesuch? If so,who? Not so much to replace Fio, but to help along with things...

nosmo

And, I apologise sincerely to those who aren't included...I'd edit the poll, but....

Crash

just for those who don't know:

Neil=Foobar
Bob=Orangerhino
Sven=Lordsippa
Hug=G@ndalf

thar, that sorts that out in case anyone doesnt know.

Btw, anyone mentioned in that list, dont vote for yourself

Green Hand Guy

I think we're doing fine as we are. But if we have to pick a new mod it better not be any strict control-freak type person who deletes posts because they think somebody's argument is badly written or the poster's point of view disagrees with their own (like a certain ctyizens mod who isn't mentioned in this poll but whose name starts with a .

nosmo

Originally posted by foobar
Btw, anyone mentioned in that list, dont vote for yourself

I didn't. And I didn't vote Sven,either... try and guess who I voted for..

shep the malevolent pixie

i agree with greenhandguy, don't give it to someone who will abuse their power.
sHep :cool:

nosmo

VOTE NEIL!

I dont approve of his Hugh killing policy, but I DO approve of his board modding policy.. And his avatar is soo cuute

Crash

Hehe, thanks for the endorsement Man.

My avatar is me

I'm a homeless bum who solves mysteries

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

Can I be removed from this poll? If not because I'm not gonna get any votes (rightly so, I'm a waster) but more because even if I did get all the votes in the world I wouldn't mod this place.

-Bob

Bazookatone

I voted for hug, on the frounds that I don't know Bob or Neill that well and I haven't seen Sven in a while + Hug spends so much time online, he probably has little better to do than to Moderate this place.

By the way, is there any chance that someone would get rid of a few of the older topics. I mean they're just taking up space (sorry, I am a compulsive tidier, it coulb Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

If no-one else wants the job, I wouldn't mind doing it. It would fill in the gaping emotional void in my life. I've tried to fill it with material goods and pornography. Maybe a deep meaningful relationship with a Cathode Ray tube is the answer I've been looking for.

ll=llannah

We could use an obsessive compulsive tidier here. Well, y'arent in the poll, but i'll vote for you anyway, Jack.

Material goods and porno? no, the Cathode Ray'll do the trick.

stackboundary

Hmm I wonder what Fionna has to say about all this?

Volunteering yourself is quite naff I'd have to say though.
Starting a thread to volunteer yourself is even more naff. I'd reckon if Fionna needs help, being the responsible, upstanding member that she is and all, I'd reckon she'd ask for it.

Still if you have a problem with the way l'party in question runs the show, perhaps you should take it up with Dev or Cloud. Who knows enough berating from afar might just get you modded, but I doubt it.

I'm wondering why it is you felt the need to start this thread.
Still if you are looking for a ton of bricks type moderator, I suppose it would be possible to pick one from the body politic to the same.

Yet still I'm wondering if that is what Fionna wants or needs. If you are looking to have four white stars beside your name then, hmm I think that, that is a bad idea. There is more work involved then l33tness and if you want to be a mod to be l33t then you are going to be sadly disappointed, because (friends of mine) have told me that being l33t is for lamers.

If you think there is a ton of muppetry, then you should take that up with herself. I think starting a thread to the same is muppitish, not that I think that is what you are, I'm just saying.

Yes I went to CTYI, years and years ago, long before you lot were the right hand side of an SAT bell curve, in year two actually. In any case, I cast a spell of naffness on this thread and all those who troll in her.

Naff.
Regards Typedef...
err I mean stackboundary.

ps no offence to the naff, but perhaps a certain someone should have been consulted in private, before making a public spectacle hmm?

sisob

Originally posted by stackboundary
Hmm I wonder what Fionna has to say about all this?

dude, what the fsch are you talking about?

her name is fionnula{sp?} or Fio - most of us
know her in "real life". She has started college
and so has less time to spend here. It is obviously
time to give some power to one of the boys who
spend a lot of time here.

SOL

I reckon Gordon would be best, he manages to edit all the funny posts on PI before i get to see them, which isn;t necessarily a good thing but he could do the job,

nosmo

Originally posted by stackboundary
Volunteering yourself is quite naff I'd have to say though.
Starting a thread to volunteer yourself is even more naff.

I wasn't volunteering myself, I merely posted up a list of people that been suggested in another thread

There is more work involved then l33tness and if you want to be a mod to be l33t then you are going to be sadly disappointed, because (friends of mine) have told me that being l33t is for lamers.

l33t isn't fashionable anymore? aw
You frequently mention I should have tried contacting Fio first: I actually have tried, but she never replies to PMs. Yes, however, I am Naff.. pray for me..

Gordon

Thanks SOL but tbh I don't even know what CTYI is all about. it seems like 2 mods are needed in total though.

Is Fio not around that much?

nosmo

Originally posted by Gordon
Is Fio not around that much?

