For example, you ask voluntary users to tick a check box stating they are volunteer for modding, and then every now a lottery happens and they can get selected to mod a sub for say a week. Similarly, some volunteers could get selected for a counter modding function, they could reinstate removed content, or give bad moderators blames which could lower the probability of being selected for moderation... Shares the burden + is representative + prevents lockouts... I invent nothing, Athens was governed this way for a century. What do you think?
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OWNtheNWO ago
That's what I mean by a public mod log, the easiest way to do this is for the Voat servers to create a mirror sub /m/conspiracy that has a slightly different format where it shows the post, the removal and the reason given. There is no moderation of this sub, there is no down votes in the sub, there is no way to post new threads in the sub, only comment, only up vote, it's simply a list of all the removals from the sub and a way for the board constituency to appeal the removal without having to sway the mods hands. Same voting rules apply that already apply to the rest of the site and I'd say even make it more stringent some way, like you can only put in so many vote appeals, say 10 separate in a 24 hour period or something like that (not well thought out atm).
May be by default all /v/'s should contain a ticker on the side bar from /m/ as well to make sure that everyone is always aware of what's being removed.
Tleilaxu_Ghola ago
I think one of the things that could be considered, depending on how flexible and sub-specific things can be, is to allow a sub to require a deletion to be checked off by another moderator in the sub. In some subverses, like this one for example, deletions can be very controversial sometimes, so to alleviate some of this a sub could require removals to be approved by 2 mods. Or maybe make it based on karma, I know /r/Conspiracy over on reddit recently had this issue come up where a mod deleted a post from an established poster and it created a big stink. That way low/no-karma shill and troll accounts could have obvious posts in violation of the rules deleted by one mod, but if you have enough karma built up in a sub with an obvious positive posting history, then a deletion requires 2 mods to approve it.
OWNtheNWO ago
I think anything that adds another layer of accountability is positive, may be they need a majority of mods and in the case where a sub only has two mods both have to agree?
Tleilaxu_Ghola ago
I can only imagine what the one guy who is coding this place is thinking right now with this reddit exodus bombarding his inbox..lol Poor guy.
OWNtheNWO ago
He obviously saw what was coming.