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Jonathanpb wrote:

Vista4563 wrote:

I would run for moderator, but to be honest, I haven't been really active in the Scratch community... ah, well. I've got my hands full anyway... I don't need any extra stress.

Of course your hands are full - you're a Text-Based Games moderator! 

That gives Chris an excuse as well... 
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cheddargirl wrote:

The time I spend moderating depends on the situation: sometimes I'll be on the computer and moderate for a couple of hours in one day, but, other times, I may do small ten-minute check ups every few hours or so.

Does anyone want to devote two hours to moderating the Scratch Forums? Not me! 

Well, I have no life, so I could probably do that. 

Lucario621 wrote:

Jonathanpb wrote:

I'm not running; I want to stay free and moderate as I please. 

I don't like this idea about voting for moderators - I protest!    The problem with public elections is that the community just votes for people they like (or celebrities), and not people that would actually be good moderators. This happened in both TBG elections - oh, it was horrible. Luckily, we have good TBG moderators - but we almost didn't.

I strongly believe that the Scratch Team and moderators - only them - should decide new moderators.

Well - what's your opinion on this?
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Sadly, I can't find anyone on the forums (including myself) who would be fit to be a moderator. 

I agree with every single word your saying.

Honestly, I don't think we need more moderators. We seriously don't need any. All of the mods do their job well, and nobody who is currently active here would do a good job.

And just as well, with what you're saying about voting with moderators. Although it may be 'democratic', as I do in class decisions, I do remember the experiences we had with TBG mod elections, and they did get bad.

Well, the Scratch Team does have some say in the voting process - in fact, the Scratch Team are the ones who will be publishing the official list of candidates that people will be able to vote from! Us current forum moderators also have some influence - we get to reason out which candidates we would like to see on this final list before voting takes place. This ensures that only those who are truly fit to run for community moderator will be on the list of official candidates (eliminating the fear of a "bad mod" being elected). 

Also, the voting is not a final decision - the Scratch Team is reserving the right to choose who the community moderators will be. 

cheddargirl wrote:

Lucario621 wrote:

Jonathanpb wrote:

I'm not running; I want to stay free and moderate as I please. 

I don't like this idea about voting for moderators - I protest!    The problem with public elections is that the community just votes for people they like (or celebrities), and not people that would actually be good moderators. This happened in both TBG elections - oh, it was horrible. Luckily, we have good TBG moderators - but we almost didn't.

I strongly believe that the Scratch Team and moderators - only them - should decide new moderators.

Well - what's your opinion on this?
...............
Sadly, I can't find anyone on the forums (including myself) who would be fit to be a moderator. 

I agree with every single word your saying.

Honestly, I don't think we need more moderators. We seriously don't need any. All of the mods do their job well, and nobody who is currently active here would do a good job.

And just as well, with what you're saying about voting with moderators. Although it may be 'democratic', as I do in class decisions, I do remember the experiences we had with TBG mod elections, and they did get bad.

Well, the Scratch Team does have some say in the voting process - in fact, the Scratch Team are the ones who will be publishing the official list of candidates that people will be able to vote from! Us current forum moderators also have some influence - we get to reason out which candidates we would like to see on this final list before voting takes place. This ensures that only those who are truly fit to run for community moderator will be on the list of official candidates (eliminating the fear of a "bad mod" being elected). 

Also, the voting is not a final decision - the Scratch Team is reserving the right to choose who the community moderators will be. 

Yay! 

Jonathanpb wrote:

Vista4563 wrote:

I would run for moderator, but to be honest, I haven't been really active in the Scratch community... ah, well. I've got my hands full anyway... I don't need any extra stress.

Of course your hands are full - you're a Text-Based Games moderator! 

That gives Chris an excuse as well... 

Yes, but really, moderating the TBG is proving to be easier than I thought. xP

I like challenges, but not the ones that cause a burden... Dx

pinochio wrote:

Well. I have been on Scratch a while now and I do enjoy helping others and answering questions. My history has some negative aspects, but if I were  a moderator It would be a chance to redeem myself. I promise I'd be fair and do a great job. My activity on the sight has slightly declined, but I will start visiting as often as I used to. I hope you consider this, even though some of my past comments etc will convince you not to.

Thanks

Hi,
If you want to officially enter, you'll have to post that in this forum.

Things are looking grim for me here, I'll probably not get the position, seeing all these massive speeches.

I think Illusionist and PlayWithFire are my top votes.

How do I vote or see the canidates....?

I'm voting for Sick Dog, anyway.

illusionist wrote:

littletonkslover wrote:

How do I vote or see the canidates....?

I'm voting for Sick Dog, anyway.

Voting isn't up yet... in fact, you can't really decide who you are going to vote for until they create the list. 

Still voting for Flu Kitteh.

adriangl wrote:

illusionist wrote:

Greenboi wrote:

I think Illusionist and PlayWithFire are my top votes.

  yay!

I think you are a great candidate too 

I wrote:

  yay!

Wow, I am finding myself super excited to see the candidates and I really hope I am one of them. XD How many candidates will there be? Did I miss that in the first post?

Lightnin wrote:

Dazachi wrote:

Wow, I am finding myself super excited to see the candidates and I really hope I am one of them. XD How many candidates will there be? Did I miss that in the first post?

There are details here:
http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Community_Moderators

(We'll pick between 8 and 12 candidates)

It must be hard choosing. Are you guys having a conference? Or are you just like emailing? Or are you guys just having someone pick? Just curious, you don't have to answer.