Popularity Contest?

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shadowfax1007

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My 2 Cents:

I don't understand why we need a heap of people who can only "ban, change sigs/avys, and stick and lock threads". I personally feel it was better when just Victim and Hahninator were doing it themselves.

With that said, I don't really care that Azem got mod status. Good for him.

People need to quit whining. As stated previously, it's just the internet...

If an issue truely needs to be addressed, its the Admin/Owner team.

Apart from UM0, the majority of the Admins are never online.

Take for example Vash_The_Stampede. Last online 10-03-2007.

And Coredump just comes and goes...

It's pretty impossible to make any changes around here without active admins/owner..

 
UnhingedMouse0

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Yes, we dont need too many moderators as their powers are somewhat limited, however, its nice to have fair ammount of them so that when something does happen there is a better chance that it can be dealt with quicker.
 
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_deemy_

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Just so everyone is clear, this wasn't a thread about Azem specifically. This applied to all the mods, it just happened to be brought up after his promotion. So this isn't a personal attack on him or whatever cause it seems a few people seem to think that.

And if that's all the mods have the power to do, then that's actually pretty lame. I was under the impression that that was basically what the elites got, then the mods had a few other features, and then the admins more again.

But if mods can basically do next to nothing then I have no qualms with no changes or anything being made around here, if the only people that can do anything are never here. But that's a topic for another time.

And to the people saying to quit whining cause it's the internet. It's not about them being more popular or anything. I really enjoy this site, and want it to be able to evolve and have a good leadership team and everything, and if the mods are only there because they are popular and don't know what to do with their powers, then the site's headed downhill.

what did clogz say? I mean I don't always agree with the guy but he's not one to make pointless stupid posts that have no meaning.
but yeah...denemy I agree with what you're saying. and while this place can be nice, it can also be tyrannic, and full of ****. there are many nice members but there are also people who I wouldn't miss for a second.
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He said something along the lines of 'the only reason he got mod was because he's so popular and that's why this place is so bad these days' or something like that.

 
UnhingedMouse0

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As to not misquote anyone here, I found the post.

I'd like to use this incident to forward the notion that modship has become nothing more than a popularity contest.

I would also like to add, this one of the biggest reasons I'm not around anymore.
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GraDoN

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well i dont minds the mods i mean i dont see them abuse power or something and a mods job is too look after a forum and keep the peace, remove spam and that kinda stuff which is being done. so even if it is a popularity contest in my opinion they are doing their jobs pretty good so far.

on the other hand them you have admins whos jobs are to administrate and to add things and make the place better with upgrades and new designs and stuff. here is where is think lpf is lacking a lot.

we need active admins who can like de(\)emy said, improve this place and make it reach its maximum potential

anyway thats it

 
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LPShinodaFM

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Yup thats what I think too. We need way more admin activities around here. We should get some more admins to actually do upgrading or changes that mods can't do... which is a lot, now that it's clear how much power mods actually have.
 
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i dont really get why a mod has to have experience, cause this is on a trial period and i think everyone deserves a chance at times, i also got the opportunity to be a mod on 3 forums before and i never was a mod before that but i was glad i got my chance to contribute more to the site.
 
Peterdea

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I'm 100% fine with the mods we have, I can say that I believe most of them that have been active since day 1 of my membership have been deserving, in fact, all of them.

Give Azm a chance, he deserves it. I can't think of any other members except maybe one or two who deserve it as much as he does.

 
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Acezorz

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I think popularity should influence whether people are given mod rights or not, I mean no-one would want a random person whos an **** to everyone to become a mod, right?

Besides, it's just a title, he has duties to do now and I think azem will do them fine; he's a respected member and liked by all. It doesn't really matter anyway, and personally I think threads like these just tear communities apart with stupid, pointless banter.

 
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Breakdown Conspiracy

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I think popularity should influence whether people are given mod rights or not, I mean no-one would want a random person whos an **** to everyone to become a mod, right? Besides, it's just a title, he has duties to do now and I think azem will do them fine; he's a respected member and liked by all. It doesn't really matter anyway, and personally I think threads like these just tear communities apart with stupid, pointless banter.
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I agree exactly. But threads like this are needed. If there isn't anyone to challenge authority, then it gets a little boring.

 
woodyloveslinkin

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So a few people might have noticed that Victim deleted a few posts in Azem's congratulatory thread there. These posts were from Clogz and me replying (and agreeing) with him.His post stated that the only reason Az got to be a mod is because he is a popular member of the boards, and perhaps not the best person suited for the job.

Admittedly that was probably the wrong place to start a discussion about this, and I apologise for that, but I do agree with what he was saying.

I'm not sure how many of the admins/mods/elites have experience or whatever doing this type of job so I can't really just say it's all bullshit, but it seems that majority of the people around here with the power have never modded another website.

This might seem a bit picky and pointless to some people, but for someone like me who is a moderator on a site that is around 4 times larger than this one, I can see a fair few different ways this place could be improved. But it seems that the current mods don't want to change anything at all. It's not that there's anything wrong with how the place is now, but it could be a lot more easy to navigate and user-friendly with a few changes here and there.

So I guess what I'm asking you all is, do you agree that the modship status is only given to people who are currently popular within the LPF community?

And do you think that these people should have prior modding experience?

(again I don't know if anyone has any experience so if the mods could answer that it'd be nice)

And before you all come in and flame me for stating my opinion, just take a little time to think about your reply before you post. There's really no point coming in and having a huge rant at me cause I only want to hear from the intelligent part of LPF.
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I wouldn't consider popularity a vital thing to be a mod. (I may sound a it up myself when I say this) but I'm popular and I'm not a mod (past people know from my erratic behaviour in the past). Mods are selected based on how they react to social problems occurring on LPF.

 
Linkin-Uchina

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Yes, we dont need too many moderators as their powers are somewhat limited, however, its nice to have fair ammount of them so that when something does happen there is a better chance that it can be dealt with quicker.
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are you 1 of the linkin park member?
 
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