Who Thinks We Need Some New Mods?

So, If you're right, you're cool with an annonymous "shadow" governing of this forum?

I'm a memeber of four other message boards. Some are more lenient and at least one is more restrictive, but that doesn't matter. What I'm asking is this: Shouldn't we be moderated by some of our own, people who are actual members of our community? If you're a mod shouldn't you have the decency to show-up for work? Won't non-official, pseudo-mods just add to the confusion when they attempt to police things and be rendered ineffective? What's the point in being a mod if you aren't actually going to do your job? What's the point in having a whole bunch of Dwight Schrute motherfuckers running around?
Don't you think that we, INFOROO, should have some ammount of input on who's governing us?

I think it is natural to think the grass is greener on the other side. I just don't know who all these "obviously better as a mod" members are. Like I said, almost all the mods have logged on in the past two days, and I believe I have personally met all of them at some point or another at bonnaroo. These guys are still a part of this community. When there are so many members they don't have as many reasons to post, though. I will say that some of the locks in this board are sometimes a bit more internally motivated than some others, but I think that is due to the nature of the threads here. They are a lot more personal and serious than on most boards, and also cover a very broad spectrum.

A police state? Dude, are you kidding me?

I love our mods. Although they are most definitely not as present as they have been in past years, they're still awesome people and they do the best they can. However, maybe there should be a new mod or two appointed, who are more prominent members around the board, at this time. I understand completely that folks get busy or jaded with the bickering or whatever, but I do remember a time when a lot of mods were every day, volume posters, and it was nice. But either way, just as everything else, it's ultimately up to our mods, they hold their positions (and have, for a long time) for a reason.

I have no problem adding new mods if the current ones feel it necessary, but I see absolutely no reason to replace the ones that are in place. Also, I went back and read the end of the other board thread that was closed and see why it was. When you start calling out names and basically calling the mods lazy and bad at their positions that is enough to close a thread that has really no point of being open in the first place. If a group of people want to discuss a disruptive topic so badly the mods do not moderate pm's. At that point in the thread a lot of personal attacks and insults were being thrown around and it makes pretty good sense as to why it was closed.

They did not delete it - it got locked which moved it to the bottom of the page - that's what happens when a thread gets locked.

and I have to chime in a say that most of the mods - more than likely logged in recently because of that thread yesterday - it happens.

I'm fine with our mods the way they are - they can do what they want - Inforoo is not the way it was when I first started posting on here and it never will be - things change.

I am on other boards - I am an admin on other boards - it's not an easy job and - hey - news flash people - there is a real world out there - mods have lives and are not connected to the computer all day long!!!!

I think they could probably clean the threads up a bit, but I think they do a pretty good job. Maybe add Juggs just so he could rule with an iron fist, but that may piss others off. I think it would be hilarious.

I think the mods who are here do a good job. There's a few that I've never seen around though.

G King, you obviously have a skewed idea of how mods become mods. For the record, I was a regular member for close to a year and was asked by the staff if I wanted to mod. I accepted the position. So I am "one of you (us)" according to you.

As Jesse said, this not a democracy!

You were calling out Adam in the other thread. Dude, Adam CREATED this board and he is the end all be all of decisions, if you cant deal with THAT, then you need to find somewhere else to gripe. If not for Adam, NONE of us would be here.

Now look, we have already had multiple problems with you. you have warned, banned, brought back and given chances. You obvisoulsy dont like the way thigns are ran around here, but I got news for you G, nothings changing simply because you want it to. And if you think you are gonna start some kind of revolution around here, I think you may have a poor understanding of where most members stand.

IF, IF, yeah I said if, we decide to bring another mod or two, WE will decide when that time is right, not you or any other members.

On top of that, one thing you need to learn is that you will achieve much greater results by PM'ing us with your issues rather than posting a bitchthread for the whole board to read. I know I know, you already tried the PM route, but when you write us PM's that are as long as a book and accuse us of basically being Stalin in those PM's that aint gonna get you anywhere either.

I quit PM'ing you back because I realized that it was futile with you, no one will make you happy, no matter what we do.

You are no different than the hundreds of other disgruntled memberes that have cried over one thing or the other, you not getting anything changed by going about it the way you do.

Sorry man, this is reality.

Oh, and if you want to complain aboutmods not being around, as some of the others have said, we have lives outside of inforoo. I like to think that I am on here quite often, I check in everyday, but rarely post anymore. Someone PM's me and I will check into it.

I have a wife a 17yo son and a 15yo daughter, a full time job, a mortgage blah blah blah. But I find the time to get on here as often as possible.

One thing we have done as mods that none of the other boards I frequent have done is made a true effort to meet, in person, as many people as we can. the brunch is a great opportunity for this. I think once you have met someone in person, it make is a lot harder to bash them online. Maybe you should come to the brunch and hang with all of us, share a bowl and a laugh and you amy get a better idea of who the men (and lady) behind the curtain really are.

if you get banned, we will miss your loss forever.


no, not really.


the mods here do a fine job. nearly every time i *post* in a thread asking for a mod to do something, it gets done. I'm too lazy to pm them, so i can understand when things get missed.

they cant be slacking too much if they respond to random posts at odd hours.

whatever, blah, it's just the internet. Leo forever. god bless tiene and his fine, fine contribution to bunny / the VIP group in 2008. wooz for prez. roofan is the bees knees.

how about you meet these folks in person before you spew noxious vitriol all over the place.

^Good point I am trying to think of an analogy that takes into account people trying to change the leadership of a free service that provides a benefit to them, but so far I am drawing a blank.


I think the mods still do a reasonably good job keeping the place tight, on any given day 4 or so will have logged on, and looked things over. There is less thread locking going on,but lets be fair the traffic here is maybe 50% of last years if that, and people ust are not starting new threads on the same subject every day like the used to.

Man you showed us.

^I wish I could use a discount.