I don't care personally, I don't even see his stuff any more. It's when good posters walk out over it that I object. Nobody has an excuse for doing that any more, as the Ignore feature makes it possible to tune out people you don't want to hear. Except Mods, who can't be ignored.

As for why it happens, you might check out Gelatinous' comments in the first post of the Autobiography thread, for some clue. Some people get pretty heated, when he does things like tell them they're going to hell for disbelieving in Hal Lindsey (I don't care, I just consider the source, but some people get quite steamed about it). If nothing else, I'd be against him for the hit piece he did on Inky a few months back, about how she was a terrible Mod, deeply prejudiced against him, and how glad he was she was gone. I was modding at the same time she was, and can tell you from recollection that she supported him heavily, both openly and behind the scenes. But the minute she says something he doesn't like, snap, the proverbial "hand that feeds you" is bitten.

But it's all moot, if he's declined the nomination. At least I hope so. After all, Malthrope declined the nomination too...

One of my joke nominations was one of COP's serious ones, so I guess it's in the eye of the beholder. I don't even know which one you consider to be the obvious one.

I think DNF3 as mod would be going a bit too far. No affront intended to him if he's reading. CK would have major, major comedy value.

Oh okay, I saw it the other way around. CK as a mod could be dangerous. He'd be able to look up the IP addresses of all the people he'd threatened to beat up, and really send people running from the board. I thought of Deep as the one with major comedy value. You know how the mafia makes you an offer you can't refuse? He'd make you an offer you can't understand. But, you know, different strokes for different folks. (And Diff'rent Strokes for Conrad Bain).

I have tried to separate out people that I personally agree with on most topics and people that I don't, as I don't think it is relavant to who would be a good moderator for this board. In my eyes, its not the job of a Moderator to have his/her opinion rule the day and either trump or close the threads because they don't agree with it. I see Moderator's reminding people when they stray off-topic too far, eliminating hateful, threatening or otherwise personal attacks, and closing topics that do nothing more than fill up the server.

By my nominations I see those people as people who frequent the board the most often (sadly, I don't visit as often as I like, mostly in spurts as opposed to consistent involvement) AND who care a lot about the board and want to see it continue successfully.

Since there are more than 1 moderator, I think having perhaps 4 or 5 in and of itself would present the necessary balance to continue the board without overworking any one of the mods.

If the mods end up doing the job as I understand it, then I think all of them (and a few I probably missed) would all do an excellent job.

I see that my name has come up as a possible mod. Thank you, but I respectfully decline.

I've gone over this on the occasion of previous mod rotations. I never (not just on this bulletin board) participate in, or even read, threads dealing with politics or religion. (Possibly I made a handful of exceptions leading up to the Nov. 2008 US elections, but I regret doing so, and the behavior won't be repeated). It's just personal taste; if y'all dig the discussions, go for them. But it seems to me that a mod would have to read all such threads, and I just couldn't stand to.

It's not like you'd be required to have an intelligent opinion about it (we don't hold posters to a higher standard than the candidates themselves). Just make sure people don't cuss each other out... too badly. Easy job. Like Vice President, only even easier. Just do nothing.

I'd like to nominate Arielbekarov for a Modding post. I know he hasn't posted here in about 3 years, but he was a heckuva poster, and if making him a mod would bring him back, I'd say go for it.

Few thoughts here:

1. It is really commendable that guys like rondino, RB and Sam Hardwick want to be nice to CF. Their positiveness is impressive, although I agree with Petrosianic's view point in all these.

2. Sam Hardwick's idea of not moderating the board is great. But, what if you a have a thread where A and B fight with each other endlessly, then we may need some moderation. However, in threads where 2 guys argue endlessly but with lot of logics (Proloy vs RB for instance), moderation is not really required. Moreover, I have always felt that the boards here are selectively moderated.

3. The problem starts really when threads go on a hijack mode. Many a time I made a point to focus only on chess-related threads but even those got hijacked on religious lines. Global warming thread is another example. Lot of good inputs and discussions by Ken, Ed Yetman, spock, Ringlord and occasionally RB, but some folks who have nothing to contribute hijack it. See this post for example:
http://www.chessninja.com/boards/ubbthre...0027#Post140027

The poster here acknowledges that he is hijacking and requests moderators not to delete. But, if I called him an idiot for doing that, moderators would jump in and delete my post. That is the kind of moderation I have problem with.

4. Sam Hardwick, I have to disagree with you on the issue of Petrosianic taking CF seriously. While I am impressed with your maturity on lot of issues, you easily ignore that the other side on this issue. In this case, CF's comments on Petrosianic. Guys like rondino and you give more publicity to attacks on CF than the other way around. CF has been throwing tantrums on Petrosianic on the "Nothing Thread" almost every single day. As always, you seem to simply ignore that.

Edit: Thanks for all those who nominated me. No I am not interested in moderating this board.

I find it to be *highly comical* that, even though I have now totally turned-down being a possible moderator, that, Petrosianic and Krish can *not* let it go without their continuing to take personal shots at me.

Indeed, Petrosianic and Krish, you guys are SOOOOO very funny, in that, even though you both *claim* that you are ignoring me, you just can *not* resist your continung to take both your direct and indirect personal *shots* at me.

Yes, it must be tough for the two of you in your continuing to live with such *utter personal bitterness* towards certain people in your lives.


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