new hiring process, pros and cons Options

[*incoherent*]

so, i was talking with someone about this about 2 minutes ago and wanted to know what everyone though of how it went being the first time it was implimented.

i didnt want to put this just randomly in another thread, i wanted it to be seen.

so, pros and cons.

pros
-i liked the idea of nominations.

cons
-nominations seemed like endorsements which we did away with due to the fact that only people were picking their friends. i did talk to many mods, and noted it for myself too, that mods werent nominating just friends. i was nominated by 3 people i didnt even talk to.

-not everyone seems to get their chance. just because they dont stand out, doesnt mean they shouldnt be given a shot. sure, there was the discussion thread, but how much of that was taken in when nominations were made?

[*mzkandi*]

The way I see it is the application process doesnt sway much in whether you get modded at all. Its all going to boil down to your overall presence on the forum, how you interact with other members, whether or not you stand out, activeness, how helpful you are around the boards (both for design and people), how long you've been a member and how much you have contributed to the site. I honestly think should we have had an actual application process with same people that were nominated the outcome would have been the same. The only thing I see about the traditional way is that is open it up for everyone pretty much. Personally, dont see anything wrong with that just like I dont see anything wrong nominations. In conclusion, the biggest draw about the traditional way is that everyone is considered and with nominations only the most qualifed are considered as deemed by mods. They both have pros and cons. With nominations there is a possiblity of overlooking somone (even though that is highly unlikely in my opinion considering all the mods we have), also, there is the possibiltiy of nominating someone for a positon they really dont want (for example nominating someone for Myspace staff when they really want to be People) in which case I say they should reject their nomination. With the traditional way, while everyone is considered, only the ones that really stand are going to be seriously considered. For example, when all the mods had our backstage discussion on the nominees some of the mods stated that some nominees didnt "stand out" . If some nominees dont stand out even when mods are nominating imagine how much more you must stand in the traditional process. Just a thought.