@goofyballer and @marty have each been nominated to serve a 6 month term as moderator, which would begin once confirmed and serve through 3/1/22. A 2/3 majority vote is required to confirm a moderator per the current moderator appointment rules. Each poll should be viewed as an individual confirmation, as a result of 0, 1, or 2 new moderators for this term are all possible. These polls will close at Noon CT on August 25th, at which time results will be official.
Do you support confirming goofyballer to a 6 month term as moderator?
Yes
No
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Do you support confirming marty to a 6 month term as moderator?
Sorry for the deleted threads. I messed up the polls the first time. @spidercrab or @anon46587892 can you make this a banner when you have a chance? Thanks!
goreo
Made this a banner . It will appear at the top of every page until it is dismissed by the user.
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So i think goofy was a good mod, and i personally like him and he thinks iām funny and he bought me beer. But heās been a pretty shitty poster for the last few months (iām not sure even he will argue otherwise but maybe iām wrong).
Similar thoughts on marty, who while i respect that he was genuinely offended by the modding here, was pretty short tempered to say the least.
In general i think anyone who wants to mod and i donāt think has bad intentions should be given a term iām not sure iāll start off with goofy and marty.
I wonāt vote yet as iāll read more opinions. Either way it will be yes/yes or no/no from me dawgs.
Havenāt both these guys been banned multiple times this year for causing problems? Why should either be moderator if they canāt color inside the lines?
Currently no/no but might change to yeses later. Regarding Marty, I think thereās something to be said for someone who has been highly critical of mods now being āforcedā (obv he volunteered, just not sure what other word to use here) to experience the other side of it as a mod. I donāt know if our community is stable enough to handle any potential fireworks but I think it should absolutely happen at some point (because basically everyone should rotate through unless theyāre opening intending to be unfair or malicious).
I donāt like the joint mod account idea but I think Iām either a no on both or a yes on both. I think modding only goofy and not a ācaptainā would be a mistake.
Goofy has been stirring shit and trying to burn the forum ever since he rage quit from his first modding stint. We should probably have any of his posts during that period that were deleted as personal attacks recreated ITT by an admin or mod before anybody makes any final decisions about how appropriate it is to hand him the keys again.
Both are long time contributors to this forum, both have volunteered their service to this forum, and both have stated they intend to try to better the forum with this service. I think the best way to try to work through some of the disagreements that have happened here is to give them both a shot.
I think @marty and @goofyballer could both help contribute by voting yes on each otherās polls.
I donāt really have an opinion but having the vote in the banner seems like a bad idea. I mean we should at least pretend that theyāre actually reading the debate before voting, shouldnāt we? I donāt know who marty is at all and I had no idea about goofy being banned multiple times until I actually scanned through some of this thread.
Marty told a few people to fuck off, and is pretty much an open book about how he really feels about things. If you want to know, just ask him. But if he has had posts deleted, sure go ahead.
@Marty is part of the euro contingent, right? If Iām wrong, I apologize. But one part of my yes vote is because I think it would be ideal to have mods from all representative areas of the forum. Letās say someone does great posting in the UK or Canada thread, for example, but all I ever see is when they get flagged for acute frustrations elsewhere. Iām not really in a good position to judge their holistic contribution to this site.