Well, in the past 2+ months, I've seen 2 posts from her around boards... and just take a look at some of the threads here (not to mention this one)

lordsippa

If stackboundary is from Carlow but now goes to oxford my jaw will drop.

But yeah... NOOOOO! Keep fio. She's busy for now but she IS one of us. Let her jump. C'mon... give her a chance to remember this place.

But yeah... she's always on PI so maybe she just doesn't love us. Could someone mayhaps pm her asking her wtf is going on?

Anyway... yes. Up the Fio!

Typedef

Originally posted by G@ndalf I wasn't volunteering myself, I merely posted up a list of people that been suggested in another thread

Or perhaps another way of looking at it, is that you 'happened to have', posted yourself and three token others into a list, whilst Fio is busy?

I think that is naff. I think backbiting while the mod is getting settled in her first year of college, isn't just naff, but a little bitchy and I don't care if 'people' don't care what I think, because I'm right. Still if you want to prove me wrong then take it to admin and see what the community at large thinks of your coup.*

I don't usually frequent the CTYI board, because being 23 (almost), I don't have alot to discuss with CTYI people anymore, I went in 1995. So before you go branding me an outsider, I'd just like to point out that I am most likely the oldest CTYI person on the boards, so don't go there.

l33t isn't fashionable anymore? aw
You frequently mention I should have tried contacting Fio first: I actually have tried, but she never replies to PMs.

Don't turn this on me kid, I'm just pointing out that it's naff to go about this in this manner, ie a popularity contest, that has a token 3 guys listed, without a single word from the Mod who will no doubt be very pissed off when she reads this thread.

Yes, however, I am Naff.. pray for me..

You're breaking my heart. Take it to admin. See what the Admins and the community at large have to say about this. If your case is so strong it should stand up to scrutiny and remember the burdon of proof lies with you, not with (n) random others.

Have a good one.

shep the malevolent pixie

i agree with the naffness yes, but will people all calm the f*ck down about this? if everyone would just take it on themselves to be a little less muppety then we could leave fio alone and not bother with a new mod. jeezus....and all this elitist crap has to stop right now. typedef, you shouldn't have to say stuff like "don't go branding me as an outsider"- people shouldn't be thinking like that, but it seems to me that we're heading that way.
ALL OF YOU, STEP BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELVES. this whole thing is ridiculous.
sHep :cool:

nosmo

Originally posted by lordsippa
But yeah... NOOOOO! Keep fio. She's busy for now but she IS one of us.

Did I say get rid of her? *waits for someone to dredge up old post where I, no doubt, said it*
But the point raised about her being at college etc. is a very good one, and that is why I put up this poll in the first place, to have someone to tidy up when she is too busy to do so. Of course, I am digging myself deeper into this rather dark hole that I have made for myself with every word I type..

lordsippa

Hugh only did this cause people asked him to. Hence why he included himself was cause people suggested him. Give the guy a break, he took some initiative to stop people bitching about who should do it.

That said, I still think that Fio should be let decide whether she wants to step down WITH NO OUTSIDE PRESSURE! she's busy, so give her a break. Sorry to say this but I'm siding with Typedef on this one <to a degree... no need to be so hostile>. This lil coup is rather.. <ahem>... presumptuous of everyone. But yeah... Possibly people should just PM someone <hell I'd be willing> with the name of someone really annoying that they want something done about and if chosen person can't settle it through simply pming involved person then perhaps an admin may be called on to intervene <that is, if fio isn't>.

So yeah... give the system a chance. And "Itwasn'tme" don't get so defensive. People will be willing to give you a second chance if you just stop all the crap and start over. <let's face it, a single person acting the muppet caused all this>

Dustaz

Originally posted by Typedef

You're breaking my heart. Take it to admin. See what the Admins and the community at large have to say about this. If your case is so strong it should stand up to scrutiny and remember the burdon of proof lies with you, not with (n) random others.

No point doing that typey, CTYI is a community and as such is more self governing than regular boards. Apart from obvious misdemeanours, they try not to interfere. The community at large has no say in the board, just the community involved in the board.

Having said that, i agree with Typedef to a certain degree. Has fio indicated that she wants to stand down? Is she Absentee? Have you just decided to take it upon yourself? Judging from the replies, there doesnt seem to be a pressing need for a new mod.


Oh, i have nothing to do with CTYI whatsoever, but i am involved in another community so im interested:)

lordsippa

Dustaz... check out some of the threads here and you'll see a need for modding that hasn't been fulfilled <although entirely as of late>. Best examples would be: Best Movies Ever, and Bitter Oldies... although Bazookatones latest stuff is nothing if not bs <although, that said his badly titled mid-life crisis thread isn't too bad at all>.

Gordon

So who has pm'd smiles exactly? Did she answer?

It wasn't me!

