Global Moderator Election

Fuyu · Postby **Fuyu** » Thu May 22, 2014 12:40 pm

Emral wrote:Oh yay I voted and pushed Natsu back to first place, alongside Blueoak.

Yep! That's the way I like it. I'm going to the top, recovering from a bad time.

Emral wrote:I also voted for Magician but nobody seems to care about him in this election. What a shame.

Truly. He indeed has potential, and I wouldn't get the position I think he would be the best choice to be honest.

reghrhre · Postby **reghrhre** » Thu May 22, 2014 12:45 pm

IT'S ALSO A SHAME THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT GRATSELBUCHNER, RASTER, PSEUDO-DINO, AND YOSHIBROTHERS TOO

sleepy · Postby **sleepy** » Thu May 22, 2014 12:58 pm

reghrhre wrote:IT'S ALSO A SHAME THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT GRATSELBUCHNER, RASTER, PSEUDO-DINO, AND YOSHIBROTHERS TOO

#bias

zlaker · Postby **zlaker** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:00 pm

sleepy wrote:
reghrhre wrote:IT'S ALSO A SHAME THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT GRATSELBUCHNER, RASTER, PSEUDO-DINO, AND YOSHIBROTHERS TOO
#bias

#biasedcommunitypoll

aero · Postby **aero** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:03 pm

reghrhre wrote:IT'S ALSO A SHAME THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT GRATSELBUCHNER, RASTER, PSEUDO-DINO, AND YOSHIBROTHERS TOO

They should have came up with better slogans to spam all over the IRC to energize carefully selective voters other members.

Fuyu · Postby **Fuyu** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:07 pm

GhostHawk wrote:They should have came up with better slogans to spam all over the IRC to energize carefully selective voters other members.

It's really curious, since I had no need to go there in order to raise my votes.

I think I'm going to step by and gather some more numbers if that's the case. =P

Tepig2000 · Postby **Tepig2000** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:09 pm

reghrhre wrote:IT'S ALSO A SHAME THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT GRATSELBUCHNER, RASTER, PSEUDO-DINO, AND YOSHIBROTHERS TOO

I care about Pseudo-dino, I voted for him.

aero · Postby **aero** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:14 pm

Natsu wrote:
GhostHawk wrote:They should have came up with better slogans to spam all over the IRC to energize carefully selective voters other members.
It's really curious, since I had no need to go there in order to raise my votes.

I think I'm going to step by and gather some more numbers if that's the case. =P

Careful, someone was banned earlier for spamming Blueoak's slogan. You wouldn't want to lose followers.

I would though.

Well not really.

Vote GhostHawk 2014

Postby **Raster** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:19 pm

Vote Raster because he's also your best friend and you know it

Fuyu · Postby **Fuyu** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:21 pm

GhostHawk wrote:Careful, someone was banned earlier for spamming Blueoak's slogan. You wouldn't want to lose followers.

Vote for Natsu becuase I'm super sugoi and kawaii ~ Haha, ok no.

Vote for Natsu and I shall work really hard to make everyone happy, if I can, of course.

Postby **Raster** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:22 pm

Vote Raster for a free hug session!

Magna DominXus · Postby **Magna DominXus** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:23 pm

Natsu wrote:
GhostHawk wrote:Careful, someone was banned earlier for spamming Blueoak's slogan. You wouldn't want to lose followers.
Vote for Natsu becuase I'm super sugoi and kawaii ~ Haha, ok no.

Vote for Natsu and I shall work really hard to make everyone happy, if I can, of course.

You were a mod before right? I would vote for you but I can't change it. I vote for you in spirit though.

reghrhre · Postby **reghrhre** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:28 pm

Vote for reghrhre because he lifts!

it's a shame that I don't have that pic anymore though

sleepy · Postby **sleepy** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:43 pm

reghrhre wrote:Vote for reghrhre because he lifts!

hahahahahahahahaha

no

reghrhre · Postby **reghrhre** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:50 pm

fuck you

Mable · Postby **Mable** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:51 pm

Apperantly spamming gets you further on the mod pool.

Logic.

Postby **Raster** » Thu May 22, 2014 2:01 pm

Hi guys.

I decided to make a post about why the poll system is terrible and shouldn't be used in the future. I want the staff to read this and probably post their thoughts about this as well.

First, I'd like to say that polls aren't a good mechanic for such thing generally. Polls can be rigged, and while nobody can directly prove this, rigging a poll is as easy as making a dupe account. As far as I'm aware every member can vote. Also, the poll was reset over three times the first time, and that ruined many people's chances of entering the top 10. Secondly, members don't have to post why they voted, which is actually pretty bad. I don't think this community is mature enough for this type of elections. While I can't strengthen this argument much, we all know some members are just going to vote their friends or their favorite designer. Is that a bad thing? Partially not, because it's great to have a staff member whom everybody likes, but it raises a question: is the voting process really efficient? In Nien's case, people voted for him because "it would be fun to see him trying to be serious about this". This affected the validity of the poll in my opinion. Here's how the election should have been run:

Get rid of the poll entirely and ask users who they want to be a moderator and why. It's great to have user input and it's even better when they actually have a good reason for their vote. It would be interesting to debate whether someone would be a capable moderator or not. The staff can chime in as well and get more involved with the election. After the election is over, the staff would read the thread and promote the person who is most capable whilst taking into consideration the users' opinions.

Of course, if this is the last election I think the staff should decide, but the idea aforementioned could work too.

Postby **Julia Pseudo** » Thu May 22, 2014 2:03 pm

Raster seems pretty much right to me. The poll reset really made things unfair and you can definitely make dupe accounts, and people probably have. Nobody's actually campaigning here for the most part, that's the problem.

zlaker · Postby **zlaker** » Thu May 22, 2014 2:05 pm

Yeah me and sleepy had the chance to come into the top 10, but then poll was reset.

sleepy · Postby **sleepy** » Thu May 22, 2014 2:06 pm

As I said in IRC, Raster's idea would be better than the way the election is being handled. (Although I think starting over the entire process would be a bit bizarre, but that's staff decision)