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Originally Posted by Janszoon
I'm on my way to work so I'll reply to your longer post above a little later, but I'd just like to point out that we already have permanent records regardless of whether we use your infraction system so that's not really a workable argument in favor of it.
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Aaaight, cool and thanks for the heads up!
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Another question. Why do you think mods will be inclined to handout infractions? Most mods still don't want to punish their friends, while they don't mind so much newbies and people they don't like.
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Being a moderator is not (or shouldn't be) just a privilege. It's a job and a mod's job is basically to be forum police and keep law and order. Using the in-built infractions system in a consistent way is the best way to do that (imo) and so it should really be part of the job description.
Making unpopular decisions is also part of the job and when there's no clear precedent, unpopular decisions are always on you. For a recent example of this, see how Urban was recently called out for how he handled the Spill Your Guts Thread.
My suggestion makes the job simple by establishing precedent and consistency. If user breaks the rule by doing X, there's a clear precedent for how to deal with X. When the system of moderation is bigger than any one mod, it actually protects moderators by taking responsibility away from them ("sorry, but that's the job"), enabling them to enforce what would otherwise be tough decisions.
Mods would be motivated, I hope, by a realization that this way actually works and because they believe that keeping "law and order" is good for musicbanter.