So, mods -> super/global mods -> admins hierarchy as in some sites?You can have some overall mods and a lot of subforum mods who only have mod privileges in their specific area
So, mods -> super/global mods -> admins hierarchy as in some sites?You can have some overall mods and a lot of subforum mods who only have mod privileges in their specific area
but why
whats the advantage of that over having more supermods
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Who wants to sign up to be mod of fanclubs?
You said no in the thread ;_; (and again, I'd rather that content people such as You, Mew, etc. aren't chosen as then they won't well be bringing content as much).
Raff and Megas perhaps. But I think they might be like me and are looked at as the silly guys.
The idea was that they'd really only have to watch their designated board seriously but they could of course go to the other boards. Again, you can't really force volunteers to do something. I mean, a problem you (or it was Seika/Mac) mentioned was that people don't report and mods are left to figure out what's going on on their own if something happens. In a case like this a designated mod (or mods) of that board could at least provide better insight (well this is just theoretically, because I mean, if Lyco got in an argument with a bunch of people you already know what happened) or were at least paying more attention than someone who's expected to browse the dozens of boards by themselves.
And heck, just because its their designated board doesn't mean they need to spend all their time there :P I mean, if no one really reports as you say than you guys probably hear or see what's going on through the massive amount of activity attracted in a place.
Also its not like people can't be moderators of multiple boards or something.
You's extension idea was that if you have a problem with someone you just go to the designated mod instead of kicking up the largest fuss ever.
And then I tossed the ideas that its perhaps less of a headache to just let the users do their thing.
Really, it depends on what the mod team wants to do to choose how many we want.
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Which sort of comes back around to the question of why make them specifically subforum mods at all?
So far, the only item about lesser mods that I've found convincing is the desire for a face and an immediately obvious point of contact if you're having trouble in a specific forum. Which is a very fair point in itself, but not, I think, worth the possible confusion about mods' responsibilities. Instead, we would rather underline that any and all mods are available for you to PM if you want to talk about a forum matter, as well as the Report button being at your disposal.
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Well it'd be more helpful for the inactive mods and/or admins we don't usually see around, I think.
The only major benefit to subforum mods would be that you're guaranteed a mod who probably spends enough time in that subforum to understand the context of situations occurring within it.
Them being normal outside of their subforms might lessen the perceived divide between user and mod as well
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Yeah, but couldn't that be solved by just making a lot more mods?
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