I voted for Sven, he stood up for me in the recent conflict(Sort of). To all involved, by the way, I'm sorry and now I've cooled down I won't act like such a gob****e on boards again.

shep the malevolent pixie

good for you.
i apologize profusely for the bitter oldies thread, the point actually *was* to try and help stuff but apparently it just made things worse.
sorry.
sHep :cool:

Typedef

Originally posted by lordsippa
Dustaz... check out some of the threads here and you'll see a need for modding that hasn't been fulfilled <although entirely as of late>. Best examples would be: Best Movies Ever, and Bitter Oldies... although Bazookatones latest stuff is nothing if not bs <although, that said his badly titled mid-life crisis thread isn't too bad at all>.

See here is my difficulty with people calling for blood on this one. In theory lots of what is discussed on this board is nothing to do with CTYI in the least and the community here seems to actually want it that way.

Now suddenly arbitrary people have decided (quite convieniently for their own stalinist ambitions[1]) that such extraneous discussion is in fact outside the remit of the board. Err, excuse me, technically anything not directly connected to discussion of CTYI is outside the remit of the board's discussion. Furthermore, if one takes it as a given that lots of extraneous discussion to CTYI actually takes place here and that that discussion is in fact the charter for this board, the only real issue becomes, what is kosher in those discussions?

To my mind here is what is ok. Anything that is non-pornographic, non-abusive and doesn't pimp commercial sites/products/you name it. Else one starts to encroach on an unspoken rule that lax and ostensibily unmoderated conversation betwixt, people scattered across the world who were in CTYI is kosher. If you see where I'm going with this.

Therefore a thread on what Movies you like is broadly in line with what the board is about (ie retaining contact between CTYI people), so long as it is mostly CTYI peole are talking about it and it conforms to the broad lines of being Kosher as I have pointed out as being requisite for a public forum above.

Feel free to cast aspersions to this proposition at your leisure.

[1]"I have no thorn to prick the sides of my intent, but vaulting ambition".

smiles

Hello One and All.

I appoligise that in the.... 3 days? since this thread has been created that I havent been around.

Unfortunately for the last week I've been rather ill, vommitting, not sleeping, non-stop migraines, etc.

Before this? Yes, i've been trying to settle in at college, and yes, i've let you lot *try* and act like you have some sort of control over yourself, obviously I was very much mistaken in the idea that when you got sick of insulting one and other that you would stop.

You want moderation? Well In the absence of the cruel evil moderator role (Asuka).... well lets just say i'm going to fill in.

More on this later when I can find (except the one bitter thread) that actually *needs* moderation.

<< Fio >>

smiles

Oh yes... and I got a PM today telling me that you wanted a new mod. Thanks.

<< Fio >>

Typedef

This is the part where I say.

"I told you so".

Happy CTYI guy

This looks like it could get interesting. But the only thing connecting us is CTYI, and a mild acquaintanceship. Now I'm not sure what the rules governing threads are in other forums, but this isn't like a forum like green issues or others where people get together to discuss green issues, this is a community forum. I thought the basic criteria to posting threads was having attended CTYI, not having the threads related to CTYI

lordsippa

Bleh.

I resolve to shake my head at you all. ALL!

Hope you're feeling better fio.

smiles

Originally posted by Happy CTYI guy
I thought the basic criteria to posting threads was having attended CTYI, not having the threads related to CTYI

That is the idea.... just people tend to start banging their heads against walls when you see a "Best Movies EVAR" thread for the millionth time.... don't worry they'll learn to ignore it.

You see my and Adam are the oldest people on this forum, he set itup and i was using it within a couple of days/hours I've seen more repetative threads here than most ofye lot have seen nappies :P (and thats a *hell* of a lot judging from recent conversations)

Learn to ignore the threads you dont want to read, thats what happened with the movies thread, i had no interest in it and i had assumed it was on topic.... 7 pages later? sorry folks, my bad.

I'm feeling a little better Sven thanks, i've just had a fair bit on my mind.

<< Fio >>

sisob

I'm feeling a little better Sven thanks, i've just had a fair bit on my mind.

*huggs*

we need to catch a hot chocolate when you're in dublin.

as for all this waffle - pah, ctyi needs about as much moderation as funky dig. i dont want to read anything here so I dont really care.

It wasn't me!

Do we really need another moderator though? The site seems to be working fine for me!

Happy CTYI guy

Okay, i think i've figured this out. The arguement is that there is too many **** threads and that they should be got rid of. Right, i understand that, but then what are we making room for? It's not like there's an abundance of threads at the monent

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

Happy, there isn't a minimum amount of threads we need -- I think most people would appreciate one decent thread a week than three half assed threads a day. Although I also think other things that may make any opinion I ever have null and void.

lordsippa

The point is not the threads being made <well... kinda... really stupid threads are annoying cause.. well... they're really stupid>. The point is the crap that's being spewed on them. Mostly, personally I don't mind. It's just when people start getting at each other and it devolves into everyone calling everyone else names that i personally start to get annoyed.

Erm.. it's early. If that didn't make sense, ask me again when my brains working.