odurandina
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Selecting mods.... There are a number of contributors with a large body of informed content--but that's not always grounds for being a mod. If it were a popularity contest, Brad and Rover would have my vote. They display a healthy bit of latitude, and seem open to a spectrum of opinions. Our height enthusiast mob bosses DZ & Stick would make fine mods. i tend to doubt any of the above would want to do it. You discover the mod thing takes up much of one's time. 
Do you want to be a mod so you can settle disputes with other contributors? Does someone projecting a this or that type of persuasion bother you? That alone will make you a poor choice. And that's the point. Granting someone the power to be a moderator for no other reason than they desire to have it--very often will prove a poor idea. The desire to be a mod should alone give pause. Consider the personality types posting on the interwebs. Look at yourself and ask if you have a value system founded in Civics.
A mod needs to go beyond even possessing reverence for differing points of view. He/She should be on the low end of excitable, more or less be unimpressed, if not bored shitless w/ peoples' self-serving agendas, or opinions that lend to self-aggrandizement. (True, there are many geniuses on this site--that can back it up). Statler has shown to be very satisfactory as a mod imo--probably under-appreciated.
DD could be a decent mod. Like several people on aB, he posts with a strong foundation of Boston's construction scene. He's fair minded and respectful. (i admire his contributions, and Equilibria's very much.... then there's this F-Line dude--holy shit). DD is less reactionary than others. Unfortunately, his fondness of structure might lend to stricter posting rules--which could be less well-received by some casual visitors to the site.
Beeline is clearly one who has earned it (but, he's another who might desire not to do anything beyond his prolific, photo-sharing activities).
Statler, DD and Beeline are 3 outstanding members. i've left out a few more who'd probably make fine mods.
At the other end--even folks with a pique for one type of posting characteristic or another have much to ponder before they become a mod.
Rennlist is the world's go-to Porsche enthusiast site (w/ some 150,000 members). They had one of the more disastrous types for a moderator; (the infamous Randy V) for a number of years (2001-04). It didn't go well. A decade and a half after his mod powers were removed, he continues to have run-ins & incidents of abuse with long-standing members. We're talking the same type-A individuals found on a site such as this. The RL administrator, Bob R. was very slow with the ban hammer. But over the years, slowly began to lose patience with even keeping Randy on as a member. That's showing immense patience!
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Do you want to be a mod so you can settle disputes with other contributors? Does someone projecting a this or that type of persuasion bother you? That alone will make you a poor choice. And that's the point. Granting someone the power to be a moderator for no other reason than they desire to have it--very often will prove a poor idea. The desire to be a mod should alone give pause. Consider the personality types posting on the interwebs. Look at yourself and ask if you have a value system founded in Civics.
A mod needs to go beyond even possessing reverence for differing points of view. He/She should be on the low end of excitable, more or less be unimpressed, if not bored shitless w/ peoples' self-serving agendas, or opinions that lend to self-aggrandizement. (True, there are many geniuses on this site--that can back it up). Statler has shown to be very satisfactory as a mod imo--probably under-appreciated.
DD could be a decent mod. Like several people on aB, he posts with a strong foundation of Boston's construction scene. He's fair minded and respectful. (i admire his contributions, and Equilibria's very much.... then there's this F-Line dude--holy shit). DD is less reactionary than others. Unfortunately, his fondness of structure might lend to stricter posting rules--which could be less well-received by some casual visitors to the site.
Beeline is clearly one who has earned it (but, he's another who might desire not to do anything beyond his prolific, photo-sharing activities).
Statler, DD and Beeline are 3 outstanding members. i've left out a few more who'd probably make fine mods.
At the other end--even folks with a pique for one type of posting characteristic or another have much to ponder before they become a mod.
Rennlist is the world's go-to Porsche enthusiast site (w/ some 150,000 members). They had one of the more disastrous types for a moderator; (the infamous Randy V) for a number of years (2001-04). It didn't go well. A decade and a half after his mod powers were removed, he continues to have run-ins & incidents of abuse with long-standing members. We're talking the same type-A individuals found on a site such as this. The RL administrator, Bob R. was very slow with the ban hammer. But over the years, slowly began to lose patience with even keeping Randy on as a member. That's showing immense patience!
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