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Lib and let die posted:Make NeatHeteroDude a mod. that's my only feedback. i don't even know who that is but i guess i should find out
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VitalSigns posted:Well also dedicated threads for long running arguments like "does voting matter" kept getting closed by the old mod team, leaving nowhere to have those discussions. the most recent one on that topic (which, yes, is one of the most common topics where USCE becomes tedious and frustrating) appears to be open but dead https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3986700 the other was closed by OP, reopened by a mod, then closed by OP again, leading to the currently dead open one https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3973064&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
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500 good dogs posted:but I do believe the inability of the current suite of moderators to otherwise guide posters toward a more fruitful resolution of conflicting views is just as damaging to the longevity of a specific discussion. I've seen Koos attempt what I believe to be a steering in the vein I describe, but it often comes across as being adversarial to posters instead of something that more plainly aims to find consensus among participants about points of low-level material reality. So it's no surprise to me that when that fails, posters end up spinning in circles until the conversation dies or a big batch of probations needs to be given. Furthermore, these events just serve to breed more negative relationships between posters as attacks become more personal and folks are talking past each other or misinterpreting each others' words. So, in short, I believe that moderators should approach their role as posters (when not clearly engaged in the material as a typical "normal poster") as more of a committee chairperson steering a group toward productive ends, and less of a police officer looking for tickets to write or posters to threaten. It's not been enormously controversial in my several years moderating DND that productive engagement generally works better than doing all our moderation through buttons. It also takes a lot more time and mental and emotional energy. This is in turn one of the reasons having a good number of ikmod staff is good, because spreading the effort of Moderating Correctly around reduces the burnout it can cause.
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