Starred posts

Mike Edenfield

Jan 26, 2016 01:31

and if you ran for moderator without reading any of the information about the process, you probably get what you deserve

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Mike Edenfield

Jan 26, 2016 01:12

basically: as a moderator, I would enforce the policy that chatty/non-constructive comments have to go.

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Jason Baker

Jan 25, 2016 18:37

I guess we got our primary

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Ixrec

Jan 24, 2016 20:15

I like how the candidate with the fewest primary votes has since become a mod

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Napoleon Wilson

Jan 24, 2016 20:11

5 hours ago, by Napoleon Wilson

Above all, the most important thing about a primary is that it makes the awfully long election period much more exciting by splitting it into two periods with varied voting mechanics. I think you all underestimate how boring it is to sit there for 8 days and wait for something to happen. Two times 4 days with a milestone between is way more exciting! ;-)

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Keen

Jan 24, 2016 20:09

I'd want a primary if we suddenly got 5 more candidates. But just barely getting past the line so one person gets culled is pretty pointless.

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Keen

Jan 23, 2016 23:44

There's another angle which is that maybe the community would be more invested in helping with the tag cleanup if there was a diamond next to your name. :3

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Mike Edenfield

Jan 21, 2016 03:09

i would favor science over economics until we developed nuclear weapons with which to nuke tags from orbit.

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Mike Edenfield

Jan 20, 2016 22:51

I get this nagging feeling that Shog9 is not a fan of spoilers.

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Shog9

Jan 19, 2016 21:10

@SS-3 there's no facility for moving election nomination comments to chat (not that they'd make a lot of sense without context anyway). If you wanted them in chat, you could've posted them here to start with.

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Wad Cheber

Jan 18, 2016 23:22

And I'm surprised it has come up, but it apparently has, so I have to say this: DO NOT NOMINATE ME. I would make a terrible mod. I will not accept a nomination. Just because I'm here a lot doesn't mean I would be a competent mod.

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Grace Note

Jan 18, 2016 19:34

Welcome all! This room is intended as a place to converse with candidates, discuss moderator traits, etc. For general discussion related to Science Fiction or Fantasy, go here: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/198/mos-eisley

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phantom42

Feb 2, 2016 21:22

you have a comic?

Jack B Nimble

Feb 2, 2016 21:22

b_jonas

Feb 2, 2016 20:32

I didn't know. Probably because I don't care much about chat stars.

Mike Edenfield

Feb 2, 2016 20:03

Winners are Null and rand al'thor.

Jack B Nimble

Feb 2, 2016 20:00

I should have done more.

ryan

Feb 2, 2016 17:42

@randal'thor The opposite of bottom?

Keen

Feb 1, 2016 23:48

Thankfully, you don't need to use your own blood to sign it.

Iksandar

Feb 1, 2016 23:42

Moddery.....sounds vaguely illegal.

Jack B Nimble

Feb 1, 2016 23:40

One more day. Another day another destiny. This never ending road to moddery.

Mike Edenfield

Feb 1, 2016 23:31

According to SEDE, 4,215 that have > 150.

Keen

Feb 1, 2016 23:30

@MikeEdenfield Well, you do get a badge for visiting the page.

Jason Baker

Feb 1, 2016 23:29

There are 3185 users with 200+ rep

Jack B Nimble

Feb 1, 2016 20:11

Poor predictable Bart, always chooses rock. - Good old rock. Nothing beats that!

Loong

Feb 1, 2016 01:27

450 voters

Iksandar

Jan 31, 2016 23:47

Can noobs vote for mods?

Loong

Jan 31, 2016 22:47

see also stackexchange.com/legal/privacy-policy

jimsug

Jan 31, 2016 22:45

Of course, our use of this information is bound by the Moderator Agreement, however... even if it were enforced by court orders, if someone decided to flout it, you can't really unpublish it.

Mike Edenfield

Jan 30, 2016 22:19

i think they're terrible questions in general and a bad fit for the site, so I always felt bad judging individual ones.

Ixrec

Jan 29, 2016 21:11

what if you did those things without first announcing it in a chatroom where Shog9 is watching?

Napoleon Wilson

Jan 29, 2016 17:03

@MikeEdenfield I'd wonder if noone downvoted you. People in an election are usually highly visible users who necessarily make quite some enemies over time, some of them even unbeknownst. If noone downvotes you, you haven't really engaged in moderating the site at all yet.

Jack B Nimble

Jan 28, 2016 15:48

@CreationEdge Which is probably why Richard and Thaddeus won.

phantom42

Jan 28, 2016 15:41

TBF, none of the platforms are really that different.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Jan 28, 2016 10:40

@WadCheber No, but this site is creepy.

Shog9

Jan 28, 2016 05:22

True. Meaningless spoiler-paranoid titles, but not so much linkbaity ones.

Shog9

Jan 28, 2016 05:05

Step 1: encourage lots of low-rep users to retag stuff
Step 2: they generate loads of suggested edits that you can now approve
Step 3: STINKIN' BADGES!
Step 4: real ultimate power

Wad Cheber

Jan 28, 2016 04:40

I was a problem too recently for comfort.

Shog9

Jan 28, 2016 04:40

You'd just have to do what I do as an employee: every time you wonder what to do in a particular situation, ask yourself "what would stop me from being a complete ass in this situation if I wasn't the one having to settle it?"

Shog9

Jan 27, 2016 21:41

it's not funny until you post it on MSE

Shog9

Jan 27, 2016 21:24

phantom42

Jan 27, 2016 20:50

@JackBNimble what if you dont have a heart?

Gilles

Jan 27, 2016 20:47

@MikeEdenfield if you get elected (which I hope, by the way: I don't know you much, but from what I've seen, you'd make a very good mod), thinking about this will be a daily activity

Gilles

Jan 27, 2016 20:31

@phantom42 yeah, and yet he somehow managed to be active and caring enough to earn another suspension

phantom42

Jan 27, 2016 20:28

darth melkor/jimmy shelter rage quit seemingly largely due to issues with a specific mod.

Jack B Nimble

Jan 27, 2016 20:28

The good news is we say things like "a specific mod" and a "certain user" so that nobody knows who is being talked about.....

Gilles

Jan 27, 2016 20:27

@MikeEdenfield Sachin and DVK also blame the mods, but that's their permanent state, they've been doing that since day 1

Jack B Nimble

Jan 27, 2016 20:26

I promise a zero loss rate in participation. I will go to these peoples' homes and FORCE them to participate.

Mike Edenfield

Jan 27, 2016 20:25

but certain people are trying to make a big deal out of it because they want to pain the current moderator team as bad peepz.

phantom42

Jan 27, 2016 20:17

thanks for linking that. now i can upvote it twice

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