Michelle, I'll just speak for myself. The problem with having moderators is that it requires, well, moderators and as far as I know, not many of us are interested in being unpaid moderators of a board as busy as this one. Last I heard, the stompies seem to NOT want the job. Couple that with the fact that many of us feel strongly about *who* among us would get to be moderators, so there's some chance that those who are willing to do it will be rejected by those who are going to be moderated. Seems kinda messy.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
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Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Burrell - Apr 13, 2003 10:07:17 pm PDT #9633 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
§ ita § - Apr 13, 2003 10:11:24 pm PDT #9634 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The existing system may count as moderation (I disagree), but as a putative moderator, all I can say is that what's described feels very different from what I feel expected to do currently, and that distinction is quantum.
Nutty - Apr 13, 2003 10:17:38 pm PDT #9635 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, Michele, I have angst about formal moderators, which relates to the fact we've never had them before, and I don't know as how I can handle that much change in such a short period. Also I am foreseeing the voting wrangle in trying to implement such a notion and pre-emptively blowing my own brains out.
The real problem, I think, is that we have indicated our intentions with rules, but we have not defined them as formally and in as much detail as I (and I suspect others) would like. I mean, there is also a big part of me that would be pleased as punch to participate in a Buffista Law Caucus, to gather up what has been said and passed; assess the gaps and places where we see no consensus or clear indication; make proposals how to fill those gaps; and have everyone vote each part up or down.
I mean, it would make me feel like I had my back up against something firm and clear; and it would result in a document of precedents and rules we could all consult if we felt iffy. So I would want to tear out my own eyes with my toenails during, but afterwards I would be glad I had done it. Also, blind.
Elena - Apr 13, 2003 10:36:07 pm PDT #9636 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
And in desperate need of a pedicure.
P.M. Marc - Apr 13, 2003 10:38:03 pm PDT #9637 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think one thing that would help would be some boilerplate warning text.
Standardize it, yo.
Because drafting a warning? Pain in the ass.
§ ita § - Apr 13, 2003 10:41:42 pm PDT #9638 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Because drafting a warning? Pain in the ass.
No fucking kidding. It's my major reason for inertia.
askye - Apr 13, 2003 10:44:37 pm PDT #9639 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I agree with having a standardized warning.
P.M. Marc - Apr 13, 2003 10:50:53 pm PDT #9640 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
No fucking kidding. It's my major reason for inertia.
Yeah, mine too. (BTW, have I kissed your feet for doing the deed? Or thrown knives at them?)
Jesse - Apr 14, 2003 7:07:53 am PDT #9641 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You know, I don't know if this would be at all useful, but I'd totally be willing to be a Stompy Foot, not because I have any skills, but because I'd be willing to draft and send out warnings and stuff like that.
Jessica - Apr 14, 2003 7:11:39 am PDT #9642 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I agree -- standardized wordings for official notices would be a good thing.