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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA (Post 1601776)

[...] 9D. Some or all of the current moderators should be replaced.
I have two reasons for voting for this.

First, the current mod team includes people who, I believe, are listed only as mods because they were chosen by the site owners or employees, and these mods are not involved in actually moderating the site on any regular basis. If this is true, then perhaps Yac can move them to "administrators" or delete them entirely if they are not involved in the site anymore, so that new members will actually know who the active moderators are.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1601778)

[...] And lol @ telling Yac to fire the mods hired by the company.

Bat, it's possible that Yac, a paid admin and Advameg employee, was involved on behalf of the company in selecting company-paid mods (if the less active mods I mentioned are paid, and I assume they are).

If so, then Yac may also be able to change their status so that our list of mods reflects those who are actually part of the active mod team.

We can also go straight to the "top" by contacting Advameg directly. :)

http://www.advameg.com/contact-oth.php

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Originally Posted by tore (Post 1601879)

Vegangelica here gives a well formulated, researched, thought out post which brings up a lot of good, relevant points about the going ons here.

Thank you, tore, for your support. Thank you also for caring enough about MB to encourage change that could make it a more enjoyable online experience for a wider range of people who like music.

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 1601934)

Whether it's about music or MB policy, VEGANGELICA's posts are invariably polite, well thought-out and well researched and if that takes an extra line or two of prose, then so be it; like all of us, she's entitled to her say. [...]
In short, my suggestions are:-
> stay polite, as we generally have been so far
> leave this poll to reach it's closure date
> don't post in this (or other) threads to say that you're tired of posting in this (or other) threads
> try visiting a different section of MB [...]

Thank you also, Lisnaholic, for your kind words, for supporting the initial goal of this thread (to poll MB opinions about moderation), and for your good suggestions!

^"for a wider range of people" sorry, that made me laugh since most of the people here didn't support this.

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Originally Posted by RoxyRollah (Post 1602155)

So, the burning question is this poll closed?
Seems like its time no?

Seven plus one more day, till all have had their say.

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Originally Posted by Ki (Post 1602206)

^"for a wider range of people" sorry, that made me laugh since most of the people here didn't support this.

It's also hilarious (and possibly a little sad) that she "did a Soulflower" and only replied to those who had positive things to say about her/the system. I apologised for making fun of her, totally ignored. Not that I care. But yeah, "a wider range of people" probably should be translated to "a few people who think this should happen because, well, they think this should happen".

And now I've slagged her off again. But you can't say she didn't deserve it. ;)

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1602215)

Seven plus one more day, till all have had their say.

And then it goes away?

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1602219)

And then it goes away?

Or so we pray. Now let us not derail, lest others gnash their teeth and wail.

soooo, was that a yes? .....

Edit: So where is the idea mods are paid coming from?

Blatantly disrespecting someone who has never said an ill word toward anyone is it for me.

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Originally Posted by RoxyRollah (Post 1602231)

soooo, was that a yes? .....

Edit: So where is the idea mods are paid coming from?

Most are not, but there are some. Those chosen from members do not get paid, but Advameg hires outsiders, like Yac, who work the trade.

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Originally Posted by RoxyRollah (Post 1602231)

soooo, was that a yes? .....

Edit: So where is the idea mods are paid coming from?

There's basically three kinds of situations behind the names you see listed as mods here: there are people like me who are just volunteer members of the site, there are paid third-party people who were hired specifically to delete things that Google might complain about, and there are accounts that belong to Advameg.