Shane was actually the reason why TC tested out a formula of different level moderators. From my "moderator class" of Matty, Celestial, and I, there were three levels created:

Level 3: Open, close, move, delete threads and posts, review help requests and reports, warn members

Level 2: Level 3, plus: Edit posts, merge threads, ban and unban members arbitrarily outside of warning system

Level 1: Levels 2 and 3, plus: Approve new user registrations, edit users, manage smilies and icons


Level 1 was basically the administrators and site owner; Level 2 was the more senior moderators and Celestial; Level 3 was Matty and I, sometime midway through 2011, our privileges were bumped up to Level two and he just did away with the levels where all moderators had equal authority (basically it was a trial before giving new mods full control of the site as precautionary measures I would assume). The moderator classes that followed ours didn't have to go through that step, though as you know Retro, we're doing the trial and quarterly audits now for the staff.

What are y'all gonna do about this tho?

it's ok i guess


i don't like lee tho

Sometimes yea

Right. And I do not know if everyone knows this...but Retro, supaspaz, ain't.no.other, and Razzle are not technically permanent yet.

The existing moderators that approved them have to vote again in January to confirm their positions.

Gyal I wish I got a coin out of this.

We moderate here because we enjoy and care about this site. Which is why y'all should cut us a bit of slack sometimes. We're all people with real lives and real jobs and real problems just like the rest of y'all. We wouldn't be doing this if we didn't care.

I don't have any problems with the moderating team. I feel like what a lot of the problem are people who actually do report posts. A lot of people report posts for no reason. It's kind of ridiculous that regular members basically have the power to go on a witch hunt and ban members. I feel like we should have keep the reporting down. I know that is damn near impossible though. It would require a lot more mods to be online to patrol all of the threads. With a lot of the mods being inactive, it's just hard.

Another thing I hate is that mods should probably check the thread that they warn and see if other posts in the thread need to be warned. I don't know if reports just show the post or if it takes you to the thread, but it would be fair if you went and looked at a thread because a lot of the time, there are more posts that are probably even more WP-worthy, but no one reports it because they don't care.

That's just me though. I think that the moderators are great though. Keep up the good work, guys. This is a great thread idea as long as people keep it cute.

It's like a ****ing police state. Lighten up yall

There's a difference between a one-off shady comment out of every 10,000 posts versus the posting history of GrandMomCookies or Licorice.

I never knew there was a hierarchy system with the moderators. I guess you do learn something new everyday!

Make me a mod and I'll have this site troll free.

Death at you being ignored w/ this again

The mods basically ignore half the posts in HQ... More often than not these are the ones that are actually using HQ correctly and asking legit questions.

Plus I feel like there should be more mods that aren't biased. I know that the biased mods AREN'T bad, but it might be easier to have mods that liked all of the pop girls and didn't have a clear cut favorite. At least then they wouldn't be bashed for helping out their fan base so much. Just an idea though. I just don't like that Retro gets bashed for being too in love with Gaga. Doesn't make him a bad mod. Unless he really is biased, but I doubt that he is.

Also, I'm gonna drop a few names and hopefully I won't offend any mods:

Kworb: Sigh, how to put this...... He's arrogant. He's kinda full of himself too, he feels like he owns us or something. That's how I feel toward shim.

Ace: He's so disrespectful to be honest, he ALWAYS ignores my questions on the Rate Registiration thread and answers others. I felt so humiliated repeating my question literally 5 times. he replied eventually, 2 weeks later.

Duca: Same as Kworb but to a MUCH lesser extent

Right! We're behaving and all, but if we did anything out of line, we'd be booted come January.

Exactly. When I was chosen as a moderator, I agreed to respond to the survey and later to take on the position because I love the site and community in general. That's how every moderator feels and that's why they're here; to preserve the community and make it better however they can.

Duca isn't a mod...

I just remembered that some members get more reminders than WP's. I don't have a problem with that but I do have a problem because it's the same members who go to HQ and thank the mods for the reminders. And usually their posts are WP worthy.

I only got 1 reminder so far this year and a load of WP's.

My first WP was for being disruptive for posting this:



At the time I'd only been on ATRL for a day yet when other people do this:



It is not regarded as disruptive because the limit for jonny is apparently 3?