Great, I was wondering when/if anybody was actually going to address what I was actually saying and it is a breath of fresh air.[quote=“frabrunelle, post:10, topic:6691”]
We need to focus on bringing the SAFE Network to reality. If we did an election for moderators right now, I think it would be very distracting. The least we can do is to let MaidSafe focus on the development of SAFE. We can figure out the governance of the forum once the network is live.
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I can accept your reasoning here and will let that matter lie until the Network is live. Now I know it is to be looked at at some future point and the points I raised properly given due consideration, I am quite satisfied with this.[quote=“frabrunelle, post:10, topic:6691”]
I think we as mods are doing a fairly good job and that there is no urgency to implement a new moderation system at this point in time.
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I would say generally, yes, though a couple are repeatedly coming up on my radar and the reasoned argument part of the guidelines really does need to be abided by by mods in particular - it is a much bigger issue with bigger potential consequences than are being acknowledged/recognised I think. This is also the cause of much conflict between mods and me. It’s like mods are being rude initially and invisibly to most, to which I respond in ways which may be construed as rude too. This is something that should be addressed internally within the mod system I think…[quote=“frabrunelle, post:10, topic:6691”]
The current moderators are effectively doing their job out of pure love for MaidSafe and because of their basic understanding of how SAFE works and its great potential
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Others may also love Maidsafe and wish to mod. The issue I have here is that understanding how Safe works and it’s great potential is also common among many others, it’s not exclusive to mods, nor is it a good reason to be employed as a mod I don’t think. It doesn’t appear to be related to the skill set required to be a mod.
The other point I would raise here is that I also don’t think it the best plan to have all the app devs as mods based on the above reasoning. It also seems to not be serving the Community’s best interest (in modding terms) to choose the mods from amongst the people busiest with other projects. This leads to mods opining about how much time they have to spend resolving disputes.[quote=“frabrunelle, post:10, topic:6691”]
In reality, being a moderator could be considered a job and we could potentially figure out a system where moderators get elected and also paid by the community.
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Yes, this sounds like a plan and they could also be sacked by the community with maybe a community run appeals system etc. [quote=“frabrunelle, post:10, topic:6691”]
The community is not big enough.
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Hmmmm…I do not agree here, or that there is an optimum size to be achieved before transparency, accountability and democratisation can occur.[quote=“frabrunelle, post:10, topic:6691”]
Very few people have raised concerns about the current moderation system.
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Long standing community members have raised concerns though - some things need to be addressed.
Yes, I would, which would be difficult to achieve in a category off the front page.
However, if the issue about reasoned arguments is not seen to have been addressed by myself in the very near future, then I will seek this support, because then I believe your equation changes and there would still be a pressing reason to reform the modding system sooner rather than later.