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Staff appreciation!
#31
RE: Staff appreciation!
Please. I think Robvalue is really just appreciative of a job well done. I am too. This forum works because it is well moderated. Moderating here is a well done, but unpaid job. I'm grateful.
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#32
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Cheez sammiches for all the mods !!!
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#33
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(January 20, 2015 at 12:35 pm)Chas Wrote: They are humans. I think. Thinking

That's a damn lie!!!

Oh wait...

Thank you hu... er, mor... kind sir!

(January 20, 2015 at 12:26 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: You guys do a fantastic job. I shall give Losty specific instructions for all of you.

You better, cos my Staff could use some appreciation...

(January 20, 2015 at 2:51 pm)Tonus Wrote: My staff could use some appreciation. Naughty

Oh, come on!

You be like


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#34
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(January 20, 2015 at 12:42 pm)Minimalist Wrote: But along with Stimbo and a few others I've been on boards which were either so over-moderated that they collapsed or so under-moderated that the spammers overran them so, yeah, the philosophy here is very good.

Yeah, I've migrated my posting from the guitar forum I regularly habituated in large part because the moderation there is so shitty, and the rules so tight. I took a week ban when a moderator told me "you'd argue at the drop of a hat" and I replied, "You're wrong." Oh, and he locked down one of the longest running threads I've eer seen online, for a few hours, in order to try and assemble peer pressure from the other regs.

The moderators here have brains and humor. There are one helluva lot of them, I was surprised to see how many folks wore green, but hey, they don't throw their weight around, it's all good.

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#35
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(January 21, 2015 at 12:37 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: The moderators here have brains and humor. There are one helluva lot of them, I was surprised to see how many folks wore green, but hey, they don't throw their weight around, it's all good.

The number of moderators tends to filter out personal bias. Our staff culture and tradition doesn't invest any one individual with too much authority, and the quorum system requires broad support for any serious action. Behind the scenes, we frequently disagree on a great many things, and we're generally biased against taking action much of the time.

Seems to work - but we're always looking to improve the process, and contrary to a few opinions, we really do strive to treat everyone fairly.
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#36
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(January 20, 2015 at 4:40 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Please. I think Robvalue is really just appreciative of a job well done. I am too. This forum works because it is well moderated. Moderating here is a well done, but unpaid job. I'm grateful.
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#37
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(January 21, 2015 at 1:20 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(January 21, 2015 at 12:37 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: The moderators here have brains and humor. There are one helluva lot of them, I was surprised to see how many folks wore green, but hey, they don't throw their weight around, it's all good.

The number of moderators tends to filter out personal bias. Our staff culture and tradition doesn't invest any one individual with too much authority, and the quorum system requires broad support for any serious action. Behind the scenes, we frequently disagree on a great many things, and we're generally biased against taking action much of the time.

Seems to work - but we're always looking to improve the process, and contrary to a few opinions, we really do strive to treat everyone fairly.

Don't read me wrong, I was simply surprised at the ratio of moderators to posters when I started being active.

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