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    Agent zero....
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    Quote Originally Posted by nic34 View Post
    Agent zero....
    Any particular reason why?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cletus View Post
    Same old, same old.

    Bottom line, the mods and admin are picking the "forum advisors". The change is cosmetic and they think the members are stupid enough to not notice.

    Crepitus? Obviously rational thinking is NOT a prerequisite.
    The mods chose 6 of 12. Two are new, one left and one right. The other 6 are for the membership to put up for nomination, subject to behavior history. You are free to nominate your choices.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    Can’t say much cos ya get TBd But please, mods, if you’re going to vote on the basis of number of posts, don’t you think that’s a recipe for disaster, which you’ll later decide didn’t work and keep going round in these continuing circles trying to find perfection? Put ‘em up, one at a time, perhaps with a short summary explaining why they themselves should be chosen, a bit like a work application and let the forum vote?








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    Had to rush off, but back from work, now where was I.

    I understand the problem the mods have and why you’re continually swopping and changing things around in an effort to try to please everyone, but it never works, does it. I think what most people see is a top down approach, despite all these town halls and ‘we’re listening’, by people who the forum didn’t elect and who once in can’t be elected out either. So why not reverse the process? OK, it might not be popular with those already at the top, but it might seem a fairer way of doing things to those that aren’t, but think they’ll never get a chance either.

    First, start from scratch. Anyone interested in these positions puts themselves up for a one year term of office. They write a brief 250 word summary of why they think they would fit the position and together with anyone else that’s interested, put it on the forum and one at a time, let the forum be the recruiters. It seems a lot fairer, it’s not a lifetime position (you’d need to be re-elected after your one year of office) and most importantly, no one can then complain about what you’re doing there. If you under perform, you’re voted out depending how the forum feel after your year in office and replaced.

    Forum message – Votes for the moderator election for the News thread will take place on September 14. Voting from 8am to 10pm. Candidates are Chukky Puppy, My Head Hurts and Despondent Squirrel. There applications can be found at ...


    Secondly, a mod for each thread yes, but there has to be more to it than left v right. It’s no good having a mod on the tpf book club who doesn’t read books, or one on the political thread who thinks who thinks an anarchist is a kind of vegetable, just to make the political partisan numbers look fair. OK, I exaggerate, but you get the drift.

    At the moment, what you have is a play on semantics by declaring a forum run by members. What you’ve actually got is a forum run by a selected few, who chose the other selected few and the forum members themselves get very little say in it. I think that’s why many think it’s not only undemocratic, but rather dictatorial when they analyse it. Hope I don’t get TBd for this outburst of impudence, you know, just sayin’.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    That defies a rational explanation.
    he is a vengeful person
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    This system I assume has an experimental time frame.

    However I it seems like a wise upgrade compared to what it was before.

    To the forumites: give it a while and then we'll have a town hall about whether or not it was a failure. And whether or not it can/should be improved upon.

    I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes.

    And if you have a beef with your candidate not getting selected...maybe you should pick a better candidate without a laundry list of infections and loathsome behavior.

    Just sayin'. Forum advisors are in theory going to be examples and advisors to the mod staff. Let the experiment run. File your suggestions and complaints for the town hall about it.

    In the meantime, try to act like adults.

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    Ephesians 6:12

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    Keep the nominations coming...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
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    Good heavens, time to get off this thread!








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