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@JustinjjnguyNelson Promoting the growth of the site is one of the jobs of the moderator, but rather than be a cheerleader, I see a well-run site as a reason to come to the site in and of itself. That is, I subscribe to the Google-esque philosophy of websites: if you build it and it's good, they will come. Moderators are here to keep the site good.
@JustinjjnguyNelson All users should be doing what they can to promote the site - I don't think moderators are anything special in that regard. The title has no meaning outside the Stack Exchange community
@JustinjjnguyNelson I don't think moderators are really responsible for driving traffic to the site. Their job is to keep the site running as intended, so that new users find it helpful and stick around. That said, I link to interesting questions on Twitter on occasion and I plan to continue doing that.
@JustinjjnguyNelson However, as @MarkTrapp says - it's our job to make sure the site's a nice place for people to visit. If it's not then they won't turn into regulars and help grow the site.
Hi everyone. A/S/PL?
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@JustinjjnguyNelson Does it affect your vote? :)
@JustinjjnguyNelson There are two things a moderator can do. One, they should be helping the SE community keep posts in the right place - and that would mean being active on those communities that occasionally receive posts that fit best in Programmers. Second, a moderator needs to be helpful to new users when a first question or answer is not great right off the bat. This is what comments are great for, and maybe even a helpful edit (with a good edit message explanation as well)
@MichaelMrozek No...I was mistaken.
@JustinjjnguyNelson Maybe? I've no idea. I remember seeing your name a while ago and I think I followed you, but I won't swear to it. :)
Alright, if that's it for questions, shall we get final thoughts from the candidates?
@AnnaLear Sorry, I was thinking of a different anna I had recently seen.
@All, thanks for answering all of my questions!
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I think I've said all I want to say. This has been interesting and shows that whoever gets elected I think the site's going to be in good hands.
Anyone else? (:
@RebeccaChernoff +1 ChrisF. :)
As before I would like to thank all the candidates for their participation, and I would like to extend a big thank you to @RebeccaChernoff for organizing and coordinating all these town halls!
Anyway, my time is up & I've got to go. I'll check the transcript later.
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@RebeccaChernoff Final thoughts: I think after a lot of work, Programmers.SE is finally in a great place that everyone should be proud of, and we shouldn't do anything to buck that trend. I think whoever becomes the moderator will find it to be rewarding to help maintain one of the best sites on Stack Exchange.
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@ChrisF ping me somewhere with any extra answers for the digest
@RebeccaChernoff, Good work juggling all of the schedules with all of the candidates from all of the sites! pats on back
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Yeah, thanks @RebeccaChernoff for organizing, @Josh for transcribing, @JustinjjnguyNelson and everyone else for coming and asking a ton of good questions!
@RebeccaChernoff I don't have much else to add. ChrisF and Mark said it best. Thank you everybody for coming and asking/answering questions. This site is doing well and will only get better.
@Josh I don't think I missed anything, but I will do.
@ChrisF oh right, sorry, I am crazy
Doing too much at once ;-)
@ChrisF If I see any you missed I'll let you know
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Alright, thanks everyone for participating! Good luck to all the candidates. A summary will be posted to the meta question regarding the THC.
I'll be adding answers to questions I've missed on Meta. As far as final thoughts, I think that my #1 view on moderating Programmers is that the best way for a moderator to help Programmers become a great source of information is to remember that positive contributions are key, and removing negative contributions is hopefully a small part of the job. Ideally many of those negative posts can be turned into positive ones. I agree with others, I think P.SE is already going in a great direction.
@JustinjjnguyNelson Your statement is that you didn't inhale? ;-)
@RebeccaChernoff Thanks for putting this together!
I have to head out. Thanks again everybody. Other candidates: good luck, guys. May the best 3 mods win. :)
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No problem (: Hopefully it is helpful. (:

  Programmers Town Hall Digest

The Town Hall Chat, but sorted with only questions and answers
@RebeccaChernoff any chance I could ask a favor of you?
You can ask... (;
@Renesis did I miss your answer to:
27 mins ago, by Justin 'jjnguy' Nelson
How much time will you be able to spend moderating?
@RebeccaChernoff Could you please change my name on SO and MSO back to 'jjnguy'?
Just want to make sure to include it in the digest if it exists
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@Josh, I was typing another answer when that question came in. Should I add the answer to meta or now?
@Renesis if you add it now, I will include it in the digest with everyone else's! :-)
@JustinjjnguyNelson I check the site often throughout waking hours in the US, and that will continue to be the case. I'm not sure how "much" time that will total, but during those hours I should be able to keep on top of most the activity coming in.
awesome, thanks!
@Renesis Thanks.
I would like to say good luck to elected moderators in advance and please keep the right way for our site.
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hear hear!
@JustinjjnguyNelson and @RebeccaChernoff, was this just a clarification, or a separate question?
30 mins ago, by Justin 'jjnguy' Nelson
Or more generally, how would you handle a dispute between yourself and another mod?
looks to me like it was a clarification of
@Josh I'd treat it as a clarification.
31 mins ago, by Rebecca Chernoff
If another mod closed a question (or any other mod action really) that you feel shouldn't have been closed (or whatever other action), how would you handle the situation?
Ok cool, thanks!
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I have created a digest version of this chat, which contains only the questions and answers, sorted for easy reading, should it be helpful to anyone.
 
2 hours later…
02:54
I didn't want to bother anyone with transcribing my answers or cutting and pasting a million times so I followed Renesis' lead and posted the answers to questions I could find on meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/1078/…
@PeterTurner I will add these to the digest

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