Zone1 Why are so many mods suddenly no longer mods?

[konradv]

I’ve noticed recently that several former mods are no longer sporting that moderator title.

Was it a collective job action?

Has the admin suddenly come to realize that some moderation is fine but that pesky, petty and unnecessary moderation is actually damaging this Board?

I wouldn’t doubt that it’s burnout. I ran, unpaid, an amateur sports league for about 20 years and it wasn’t until after I quit that I realized how much it affected my mental well being. Within months I was a much happier person. It’s a fact that people often think volunteers work for them, just because they’ve paid membership fees. There were times when I had to let people know in no uncertain terms that I was the League Director, not the League Directee. Also, don’t get me started on people that constantly complained about cheating. You had to watch them carefully, because often they were cheating themselves or started to cheat, because they figured “everybody does it”. That’s a contributing factor to why I take issue with all the claims of election cheating, unless there’s extraordinary evidence.

 

[Foxfyre]

Not a valid requirement for be a moderator and no one here is claiming to be perfect really that is all you have to say?

I comment because the forum needs to improve and so far after my 5 years here the chronic problem persists thus continue to talk about it.

I have moderated before and know how frustrating, difficult and thankless the job can be. It is far more frustrating, difficult and thankless when mods let their personal feelings and partisanship whether political, religious, socioeconomical or whatever interfere with their judgment. And when there is little or no moderation things become intolerable pretty quickly.

But I do very much appreciate those mods that can set aside their personal opinions/ideology or whatever and are even handed in the application of clear and proper rules for the forum.

I have also participated on many other boards and have not found the sense of community that I have here at USMB. And, frankly, I also have not found the degree of rudeness, crudeness, vulgarity, incivility we sometimes endure here at USMB. But perhaps you can't have a free speech policy without that.

I am just curious though. Given your opinion of USMB as a message board, why do you participate here?

 

[Bleipriester]

If you don´t impose rules, you don´t need mods. Simple as can be.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

If you don´t impose rules, you don´t need mods. Simple as can be.

and when the mods make up their own rules, you don't have rules.

 

[Bleipriester]

and when the mods make up their own rules, you don't have rules.

True. On another board, some mods do that. They have a funny rule "no unwanted postings". It can be anything.

 

[Ropey]

I have also participated on many other boards and have not found the sense of community that I have here at USMB. And, frankly, I also have not found the degree of rudeness, crudeness, vulgarity, incivility we sometimes endure here at USMB. But perhaps you can't have a free speech policy without that.

+2

 

[Ropey]

and when the mods make up their own rules, you don't have rules.

Which is why there has been a bit of a cleaning.
Even if the cleaned, disagree.

 

[JoeB131]

I can only speak for myself and why I am no longer a mod.

I come here for fun. It is entertainment. But having to babysit pouting toddlers takes away that fun.

And you were always pretty fair as a Mod. I would say most of the Mods are pretty fair.

I suspect most of the ones who quit do so because, frankly, it isn't worth the time.

 

[miketx]

The reason is after a certain time all mods must go through the chryon reintegration chamber. Many just don't make it and simply return to their natural state.

 

[the other mike]

CIA has seized the operation.

 

[JustAGuy1]

Thank you.

I never saw anything wrong with your work, you have always been fair and impartial.

 

[JustAGuy1]

In my experience conservative forums implode and end up with a small group of like minded individuals that pretend to allow anyone to join, but immediately attempted to shout down any outside thought. Then the bordem sets in and the traffic goes down, then more boredum. It has happened to 3 I am aware of. I have never seen that on an uber liberal forums, but I can't hang out on them much, and there are just not many lib forums out there.

It happens with the Leftist moderation too. The one where skewsy hangs out tolerates NO Rightwing opinions.

 

[WinterBorn]

I never saw anything wrong with your work, you have always been fair and impartial.

I appreciate that.

 

[Natural Citizen]

The one where skewsy hangs out tolerates NO Rightwing opinions.

Yet, oddly, is provided free reign to use USMB for a staging area and extention of that particular platform's usership activist/influence activities.

Basically just using this web site to start entire threads benchmarked on the copypastas of the two-bit opinions and low info musings of random nobodies on the particular web site that you're talking about.

That's what happens when some of their members/usership are our maudes. it's how a social disease is provided a host to flourish and spread...

 

[Natural Citizen]

Anyway. As far as the OP goes, there should be so-called term limits for maudes.

Otherwise you end up with folks believing they're tenured roles and that they therefore run the joint as if it's their personal web site to be steered where they need or want for it to be steered. Depends largely on the personality type and personal intent of the maude you're dealing with under that circumstance, though.

Personality types are easy to see. Observing intent is an ongoing affair, however.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Anyway. As far as the OP goes, there should be so-called term limits for maudes.

Otherwise you end up with folks believing they're tenured roles and that they therefore run the joint. Depends largely on the personality type and personal intent of the maude you're dealing with under that circumstance, though.

Malignant narcissism is the one personality type that should never be given the job.

Unfortunately, it the one personality type that most craves it.

 

[toobfreak]

CIA has seized the operation.

So then, does that mean this forum is run now by the Russians or the Chinese?

 

[toobfreak]

I appreciate that.

Hey, WB, when you modded here, I know you were endlessly, vociferously attacked by certain people whom you moderated, trying to do your job according to the rules set forth here, so, I can't blame you for dropping out. I just posted an innocent article on my own group about various suggested dietary treatments to help guard against bad side effects from the vax and had one of my members ranting about it not being medically cited well enough (as if anyone is researching this) having me up till 4AM arguing about it, culminating in his leaving the group! Good riddance!

Unfortunately for mods here, they do not have full control of rules or regulations here.

 

[the other mike]

So then, does that mean this forum is run now by the Russians or the Chinese?

Alex Jones.

 

[miketx]

So then, does that mean this forum is run now by the Russians or the Chinese?

Oh that's ridiculous. Those of us in the know realize it's ran symbiotic transdimentional lesbian dwarfs, all with a lisp