Author: David Blackman
Date: 01:30:29 09/19/01
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On September 18, 2001 at 16:17:19, Mark Young wrote: >Does a majority of moderators have to agree on what post(s) should be deleted? > >If not, why do we elect 3 moderators, since the moderator with the strictest >posting policy sets and overrides the posting policy for the other 2 moderators >and the whole of ICC regardless of the other 2 moderators more moderate posting >policies written before the election? If there was just one moderator, it would be a lot of work for them. Remember that moderators aren't payed, and presumably have other things to do in life. With 3 moderators, there are several advantages: Share the workload. If they are from different timezones, at least one of them will normally be on the list every few hours. Also, if a moderator takes a few days away from the net, the others can keep things going. 24 * 7 for six months unpaid is a big ask :-) If a moderator sees a post that doesn't make any sense to them, and a complaint about it that also doesn't make sense to them, they can refer it to other moderators who may have a different cultural and linguistic background, and just might understand what is going on. If a particular moderator is personally and repeatedly targeted by some idiot (as has happened half a dozen times on CCC in the past), they can just fade into the background for a few days and let the others deal with the attack. This seems to sit easier with the membership, and also seems to discourage the attacker more, than if the targetted moderator takes them on and possibly gets angry. Majority decisions would make the workload higher instead of lower. If the elected moderators want to do this, that's ok by me, but i think they would get tired of it pretty quickly. As far as i can tell as an ordinary member, all moderator teams so far only conferred on an issue if it seemed particularly difficult or controversial.
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