Moderation (moved from zone)

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by Huwajux

Yes there is, because that would be classed as an abuse of power and Darlene and Sam would be quick to pick up on this and sort it out ASAP.

You're aware that moderators of these kind of sections are not prepped in any way right? You're aware that there is no actual set rule against it, much like your set rule for contribution, right? This stuff is common sense.

Originally Posted by Huwajux

And referring back to the previous section of your post, I stand by my point that an FAQ is not obliged to help out in any other way than by answering questions, just as a moderator is not obliged to do anything other than moderate their forum(s). However when we are considering how good a moderator is we can bring those issues into question, but that isn't what we are talking about. You brought up the amount of moderators there are, and have already mentioned that you are not filing a complaint about their actual capabilities as moderators.

Too many cooks spoil the broth. It's sociologically and psychologically proven that a larger group of people will make every member in the group feel less responsible. It's called diffusion of responsibility, look it up sometime. My point is that with so many more moderators, none of them will feel the need to be good moderators, ESPECIALLY since I don't feel that the amount on this forum is even necessary in the first place. A few good moderators are more effective than a bunch of mediocre ones, for the simple fact that having less will make the few feel more responsible. On the other end of the spectrum however, having too few will give them a sense of too much responsibility, and they start to worship the rules.

Originally Posted by Huwajux

Uh yes, the answer is already in his post. It would be harder to make sure that such a vast number of moderators were not abusing their power.

Using what you said in the current context, do you believe that on these forums corrupt actions are gone unnoticed, and how exactly would one abuse their "power" on a forum that publicly ousts the staff as soon as they do something wrong? I can't imagine that being hard to track.

Originally Posted by Sam

And to answer your question: because there are not enough people being able. In lack of good mods we have to take sometimes mods that shouldn't be that.

Yeah you're right, 25 people per each section of the forum would be pretty ridiculous in terms of resources, let's narrow it down to 10 people for one section.