Simultaneous Moderator Approval Survey - January 2013

[sentinel]

I strongly approve of Bacon King and Mr. Morden. Disapprove of David Leip. Don't have an opinion on the others, just haven't interacted with them enough.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I've had the pleasure of meeting Badger, muon2, and The Mikado in person.........all wonderful people in the real world.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I've had the pleasure of meeting Badger, muon2, and The Mikado in person.........all wonderful people in the real world.

If you ever find yourself in sunny Southern California, let me know ~

[dead0man]

Yeah, it's ridiculous to disapprove of Dave since this place wouldn't even exist without him.

unless you believe your membership here has had a negative influence on your life.  similarly, one can have a negative opinion of God if he prefers he had never been born at all.

A poster can leave, and a living human can commit suicide. Dave and God both left us an opt-out option.

Excellent point that will be ignored by the people who need to understand it the most.

[sentinel]

Yeah, it's ridiculous to disapprove of Dave since this place wouldn't even exist without him.

unless you believe your membership here has had a negative influence on your life.  similarly, one can have a negative opinion of God if he prefers he had never been born at all.

A poster can leave, and a living human can commit suicide. Dave and God both left us an opt-out option.

Excellent point that will be ignored by the people who need to understand it the most.

Uh, thats a big of a tangent. You can easily argue (whether you agree or not) that Dave has neglected his duties as a owner/administrator and moderator.

[dead0man]

and because of that, you can't leave?  Odd.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I've had the pleasure of meeting Badger, muon2, and The Mikado in person.........all wonderful people in the real world.

If you ever find yourself in sunny Southern California, let me know ~

Indeed!  My next west coast adventure will be in Portland this fall, however.

[AndrewTX]

I've had the pleasure of meeting Badger, muon2, and The Mikado in person.........all wonderful people in the real world.

If you ever find yourself in sunny Southern California, let me know ~

Indeed!  My next west coast adventure will be in Portland this fall, however.

Don't forget Houston. I might share one of my drinks with you.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I've had the pleasure of meeting Badger, muon2, and The Mikado in person.........all wonderful people in the real world.

If you ever find yourself in sunny Southern California, let me know ~

Indeed!  My next west coast adventure will be in Portland this fall, however.

Don't forget Houston. I might share one of my drinks with you.

I only fly through that hole, not stop. 

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Official Results

+70 (09) Bacon King
+67 (13) muon2
+60 (13) Beet
+59 (16) Ernest
+58 (22) Mr Morden
+57 (16) Tender Branson
+57 (18) Mr Moderate
+55 (14) Alcon
+51 (22) ag
+51 (22) Badger
+49 (17) Torie
+47 (13) afleitch
+47 (19) The Mikado
+40 (13) Gustaf
+40 (19) BigDaddyTX
+39 (18) Nym90
+32 (14) Joe Republic
+25 (11) Dave Leip
+24 (26) big bad fab
+18 (09) Al
+09 (30) Lunar
+09 (30) Peter
+02 (18) MasterJedi
-02 (32) Emsworth
-03 (31) supersoulty
-08 (26) Sam Spade
-11 (09) Inks.LWC
-32 (25) Bushie

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Ouch

[opebo]

BushOK is a moderator?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Ouch

What?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Good to see that all active moderators except Inks have positive approval ratings. I hope that will bust the myth that people who disagree with Inks only do so because they're anti-Mod.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Good to see that all active moderators except Inks have positive approval ratings. I hope that will bust the myth that people who disagree with Inks only do so because they're anti-Mod.

