| Guybrush |
08-11-2013 03:05 AM |
Sopsych, thank you for your confidence. Unfortunately, as others have mentioned, there is a constraint on what moderators can do here which is a big part of why I stepped down from moderating here. For me, I found the more energy I put into MB, the more often I met that wall Urban mentioned and the more disillusioned I got. I feel like the more work you put into the site, the less it gives back compared to the work you do here. Feelings like those expressed by Pedestrian about not wanting to spend time here is something I've felt earlier, but now that I have a more casual relationship with the site, I find I am less frustrated with it.
But I partly agree with what you write, I think, although I have not read all your posts. I remember one moderator doing something here with profound effect on the community and the social dynamics here and that was Right Track. RT got fed up with some of the site's trolly members and largely took matters into his own hands and banned them. I may remember it wrong, but I don't think he asked any of us whether or not it was the right thing to do. He saw what the site needed and just did it. On one hand, it wasn't very democratic - he acted on his own and many members here wouldn't want those bans. On the other hand, I think it did improve things here drastically and, despite the way he did it, I think all us mods respected what he did.
I am not the sort of moderator RT was. I would've done what he did with a more democratic approach and chances are I never would've accomplished what he did so simply. MB being what it is, perhaps the nice, considerate approach where everyone has a say doesn't work in creating the sort of environment most of us want.
On a new site, I think the considerate, democratic approach could work better. Because then we would have more ways of promoting the environment we want, leaving it less dependent on moderation.
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