Conversation started Mar 7, 2014 at 17:43.
Chad
Chad
Mar 7, 2014 17:43
@gnat You going to run?
gnat
gnat
@Chad for elections? no
Chad
Chad
@gnat And if I nominate you anyway?
gnat
gnat
@Chad won't work. I gave it a lot of thought (this idea was raised since last mod elections at Programmers, more than a year ago, and we chatted it several times at Whiteboard). As of now, I'm rather firmly convinced I'll be of more help to community as a regular user / flagger than as a moderator
if memory serves turning point was when Manishearth mentioned how it was at Physics.SE, they've got two most active flaggers to moderators and net result turned out not very positive
not that there was much harm, but there was less clanup
Chad
Chad
I am the most active flagger though
workplace.stackexchange.com/help/badges/76/marshal
Though it looks like JCMeloni might actually be eclisping me
gnat
gnat
@Chad then you better consider abstaining of nominating. Moderators mostly act on others flags. When someone else does that, there's two serving community: you and moderator. When you're the mod, there's one... less than one actually since part of the time you invested into flagging before, will be wasted on handling others flags
in The Whiteboard, Feb 21 at 22:36, by gnat
moderators are merely sock puppets in the hands of experienced flaggers :) — gnat 5 hours ago
in The Whiteboard, Feb 21 at 22:37, by gnat
comment upvoted twice, likely by mods tired of handling flags
Chad
Chad
Mar 7, 2014 17:55
@gnat Yeah I doubt I could get elected anyway... I tend to rub some people the wrong way
But I get what you are saying
gnat
gnat
Mar 7, 2014 18:09
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Conversation ended Mar 7, 2014 at 18:09.