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07:33
Why is there only one Mod up for election? Is a part of the existing Mod team staying on the job?
@WBT I am 95% sure the Reviewer 2 meme is just confirmation bias - if you looked at a couple hundred reviews you would almost certainly not see any relevant correlation between review number and rating. Yes, it frequently happens that Reviewer 2 is the most critical one, but hey, there are only 2 or 3 reviews, so it's supposed to happen extremely frequently.
08:04
@xLeitix As I understand, the whole existing mod team is staying, but the site is growing and they need a new member to reduce the workload.
 
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13:14
@xLeitix all the current mods are staying on. We are elected for life (i.e. until we quit or SE asks us to leave). We want another mod to help out and make sure we are able to cover any gaps when the rest of us are not available.
@xLeitix I think the key thing about reviewer 2 is that if you get a good review from reviewer 1 you are happy and then if reviewer 2 smashes the paper, it hurts even more. Somehow starting with a bad review doesn't hurt as much.

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