Thread monitor.

Is penguin gonna have to kill a bitch?

Oh man, what is this guy doing? I'm gone for most of yesterday and I post to vote in the motemote and post here and there before sleep claimed me, and I see the User Uploads overrun by one single user. If I surmise correctly, it's most likely that said user is trying to get crimson875's uploads and getting around the post requirement.

It's because we get users like these that break the order and flow of the forums that people are suggesting more moderators.

Just so you know, I live in a different timezone and country to both Gambler and Mike.

The accused has been apprehended, or rather banned, and some of the spam has been removed.

Just for your information, Gambler, Mattarat, and Mike all live in different timezones, conveniently spread out on each third of the globe.

It's quite safe to say we won't get any more Global Mods. We might get a User Uploads mod, but if you guys keep pushing for one it's only going to deduct points from our book. We decide who our moderators will be, and let me say just this. One of the best ways to kill off your chances to become a mod is to overpolice things, or to try too hard to become one. None of our global mods have gotten to where they were because they wanted to be one. As Jacob said, we don't want people who'll impose their opinions and use their powers to overpolice the site. As I've told all the moderators on this forum, humility is key. I hate mods who abuse their position, and I'm sure all the other admins feel the same way.

The moderators are not supposed to boss the users around, they're supposed to use their powers as a tool to expand the community and make it better. Jacob gave the great example of tsujoi, who was aptly rewarded. Teclo, on the other hand, was made Requests mod because of his sheer helpfulness in the Requests section. Hibia has been of great help in the translation team and he is a professional in all things computer. Gambler, Mike, and Mattarat, all three of them, never, ever, dreamed they would become Global Moderators, but were awesome users that really stood out in terms of what they would bring to the staff team. Gambler, for example, has been with us for a long time, truly understands FAKKU's philosophy, and every post he makes is well thought out, encourages further discussion, and is a joy to read.

Hopefully a temp ban system will be implemented soon, and when this finally comes to fruition I highly encourage you guys to use the report button. I have dealt harshly with the User Uploads Necrospammer (I hope you like the new title he got), as well as a few others. We will step up frequency of temporary bans to make sure the lessons go through. Like many of you said, it's impossible for any single mod to go through each and every single thread. Increasing the number of mods does not mean they'll get to every single thread, since this is impossible for any one person to do. But you users can. And it is up to you guys to use the often neglected Report button, so all we have to do is log in, open the reports, and deal with the troublemakers. I feel a more efficient, user-supported, temp-ban and reporting system, NOT more mods, is more conducive to a better forum environment.

Hope that makes it clear exactly what our stance is at this moment on increased moderation.

I was always under the impression that moderators were there to make sure the forums were organized, neat, and helped to facilitate the flow of discussion, at least from the multiple forums I’ve been to. I’m sure most users think the same way, but as I’ve noticed at FAKKU, things run on ideals and user-support than strict policing. There’s nothing wrong with that, and that’s part of FAKKU’s virtue anyways. It’s only because we have a recent surge of misplaced threads, repeat threads, spammers, etc. etc. that users are pushing for extra moderators.

In fact, I sent Teclo a PM not too long ago about a misplaced request thread, but he told me that he can’t move threads into the Request section, but only out, given his status as a limited-to-section moderator. Rather than pushing for new moderators since it’s obvious that this argument won’t go anywhere, can I request for Teclo to obtain global moderator privileges? That way he’ll be able to handle misplaced request threads in different sections, which make a big percentage of misplaced threads.

I have no intention of being a moderator due to whether or not I have the time or further opportunity to visit FAKKU (it’s complicated), and I have no doubt that I’ve killed off my chances of being one anyways. But I can’t imagine having the users themselves say that the forums need more moderating… which strikes me as highly ironic, but here we are, with users asking more policing, which in my opinion can’t hurt if the regular members are suggesting it. But case closed, ironic or not.

As a suggestion, perhaps maybe the admins should make their intentions clear with the reporting/PM plan as a front page news thread? I don’t know if other users do so, but if I encounter a misplaced or repeat thread, I try to deal with the user him/herself before resorting to PMing a mod or admin if they’re on the forums, then I report the thread as a last resort. I don’t think many users are aware of the admin’s intentions, and such it might be better to state it openly. Not all users visit the Feedback/suggestions section, and miss out on the posts in each thread. Just a tidbit of advice.

Well after taking into consideration of what Raze said, I think that was the case and point.

Agreed.