Mod to Member ratio... (Current Discussion: Forum Specific Images)

[The_Missing_Link]

You're right, Blade. It's a selfish thought but it's also true. A mod doesn't want to be penalized for doing good work. Doesn't make sense

I'm all for going back to the time where mods were recognized by the amount of Pokeballs. I always thought that was cool

[kainashi]

I'm all for going back to the time where mods were recognized by the amount of Pokeballs. I always thought that was cool

i miss those. i used to give myself more when i was admin.

[mr_pikachu]

Just broadly responding to earlier comments... the apparently problematic mod-to-member ratio seems to me like more of a function of low active membership than a high mod count. In that case, the goal should be to increase membership, not eliminate moderators. That's basically what we're trying to do with the website revival.

Also, a few others mentioned why some forums, such as Fanfic, need so many mods. Now, to be fair, forums like Classic Generation don't conduct such high-maintenance activities; hence why they don't need as many mods. We recognize that, and as such avoid over-modding. If Fanfic only had, say, three mods, we'd have to significantly reduce the number of events/projects we ran. Between the Silver Pencil/Golden Pen Awards, the Hall of Fame, the E-zine, the Writing Sprints/Contests, the Fanfic Trivia Game, and a host of other activities, it just takes a lot of time. With so much going on, we have to periodically rotate responsibilities just to keep up with everything. I'm sure other forums such as RPG and ASB have similar needs, based on what their mods have to do.

HL, I believe you were the one complaining awhile back that Fanfic mods weren't doing enough stuff for your liking. Reducing the mod count isn't going to help that.

Finally, whether or not you believe it, I and the other moderators frequently discuss issues like this. Whether it's about restoring the website, culling inactive moderators, changing the forum layout, or something else entirely, we're always trying to find ways to make positive changes. (I might remind everyone that the aforementioned website revival wouldn't have happened without the efforts of the moderators.) In the end, we naturally only make a change if the benefits of doing so outweigh the detriments. Slashing staff members at a time in which we're trying to rejuvenate TPM doesn't seem like a particularly reasonable change.

[Telume]

^ TLDR: Lets just keep it the way it is!

And actually on that note we should all thank Jeff, he busted his ass to get the back-end of the site working. It's not easy to code an entire thing from scratch I'll tell you that.