Webmasters Town Hall Chat

We're nearing the close of the thing, so, to that end - closing thoughts from the candidates?

Hah, I guess Tim hasn't had his coffee, he hasn't asked his iconic question: When you see a question with major issues (poorly-written, argumentative, etc.), what tool do you reach for first?

...whoops, got the order wrong there, haha. Ah well. Still can ask. Do you expect to be able to keep answering questions or will you spend all your time here moderating?

Is there anything about the way the site is currently run that you would like to change? If so, what would you try to change if you were to become a moderator, and why?

Do you feel like a representative percentage of the community participates in your site's meta? Based on that, how strongly do you think feedback presented on meta should factor into your decision making as a moderator?

New users often are not accustomed to the Stack Exchange system, and sometimes struggle to present themselves properly, either in the way they use the site or their attitude. How willing are you to work with "problematic" users, and at what point do you decide that someone isn't worth the effort?

Q: how can we make this site more active?

Reviewing, acting upon flags, voting to close - all gets repetitive more so as a Mod because you essentially don't have vote limits. What steps do plan to take to keep from getting burned out? If you do get burned out, how will you handle this?

And, similarly, are there big plans for the development of the site that you have in store? What do you look forward to doing for the growth of the site?

A post is flagged. All moderators have looked at it. No one's taken action/cleared it because you're all unsure what to do with it. What do you do now when there is no consensus?

How would you deal with a user who contributes good content to the site, but consistently causes trouble in other ways (is rude, confrontational, makes bad edits/tag wikis, etc.)?

@ionfish can't make it and @Christofian can't answer any at this period, so for now we have the other two candidates: @paulmorriss and @AurelioDeRosa

Welcome to the Pro Webmasters Town Hall Chat

Q (also from SO's town hall: I'm using those questions a lot because I'm assuming that they do a better job of representing questions that might be asked than questions off of the top of my head): A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?

Q: what would you do if you and a user disagree on how the site should be run or moderated?

Q: (from SO's town hall): Two highly respected members of the community get in a comment war on a question. They both flag each other's comments and are cussing and it is clear that this is beyond a heated argument. What do you do, what don't you do?

Q (also from SO's town hall): Seriously, why do you all want to do this? What SO mods go through (for better for for worse) is fairly transparent and it's not always pleasant. Please try to avoid blowing smoke if possible.