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00:09
@kevin.matheny Hi!
00:24
@mxyzplk [wave]
howdy
00:38
@BESW I've not found this to be true (At least the chat piece)...the comment piece, somewhat moreso
@waxeagle I know at least one moderator who has.
Anecdote is not the singular of evidence, but...
(I also know at least three users who have said the blue name in chat lends text a kind of "Moses on the mountain" timbre.)
@BESW it can if you let it
but it doesn't have to
Oh, I agree whole-heartedly.
Just saying it happens, not infrequently, and moderators need to be able to deal with it happening to them because it's not something they can control.
I know one moderator just stopped attending chat because his chat experience turned into mostly "Ask A Moderator."
01:08
@waxeagle Life is different with a badge or a title. You've been at it so long I doubt you notice anymore. :-)
@C.Ross fair, I don't know what chat would be like without being a mod in chat....
I have to admit, it's odd not seeing my name in blue
@C.Ross [marvels]
Thank you for your service, by the way, and thank you also for having the discipline to step down when you needed to.
@BESW You're welcome, but I should have done it sooner. I was ... pitifully inactive in the past several months.
Well, I hope the new non-diamond Ross will be able to continue to participate in the site as an experienced citizen.
And maybe you'll have time for that Grimm hack?
01:29
@C.Ross We love you @C.Ross!
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02:40
Mm-mmm, democracy
Smell that civic duty in the mornin'
Smells like
[Inhales]
Victory
 
2 hours later…
04:53
@BraddSzonye thank you very much, i now feel a little glowy inside :) i've already put thought into whether i'd moderate here way back in the past though, and i'm unlikely to nominate myself
i like doing community moderation here, but i don't think being an elected moderator is something i'd do right now
05:05
@doppelgreener I wondered whether you'd throw your ghostly space hat into the ring.
05:38
@Miniman unfortunately it is so ghostly i haven't been able to find it since winterbash
@doppelgreener Ah, shame. How about your spacely ghost hat? :P
06:07
@Miniman that one i want to keep; it's good and it'd get trodden on in the ring
 
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13:51
@doppelgreener I for one am saddened to hear it. You were definitely one of the first people to spring to mind when I saw the election.
14:05
@KRyan i'll still be here and doing my 20k moderation stuff actively! i just won't be doing the mod-hammer stuff
and all the other things they do that we never see
 
4 hours later…
18:23
Afternoon everyone
Hi @BESW. Sorry, was logged out sleeping...
How many moderators are we electing? That's not clear to me from the summary data.
@kevin.matheny there will be 2 new moderators elected
everyone gets 3 votes I believe (trying to find a source link for you)
@JoshuaAslanSmith correct, you rank your top 3 choices
Thank you.
Another question: How many moderators do we have in total? I'm assuming that it varies by community.
@kevin.matheny currently 3
C.ross will be retiring
18:35
And what kind of weight (if any) do we place on geographical/temporal distribution?
@kevin.matheny we finished beta with 4, elected 3 when we launched. one has stepped down already and we are electing 2 more, which will take our total to 4.
so it will be Mxy, brian, and the 2 newly elected mods for a total of 4
brb
I think the value of temporal distribution would be tied to the distribution of activity across time - if we're primary US daylight hours, for example, then we'd benefit less from having moderators who are awake/aware/helpful during the sleepytime hours.
@josh
@kevin.matheny it can be important. our current mod staff (prior to C. Ross stepping down) was 1 in austrailia, one in US east and one in US central
the remaining will be one in Austrailia, and one in US central
@JoshuaAslanSmith thank you
@waxeagle thank you
18:37
@kevin.matheny we have a good solid group of Aussie/pacific coast folks participating, mostly high rep folks
That's excellent.
(none of whom are running, 2 of them have already said they will not)
That's not as excellent.
;)
heh :). Current candidates are all North American...
Everybody wants to do the right thing, but nobody wants to wear the crown.
18:39
Josh and I are in US east, SSD is in vancouver which makes him us Pacific time.
@kevin.matheny brian is already in Australia and is active during those hours, though I believe mxy is in central texas
@JoshuaAslanSmith aye
sigh, I am thinking about flagging some of those comments on our nominations as too chatty
@JoshuaAslanSmith the mechanics of elections should be here or on meta tbh rather than in comments on noms
18:43
Where's our whimsical campaign posters for this election?
@MadMAxJr you could solicit them on meta?
@MadMAxJr I almost made one up for my nomination but the real-estate taking nature of that seemed to be in bad form
@MadMAxJr totally post a meta though if you see fit, though Im not sure how photoshop, copywriting, and graphic design skills transfer to good moderation
Whimsical amusement value only.

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