Seeking a Moderator for the Moderators (2 Viewers)

[ColinEssex]

I nominate Patricia.

Don't forget the new mod has to be fair, independent with the ability to see things from all angles not just a tunnel vision based on one's own bias or beliefs.
Col

 

[arnelgp]

Don't forget the new mod has to be fair, independent with the ability to see things from all angles not just a tunnel vision based on one's own bias or beliefs.

it says on her self-title:
"Super Moderator · From ..
..super like superman. who can go against her except Lex..
she doesn't like birds, specially when asleep:

 

[GaP42]

1. Technical expertise is not a requirement the moderator of moderators. They provide an oversight view of the "civility" of moderator responses, which we all hope the moderators display. Acknowledgement of issues and processes for de/escalation, in view of AWF/ and incident log / action I would expect need some fleshing out.
2. The 24 hr cycle would suggest to me you really need two such moderator of moderators from 2 very different locations - if the timeliness of responses is of key concern. It also has the benefit of providing fall-back as a single chosen moderator of moderators may not always be in a position to provide their services 7 days a week. Also perhaps, given the ages of some of us, we need a fall back !
3. To be clear, would the moderator of moderators be able to participate in forum discussion - technical or otherwise - and if allowed would they participate under a separate member account (where they would presumably make their usual contributions to the site)? Conversations of mod of mods to mods would unlikely be visible? The mod of mods is a member of AWF - and so I presume wants to continue contributing.
4. Everyone has bias. An ability to rise above personal viewpoints and consider, respect and fairly evaluate the viewpoints/sensitivities of others is needed by mods and the mod of mods.

 

[Jon]

It really is quite simple. A mod of mods does exactly what a standard moderator does, except to a much smaller group of people. The moderation doesn't have to be instant, so timezones don't matter. In many cases it will involve dealing with reported posts, where a member sends in a complaint. But the mod of mods might also come across posts a moderators posts which they might deem as potentially breaking the UK Online Safety Act. The Politics forum is now shut and so it would mainly involve posts in The Watercooler. However, on occasion, some technical threads might require intervention but probably quite rare.

 

[NauticalGent]

So if the new mod was British, any potential violation post wouldn't be picked up for some considerable time until...

That thought crossed my mind as well

 

[BlueSpruce]

I reality not much of a shift of anything in my personal opinion - except symbolism. More importantly does a religious assertion like BlueSpruces post have potential to cause the site problems - to me not, but who knows?

Apologies for including that unrelated content in this thread. It was breaking news as I was replying to @Issac. I felt that news might correlate with the UK's Online Security Act. I don't consider my remarks about the King praying along side The Pope signaling a change in the UK's policy was inappropriate, but then again who knows what they consider violates the OSA. It seems like the UK is in a clean up the house reform mode, including what's going on with Prince Andrew, who will no longer use his title.

 

[Vassago]

Something maybe to consider. The majority of users who post here appear to be American. Therefore, many posts that are posted is when us Brits are asleep. So if the new mod was British, any potential violation post wouldn't be picked up for some considerable time until the new mod has seen it. Just a thought.
Col

Maybe have more than one moderator of moderators? One in each of these two countries would probably solve it, and any disputes between the two of them could be handled by Jon.

...or a moderator of moderators of moderators.

 

[BlueSpruce]

Is there a new moderator of moderators?

 

[amorosik]

... Herding a clutter of cats would be easier...

It's a 'saying' ?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Ah, hello again, amorosik. Interested in another linguistic difference between your folks and mine?

Yes, we have a common phrase that more or less expresses great difficulty in herding cats. The USA west of the late 1800s (Great American West) was a place where ranchers herded cattle to stockyards for sale. That worked pretty well for cattle - but cats? You try to herd them, they'll either scatter in every direction or they will lie down and look at you disdainfully.

As to "a clutter of cats" - that is the correct "collective" name of a grouping of cats. We talk about these collective names sometimes and wonder how a particular name is chosen. There is "a pod of whales" or a "school of fish" or a "flock of birds" (when generic). You can also have a "murder of crows" and a "gaggle of geese." And for cats, which lie around as though they were discarded where they lie, it is a "clutter."

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

I have got to ask, what is the collective for a group of moderators?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

When I look it up, I get "no common word" - which means, I guess, that moderators must act alone a lot?

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

That means we are at liberty to choose our own word to describe a group of moderators!

The next few posts might be interesting!

 

[GaP42]

a disagreement? a confab?

 

[AccessBlaster]

mod-squad

 

[BlueSpruce]

rat pack

 

[vhung]

Problem is we don't even know the parameters of what is to moderated, nor what the complaint alleged.

Good day AWF,
Allow me to share thoughts too,

Yup, Parameter is key!
Supreme Moderator needs that to check if everyone's following the rules.

Isaac said: "Doc man already IS a moderator"

The Doc_Man, already modding like a pro!
If Parameter's set, qualifications are clear, and we know who's in the running.

Sir Jon's quote is on point! "Level head and fair attitude" is a must!
Pathway's clear, now who's going to take the lead?

 

[Edgar_]

Here's another suggestion:
- Add a special Like/Dislike function for moderator decisions and democracy will take over.

The other day I had my comment moderated, it was a comment about the person this thread was started for, who knows why my comment was moderated, but you can bet I'd click dislike there. Also, I've had some of my posts removed in a certain thread about AI, who knows why that happened but if I knew who did it, you can bet I'd report it and click dislike really quick. It's probably the uncle gizmo who did it, but I don't even know and that sucks very much.

 

[DickyP]

...
As to "a clutter of cats" - that is the correct "collective" name of a grouping of cats. We talk about these collective names sometimes and wonder how a particular name is chosen. There is "a pod of whales" or a "school of fish" or a "flock of birds" (when generic). You can also have a "murder of crows" and a "gaggle of geese." And for cats, which lie around as though they were discarded where they lie, it is a "clutter."

The collective name I know for cats is a clouder. However, since most of these collective nouns are made up for effect and are seldom very old anything will do.

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

It's probably the uncle gizmo

I recall an AI thread where someone joined it and started spouting political garbage, polluting an otherwise benign thread... And I deleted the post... If that was you, well I hope you learned something from it and keep your politics where they belong...

As I'm a moderator I have the luxury of being able to delete individual posts... When I was just a normal user with no luxuries, I would have deleted the whole thread and started fresh. I've done that on numerous occasions to get rid of stupid comments from stupid people, disrupting an otherwise interesting thread ...