I think it is about time to share the responsibilities, (there are none because we have no rules!), so that those interested can be more invested in this community. I'm not going to make any rules until the community decides on what they should be. I'd also prefer someone else do the 'enforcing'.
There has been a bit of discussion about protecting the site from shills, I think this is most important to the users (I could be wrong), and those who want to help moderate should offer solutions on this subject.
I'm in the EU, based on traffic, I'd say we first need some folks who are in the States.
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alllie ago
I want to be a moderator here. You know I should be. Or do you plan to bring over the same people? I have about 100k karma on reddit conspiracy and have been very active them. I'm easy to check.
What to do about the shills. Hmmm....
I don't know. On /r/socialistart I just ban them. But there was only one.
It is the corporate media take over of reddit, and the censorship, that was the killer for me.
casualwhoaversereade ago
I think that being a fair / unbiased moderator also includes being politically agnostic. People who continue to push the two party system (especially one party over the other) should not be allowed to be a moderator. Most people in the conspiracy forum think that the 2 party system is rigged. There's no difference between Democrats or Republicans. So, pushing or submitting stories that advance the 2-party narrative should be banned from conspiracy. Moderators should be watched closely for this type of behavior.
shill ago
Bullshit. You're asking for censorship. If you have a problem with the system, make your points. Don't burn the books.
casualwhoaversereade ago
If you look at someone's history and see a pattern of pushing one political ideology over another then they won't be a good moderator. Eventually, it will turn into a giant circle jerk. (See: /r/politics)
shill ago
You can literally look at any mod from /r/conspiracy and see what ideology they're pushing. If you're confused with one of them let me know which and I'll help you figure out what narrative they're trying to sell while simultaneously banning whoever speaks against their narrative.
That aside, mods are humans. Humans will have opinions. So it's ridiculous to say that you want a mod that doesn't believe in anything.
Or are you saying you want mods who believe in what YOU believe. You obviously believe the two party system is horrible (I happen to agree with you on this one issue). So you want mods who don't believe in the two party system.
What system should they believe in? Are they okay as long as they're not Democrats or Republicans? Who gets to choose what ideology the mods are "allowed" to belong to?
I think you can see how this is a flawed way of picking mods.
All of that being said, I don't really wanna see Allie as a mod.