kami_ryu wrote:Also my moderation is really overrated. Half the time I see a report and dodge it. I only moderate when I feel it's blatantly necessary.
Yes, but maybe that's how moderating should be done. Sometimes I feel like some threads stay open for way too long (like my scheduling thread vs diarouga for example) while some others get locked for a cheating accusation about some blatant cheater. So yeah, "only when it's blatantly necessary" sounds good.
Another point I would like to do, linked to the "blatantly necessary" thing. At some point, I was flaming pecelot for not doing much for esoc. Then he showed me the background work he's doing, and I had to agree that it's a lot of work done. So yeah, the polls are definitely harsh for him, and that's sad.
However, it's not like it comes out of nowhere. The way I felt about pecelot's work seems to be, according to these polls, shared by a lot of people. It feels like he's only here to tell people that they posted in the wrong subforum, or that there already is a thread discussing the same topic and that people can use the search tool for that.
Imo, that's just the wrong stuff to do, because:
- Most people are lazy and won't ever check if there's already a similar thread existing (for example), no matter how many times they are told to do so;
- It's annoying the users;
- It really doesn't bring much value to the forums;
- It's probably a lot of work for pecelot.
To sum up, by doing that, pecelot is basically seen as a rather useless and annoying mod; while, in fact, he adds a lot of hidden value to ESOC.
That's why I think there should be more transparency about his background work, because it can be interesting for the users to read, and it also gives credit to pecelot for his time invested. On top of that, I think being more lenient about the subforums/duplicate threads/etc would be a good idea.