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user2334

19:22

Everything old is new again!

Shog9

Mark and Rachel combining forces to fight for Truth, Justice and The American Way!

user2334

I can't believe the idea wasn't shot down in TL you guys are getting lax

mmyers

The idea was never aired in front of the wet blankets

user2334

It's nice to have a completely pointless argument on MSO every now and again to score free rep, but unless things have changed drastically, a mod-only SE site was subject to automatic veto by SE, Inc.

Ninefingers

19:56

I can't see it working. We have a moderator cheat sheet - would be nice to make it more easy to use, perhaps, but beyond that, do we really need a fully blown Q&A site?

Shame though. meta.moderators would have been one amusing place.

And there'd need to be a private room for the moderators of moderators. And they'd need a Q&A site too...

user2334

We need to go deeper

Ninefingers

20:19

I wonder if you'd go from diamonds to snowflakes to... fractals.

user2334

Tesseracts

user2334

Need to be elected into the fourth spatial dimension to handle flags

Ninefingers

Or if they have 10,000+3000i reputation, they can handle a subset of the flags.

Gilles

@Ninefingers bad idea, imaginary reputation would lead to arguments

Anna Lear

@Gilles yeah, people would get downright irrational

user2334

20:26

Well played.

Ninefingers

@Gilles ooooowww! But I like the idea of summing reputation that goes around in a spiral...

Gilles

@AnnaLear I hope nobody was hoping to transcend the mathematical puns

Raphael

20:39

But then, integration is easier in complex spaces.

user2334

20:58

There are several Community members in TL right now talking about it. — Robert Harvey 1 min ago

user2334

@AnnaLear @Shog9 Really? Why aren't you discussing this in public on MSO?

Shog9

@MarkTrapp Because I'm on the phone and want time to write a proper answer. Also, your answer is pretty damn good already.

Anna Lear

@MarkTrapp And I'm not even participating in the discussion.

user2334

Okay, fair enough

user2334

Hard to follow a discussion that's taking half taking place in public and half in private

user2334

21:01

which is my point but that's neither here nor there

Raphael

There are way more mods in TL (46) than users in here (13), so it's natural to discuss an issue that mainly concerns mods there.

user2334

@Raphael I'm referring to the MSO question

Shog9

@MarkTrapp There's nothing new. Apart from some of the users involved. This has all been said before; hopefully this meta post will provide a good opportunity to avoid yet another discussion.

1 hour later…

Shog9

22:17

A: "Private" Moderator Q&A site

The Teacher's Lounge exists for two reasons: Provide a place where moderators can relax a bit, commiserate and bond without every word being thrown back in their faces the next time someone disagrees with their actions in public. The name is sort of a giveaway here... Allow discussion of sensit...

user2334

22:30

@Shog9 Nice, but there you go again, giving a complete and sensible answer after taking some time to think about it instead of rushing headlong into the fray.

Shog9

Yeah, I'm such a lazy bum.

user2334

Thoughtfulness: what does that get you? Success in your career? Admiration of your peers? Psh, who needs those.

Shog9

22:46

I was promised seeing my enemies driven before me, hearing the lamentations of their women... Still waiting :|

(but waiting is easy when you're as lazy as I)

user2334

23:01

I learned recently that the original quotation is from Ghengis Khan

user2334

> "Nay," responded the Khan, "to crush your enemies, to see them fall at your feet - to take their horses and goods and hear the lamentation of their women. That is best."

mmyers

I always thought it was Mark Twain

user2334

Mark Twain, conquerer of the central Asian steppes

mmyers

A man of many talents

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