That doesn't discount the fact that some of those votes against me were done because people are anti-mod.  And like I've said before, I've been unfairly made the scape goat for people who dislike the mods.  Many people who dislike my moderation activities have made those decisions based on faulty accusations and assumptions.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Plus, it's fair to assume that the less active posters who don't have a problem with the mods probably wouldn't have voted here.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Inks, you can slice it however you want, but the fact remains that there is an overwhelming number of serious posters (starting with Al) who have serious issues with your moderating style. Good arguments have been put forward, but you have systematically ignored them and instead you chose to only respond to the most frivolous accusations. In short, you deliberately focus on the trolls and ignore those who have legitimate issues against you. Now, you can keep this game on as long as you want. It's pretty clear you can hold on to your job forever, thanks to Dave's inactivity. Of course it's easier to convince yourself that it's always everyone else's fault. But if you had an ounce of common sense, you'd realize that it is not normal for a mod to constantly anger a majority of the forum's most valuable contributors and a good share of the moderators themselves.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

If you saw Al on the Mod Corner, I doubt you'd consider him a credible person to criticize me.

And how have I not taken you guys seriously?  I'm not modding the boards anymore... you got what you guys wanted.

[Antonio the Sixth]

If you saw Al on the Mod Corner, I doubt you'd consider him a credible person to criticize me.

And how have I not taken you guys seriously?  I'm not modding the boards anymore... you got what you guys wanted.

So what? If it's just a "cooling off" period, so that after one month you come back and start again moderating in the same style, what's the point?

It's not like we even really want you out. What we would really like is you to reconsider your moderating style, and actually take into account our objections to it. If you were actually able to have a critical judgment on your own actions and understand that having 3/5 of the forum community and half of the mods criticizing you is not normal, we'd have no problem with you keeping your job. A mod should not be so controversial, they should enjoy a certain degree of confidence from the forum community.

[Lief 🗽]

That doesn't discount the fact that some of those votes against me were done because people are anti-mod. 

Why don't their opinions count?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

If you saw Al on the Mod Corner, I doubt you'd consider him a credible person to criticize me.

And how have I not taken you guys seriously?  I'm not modding the boards anymore... you got what you guys wanted.

So what? If it's just a "cooling off" period, so that after one month you come back and start again moderating in the same style, what's the point?

It's not like we even really want you out. What we would really like is you to reconsider your moderating style, and actually take into account our objections to it. If you were actually able to have a critical judgment on your own actions and understand that having 3/5 of the forum community and half of the mods criticizing you is not normal, we'd have no problem with you keeping your job. A mod should not be so controversial, they should enjoy a certain degree of confidence from the forum community.

Wouldn't a "cooling off" period mean that I'd come back different?  Your post doesn't even make sense.

Half the mods have criticized me?  I'd like to see the evidence for that.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

And like I said... I get slammed because I'm transparent about what I do.  If Al posted publicly his list of people he thinks should be banned, you'd be more concerned about him than me.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Wouldn't a "cooling off" period mean that I'd come back different?  Your post doesn't even make sense.

It's up to you, obviously. But since you haven't even acknowledged that you did anything wrong so far, why should we be hopeful that you change anything?

And like I said... I get slammed because I'm transparent about what I do.  If Al posted publicly his list of people he thinks should be banned, you'd be more concerned about him than me.

I don't give a crap what a moderator thinks. What matter is the way he acts. Al's board is probably the most quiet, friendly and qualitative of all.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Wouldn't a "cooling off" period mean that I'd come back different?  Your post doesn't even make sense.

It's up to you, obviously. But since you haven't even acknowledged that you did anything wrong so far, why should we be hopeful that you change anything?

I have no clue... you're the one who said it.  I can't explain why you said what you said.  But yes, if I come back to modding FC/OT I probably won't infract too much of anything.  That being said, at this point, I have no plans on coming back any time soon.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Wouldn't a "cooling off" period mean that I'd come back different?  Your post doesn't even make sense.

It's up to you, obviously. But since you haven't even acknowledged that you did anything wrong so far, why should we be hopeful that you change anything?

I have no clue... you're the one who said it.  I can't explain why you said what you said.  But yes, if I come back to modding FC/OT I probably won't infract too much of anything.  That being said, at this point, I have no plans on coming back any time soon.

What I said (based on what you yourself announced) is that you planned to come back after one month. Without any indication that you planned to change anything. What I said is that this was in no way satisfactory to the problem. If you have changed your mind and now have given up on the job altogether, that's great news.