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Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Oct 25, 2016 20:29

Posted ... congrats to @DucatiKiller & @BobCross ... A special thanks to @MoveMoreCommentsLinkToTop - I appreciate all you've done for the site and keeping it alive. I appreciate knowing you personally as well. I like being able to put a name and a face together.

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JoErNanO

Oct 18, 2016 10:20

Moderator election votes for sale. Enquire within.

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Zaid

Oct 11, 2016 19:14

School Lifehack #1 - pay attention in class

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Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Oct 21, 2016 13:18

@anonymous2 - You had asked a couple days ago about losing privs on a site when it goes through the rep change. I can tell you unequivocally it happens in one fell swoop. I was on Movies.SE with around 7k points before it had it graduated. At that point I had all of the privs. The site graduated and everything changed. It was a huge difference which took a couple of days for me to get used to.

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Rory Alsop

Oct 19, 2016 16:19

@JoErNanO modrators are just monkeys with hammers

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JoErNanO

Oct 18, 2016 15:38

@Myself Be careful then. I heard that if @anonymous2 wins he'll build a wall between Maintenance and Repair, and make plumbers pay for it. :)

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JoErNanO

Oct 18, 2016 15:21

@anonymous2 Let's be honest for a minute here: all those bounties were used to purchase moderator election votes. :P /cc @DucatiKiller @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 @Zaid

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Move More Comments Link To Top

Oct 18, 2016 13:18

@BobCross I think I made a great choice!

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Zaid

Oct 12, 2016 04:03

I think this question should be closed because it is primarily opinion-based. :) — tlhIngan 4 hours ago

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Zaid

Oct 11, 2016 19:54

Now I'm confused

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Zaid

Oct 11, 2016 19:50

@anonymous2 Only if your name isn't "anonymous"

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anonymous2

Oct 11, 2016 19:33

Right. Makes perfect sense. Kind of wanted to make sure that we're on the same page here. I've always personally called the mentality I outlined as a "Be Nice If" policy.

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Bob Cross

Oct 11, 2016 12:43

Hey, I didn't realize that I have to share the hammer. I am veto-ing this whole election thing.

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Rory Alsop

Oct 11, 2016 12:35

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tlhIngan

Oct 26, 2016 17:22

@NickC Of course, @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 destroyed that theory. 99 out of 200 votes for the one guy, the rest of us are fighting for scraps. :)

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JoErNanO

Oct 20, 2016 12:11

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Rory Alsop

Oct 19, 2016 09:38

So not true! I still go through review queues on my mod sites and another 10 or so as time allows

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Zaid

Oct 17, 2016 20:36

Paradox of voting

The paradox of voting, also called Downs paradox, is that for a rational, self-interested voter, the costs of voting will normally exceed the expected benefits. Because the chance of exercising the pivotal vote (i.e., in an otherwise tied election) is minuscule compared to any realistic estimate of the private individual benefits of the different possible outcomes, the expected benefits of voting are less than the costs. The fact, that people do vote is a problem for public choice theory, was first observed in the modern social choice literature by Anthony Downs. It was earlier noted by Nicolas...

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Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Oct 11, 2016 19:45

@DucatiKiller - That would have been more like: BWAAAaaaaaaaaaaTTTTT

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Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Oct 10, 2016 23:57

@anonymous2 - He better be!

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Zaid

Oct 11, 2016 20:53

mechanics.stackexchange.com/election/1#post-37290

anonymous2

Oct 11, 2016 20:12

Slightly more Engsquish.

DucatiKiller

Oct 11, 2016 20:05

.........and use math to do it..........

DucatiKiller

Oct 11, 2016 20:04

@Zaid 's English....next level. He can probably correct all of us.

DucatiKiller

Oct 11, 2016 19:35

egads....yahoo.....<salivating like a teenager that's stood at the keg too long> brrrp.

DucatiKiller

Oct 11, 2016 19:31

Be nice to them and make this place an emotionally safe low stress environment.

Zaid

Oct 11, 2016 19:02

They call me Unflappable Zaid,

Motorhead of the finest grade.

With youth on my side,

I'll take in my stride,

Mod duties (without getting paid).

DucatiKiller

Oct 11, 2016 18:50

Indeed. Windows = work, *nix = home

Rory Alsop

Oct 11, 2016 18:48

I tend to have tabs open for all my main sites, chats all logged in, and other stuff open all at once so I can multitask

Rory Alsop

Oct 11, 2016 18:29

Plus, weekends are lighter on all SE sites (as far as I can tell)

anonymous2

Oct 11, 2016 15:31

I've been doing that slowly but surely with the various candidates. I just haven't looked at his just yet.

anonymous2

Oct 10, 2016 23:54

I followed the Ask Ubuntu elections very closely this year, and since then I've kind of toyed with the idea of running on a smaller site just for the experience of it, but I'm not 100% sure yet.

2016 Mechanics Moderator Election Chat

2016 Mechanics Moderator Election Chat