RPG 2015 Moderator Election Chat

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doppelgreener

00:15

well that moderator questionnaire made my voting choices a little harder to figure out rather than easier

y'all seem like you have your heads in the right place

and i will be pretty happy no matter who winds up a mod

SevenSidedDie

@doppelgreener It made my voting choices harder. I didn't expect that.

@doppelgreener Ditto. With a field like this, I'll be happy if I don't get elected. :)

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wax eagle

01:17

@Emrakul I don't expect the types of communication I have to change at all. I do expect I'll probably bow out of comment discussions sooner than I do, and that I'll probably be more active on meta than I already am. Generally though, I'm not leaving chat, and I'm not going to stop posting on main.

Joshua Aslan Smith

@Emrakul Putting forth strong opinions in answers and comments (I was a very strong proponent for "4e should be played raw" when there was controversy around that

As a mod I feel it would be wholly inappropriate to take sides or argue in anyway as I once did as a simple user

@Emrakul I'm not sure what you mean by that, but I'll guess you mean I feel unable to be in chat without being a ignition point? If my presence, even while trying to avoid being contentious, became so to the overall detriment of main chat I would sadly, but dutifully withdraw.

@SevenSidedDie concur, lol our voting as nominees felt like who am I picking last for dodgeball

doppelgreener

@JoshuaAslanSmith mods have to take sides sometimes though

just... much more diplomatically and for much different reasons than regular users

Joshua Aslan Smith

@doppelgreener take policy sides and reign people in when need be but I can't be an outspoken advocate for pet projects and approaches when there is contention

lobbying as it were

I feel I would need to be more philosophical and simply moderate the debate vs. interjecting like a professor letting 2 students argue it out. So long as its respectful I should not have to intervene.

SevenSidedDie

@doppelgreener Yeah, I suspect the shift is much more toward a longer view.

@JoshuaAslanSmith I think there is room for the occasional "This is fine and doesn't need arguing over." comments that get delivered by the current mods. Douses fires effectively, especially when a taste-based dogpile happens.

Joshua Aslan Smith

right, thats what Im saying, just focus on the exchange but not participate in the actual content of the exchange

SevenSidedDie