Arqade 2016 Election Discussion

Robotnik

05:29

I know from prior experience unless you've messaged in a chat you can't be @ pinged and receive notifications from it, so that's what this message is for.

Oh and also mainly because I threw my hat in the ring this year or something :P

GodEmperorDune

05:42

@Robotnik the word "unstoppable" comes to mind :p

Robotnik

@GodEmperorDune haha :P

Also I figure I'll address this before someone asks: No I haven't had a message starred 10 times in chat, and the reason for that is that I'm hardly active in chat:

1) I tend not to spend too much time idling on the site. I'll spend some time, read some posts, edit some things, respond to notifications etc etc, and close tab.
2) I'll only join chat for matters of large discussions and/or if I'm @ pinged.
3) I'm not really here for the idle banter. You are all great don't get me wrong, and it's not like I actively try to *avoid* chat , it's just not really my thing :).

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^Whoops: starred 10 times in chat - Worded wrong, supposed to be "starred by 10 different people in chat*" as per 'Outspoken' badge requirement :P

angussidney

06:59

@Robotnik Your position seems to be the exactly the same as mine - I also like to lurk, answer some questions, do some moderation, but chat isn't exactly my thing.

Still deciding whether I should nominate myself.

Robotnik

07:17

@angussidney You should. I mean, it's not like we lose anything by putting our names in. Worst comes to worst we don't get elected, oh well, back to business as usual :)

GodEmperorDune

07:29

i am the exact opposite of @Robotnik, i haven't been around that long, never say much on meta, super active in chat

but yeah @angussidney you should definitely nominate if you're on the fence

Robotnik

Side note: if elected I'm gonna start calling the 'diamond' mod symbol 'chaos emerald' instead :P

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angussidney

@Robotnik Thanks for the tip

TZHX

08:22

@Robotnik well, you've got my vote.

fredley

08:42

@Robotnik and mine

@Robotnik 4) Everyone else is asleep

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Robotnik

@fredley Also true

fredley

@Robotnik Would be good to have an Aussie mod on board, we're mostly Western Europe/Eastern US at the moment

Robotnik

@fredley That same point was one of the consideration points for the Poketown admin position (the facebook group I help admin)

fredley

@Robotnik Being antipodean is an unfair advantage when it comes to mod elections

Robotnik

08:57

@fredley Well I hope it's not the only deciding reason to vote for me, although I'll take the advantage where possible :)

fredley

@Robotnik Haha, nope, I think you'd be great regardless - best of luck!

Robotnik

@fredley thanks! :)

TZHX

10:01

is the mod workload on arqade particularly high? I don't visit quite as much as I used to, but it doesn't seem like activity has increased significantly.

ardaozkal

10:35

@TZHX site gets a good amount of new users and new question types due to new games

New question types is, for example a question was asked about overwatch while it was closed after open beta, there was an argument if it was on topic or not.

fredley

@TZHX It's high enough that we're recruiting :)

In terms of janitorial work, there's no more than a few dozen flags to handle a day, however this is just one part of the work, and the only one that's really quantifiable.

TZHX

10:51

@fredley would you mind elaborating on what your day-to-day activities are like on the site, beyond what is visible in your "activity"?

angussidney

By the way, if anyone was running in the election only to see their mod score thingy, please run this query: data.stackexchange.com/gaming/query/298418/candidate-score

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TZHX

if being a mod means having popular meta opinions, then I'd never manage it. if it means carrying out the will of the site as expressed in meta voting, then I could.

angussidney

@TZHX My interpretation of a mod's duty is that they carry out the decisions of the community rather than deciding for them. However they are, of course, allowed to put in their own opinion :)

TZHX

@angussidney I agree. A strongly-opinionated mod who did things against community wishes, would be a detriment to the site. :)

fredley

11:55

@TZHX Handling flags is the baseline work - it needs to be done, and not all are straightforward to handle (though thankfully most are). Chat moderation is an odd one, it's not explicitly anyone's job, but it still needs to be done. Bear in mind that all elected mods will also become chat mods. Managing meta is another big job - we get notifications for every meta post, and it's our job to make sure everything gets handled, and arguments don't get too toxic. But you knew all this already :-)

TZHX

@fredley toxic arguments on meta? surely not... ¬.¬

fredley

@TZHX How would you even be expected to know - we hide all the evidence

TZHX

ah, so that's where all my comments go.

Robotnik

@TZHX Pretty sure they can also see deleted comments or at least have the power to edit other people's comments. IIRC @badp managed to salvage the text of a comment of mine once when I accidentally pocket-deleted it.

fredley

12:11

@Robotnik Both these things are true

I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night remembering the contents of deleted comments.

Unionhawk

I don't believe you: coffee mods clearly don't sleep

Robotnik

@fredley lol. Surely there's a browser plugin to hide them, there's one for deleted answers...

fredley

@Robotnik Sadly these things kinda prevent you from doing your job. Deleted comments are hidden by default though

Robotnik

@fredley - Oh of course but it'd have to be togglable. At least they're hidden by default then. Sometimes I wish it were the same for deleted answers :/

fredley

@Robotnik And you're running for mod :P

Unionhawk

12:18

At least spam and offensive are hidden

Robotnik

^

TZHX

inquiry: when you look at the front page, do you see deleted posts mixed in, or do you have to search for them?

Robotnik

and I'd still open them even if they were hidden by default. Curiosity and all that

@TZHX I don't think deleted questions appear on the front page

honestly just my inner neat freak. Put the good things on display and the bad things in the bin. You can always fetch them from the bin if you need to :P

I don't actually use the browser addons that hide them, and it's never gonna be implemented on SE anyway so it's a moot point. :)

badp