If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve.

Seems fun and tempting, but I don't think the mods will like it.

Why wouldn't they like it? Unless they're Nazis. Which only the Hitler wannabe is.

Oh wait, you mean someone will be elected to be a moderator for a certain day?

Yessir.

// Well, not really elected, per se. Some sort of a contest where the winners get to be mods for a day... or whatever.

Why do you think that?

Sounds like a very interesting idea, Elba.
I like it. teehee.

What kind of contest? Because we couldn't just have ANYBODY be a mod for the day... imagine the chaos... *shudder*

I'm for it, as long as the contest winner would be somewhat qualified... as in the contest proves it, or something.

It's late and I'm rambling, so I'm done.

Oh man, we would not see the end of that. That sure seems interesting though...hm. We need some guidelines on who can enter though.

I'm for it, then, too! Wow, how fun!

kinda funny. elba and i were both a part of the original staff. and kryo too.

Aw, you guys are already wanting to limit who gets to be mod

I would like to see more guidelines set on this thing before I know whether I'm for or against the idea.

Well, we can't just have anybody... what if someone went through and rejected all of the graphics? Or closed and deleted topics that shouldn't be? I mean, there has to be some sort of common sense in who can and can't be a mod for the day.

Well if they get power hungry, then the admins can just demote them.

^ thats true.

And if they make a mess, it shouldnt be too hard to clean up.
But maybe some guidelines should be set. I mean... All contests have some sort of guidelines, ya know?

Yes, of course.

^ what if there's no admin on at that time?
You can MAKE A HUGE MESS if the limit is one whole day, you know.

As long as they're not allowed to delete anything, I don't think that such a big mess can be made.

How about if you f**k up, you get suspended for 30 days, haha. That should give them a reason not to make a big mess, eh?

^ that's a good punishment I think.

Good punishment, but you'll never know. Someone could at least take advantage, spite the 30-day consequence, and just majorly misuse their powers and ban whoever they see.

an admin can create a new staff group with very limited access to mod functionality. i.e. no banning/suspending/warning. you should only get to moderate topics (open/close/move) and view backstage crap.

Now that it seems like it's going to be so limited, it doesn't seem that fun anymore.

^ but we just have to set up those restrictions in case someone really goes overboard with the mod powers... even it's just a day.

Or we could just trust that they wont. Meh, I dunno.

That's the issue here. Mods don't trust members, members don't trust mods. Le sigh, I miss the olden days.

I like this idea.

Maybe they could have functions to all features, but like for the major ones features they'd need to be approved by a real moderator to carry out?

Kaycee's turn to play Nazi, I guess.

I like the limited access to being a new staff-ee, and I'd love people to give people a chance to be a mod - but I am very very wary of letting them view Backstage. And I know, I know, the mods have such trust issues and such and such and that being able to view Backstage is such a big part of being mod, but I just can't see us letting people see Backstage so easily and quickly just like that, even for a day.

I think that this merits some thought. After the dust settles from CB4 a bit, perhaps we can look at what some of the options could be, from an access standpoint.

The idea of this is fun, but what would be the criteria (what would the contest consist of)?

Yeah, if I was a shit talker backstage, I wouldn't want anyone seeing it either.

Trust gets you no where nowadays. There will always be people that you think you trust but once they get a hold of power they get corrupted and become more and more power hungry. A lot of mods are like that already, and they'll close shit or warn people over insignificant shit or banters that are to be expected.

I used to be in ROTC (rofl I know) and there was a contest and whoever won would be Commanding Officer for the day. The person who ended up winning really didn't do shit and it was more novelty than anything. I think if someone were to win mod for the day they would just kinda go around trying to have a fun time with their new found powers and not really do anything helpful or beneficial and probably only do stuff that detriments the site more than anything else.

why so wary about us seeing backstage?

I don't mind the idea in theory. I just think o many restrictions would have to be put in place that any real 'reward' or whatever, would be lost.

Out of interest, why do people think that it would be such a great reward in the first place?

With all due respect, love, there were plenty of problems in the 'olden days' as well... People sugaring the past is part of the reason why there i sso much dissent about the new 'regime' or what ever people w2ant to call it.

So what would the contest be like? What would the contestants (for lack of a better word) do? Would there be like a campaign or something?

I'm going to have to agree with everything that he just said. Because you couldn't just have some person just running haywire with the moderating powers.

GOOOD IDEA ELBAAA, so smart :D
hehe, uhmm I'm in for this :D
Have some sort of guidelines, the member must follow, liek have requried ppd..etc, and restrictions of course

I liked this idea until it got too practical.

f**k LIFE.

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We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow subarmine...
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haha I'm all for it. Sounds like an interesting idea, although I don't know how exactly someone would get to become mod for a day. Perhaps the staff just puts together a list and then changes the person each day or something. -shrug-

Although at some point in time, I think the staff will get some little judgment against it and just drop it and say they can't do it anymore. Or it will get way to biased and others won't get a fair try.

I still think it's a fun idea, though it would suck if someone was picked for a day and was totally busy that day .. or if they didn't have anything to mod. Lmao.

Well... I guess that can be worked out for the winner. They can choose the day?

If the idea goes, that is.

This is a really good idea, kind of like a "let's-pick-a-new-mod-and-let-them-try-before-they-buy" sort of thing.

no one cares what you do anymore.

damn kryo, you going to take that from moorepocket?

That's one of the first songs I ever remember listening to. XD

How "too practical"? If this were to happen (and I really do think it's a fun idea) what do you think would make it less practical or rigid that would keep it fun? :]

Chin up, girl! Don't doom it before it has a chance. ;]

Absolutely. I think they (the person who wins) should be able to pick they day that they are available.

I think the mod should be allowed to do almost anything, hahaha. Except completely destroy cB. Of course, the person would be chosen carefully, so they wouldn't be someone who would enjoy in the destruction of cB. But limiting them so they can only rearrange and edit stuff? ._. That would seem kind of lame.

At first the idea does sound pretty fun and novel. When it all comes down to it you can't really trust a lot of people, and if it's just for one day then they are going to want to get the most out of it, which would mean doing everything they can using every power they could. Someone mentioned it as a trial for new mods, which actually sounds like a good idea, but you would have to get nominated to be an upcoming mod for that to even make sense *Shrug*.

Sounds like a pretty cool idea. And keeping all moderating abilites sounds fair to me; otherwise, they would be a 'true' moderator. Besides, if they do something bad, they'll be caught. ;)

One problem I can foresee is people sharing their passwords. Meh. Mods will have to trust the mod-for-a-day-mod so it's only fair for them to keep that trust.

^ Definitely agreed.

Whooo knows?
After thinking about it for awhile, I really couldn't think of why it would be a big deal...

But yeah, I'm still up for this.

exactly. everything we say is said in public so why should the staff be allowed to hide what they say. it seems you guys rely on backstage too much to express your opinions on other members rather than using it to keep in contact of new ideas and ways to improve the site. if it's too much of a site for us to see, i think it's being abused.