Give us Barabbas

Zaph0d · 10-10-2005 3:38pm #1

What if one of the admins picked the 3 worst mods every three months and suspended their modding rights pending enquiry? A 'Death Row' thread would be opened where everyone could make witness statements for and against. Poor decisions, abuse of power, long absence from participation, decisions overturned by higher authority would all be discussed. After a week, there would be a poll and the worst mod would be chosen and stripped of authorita, post count reduced to zero and other nerdy punishments.

Benefits would include:

Reminds mods to behave themselves
Serious warning to those who escape death row
Removes mods who are so bad that they damage the rep of boards.ie
Sky1-style witch-hunt entertainment for the troops
Reassures ordinary boardsers that mods are not acting without limits
All done in public and transparently - justice seen to be done

Lafortezza · 10-10-2005 3:47pm

Today is officially "Stupid suggestions on Feedback" day!

ecksor · 10-10-2005 4:39pm

Call me crazy, but if there's a problem with a moderator I think it's better to handle it somewhat discreetly. Is boards no longer enough of a soap opera for you?

Giblet · 10-10-2005 4:51pm

what

Baz_ · 10-10-2005 4:52pm

Zaph0d wrote:

Another suggestion...

Either Zaph0d is off sick, or it's quiet in work

Surely not the best, but probably the most humourous, way to deal with bad mods.

Chong · 10-10-2005 4:58pm

I would love to know what this guy has been smoking because it seems like some Crazy Sh!t. Lol

Talliesin · 10-10-2005 5:25pm

I blame the increasing bread-and-circuses position of U.S. showtrials for making people think that a complaints procedure should be entertainment.

Either there is a problem with a moderator or there is not.

Chong · 10-10-2005 5:35pm

Tbh maybe I have being hiding under a rock but in general most mods on boards do theyre jobs well.

Gordon · 10-10-2005 5:42pm

We should do it like those Greeks did in Greece: rotate mods every month or so choosing the mods by picking randomly from a hat and then the cmods are voted for by those mods that are picked out of a hat and the smods are chosen by the cmods and the admin by the smods. Not sure where that leaves us with hmods nmods and the biker mods so in essence it could be a crap idea, but then the initial idea is just as bad.

PowerHouseDan · 10-10-2005 6:14pm

I can think of a mod who is always on a powertrip....i use the word hate....

Shabadu · 10-10-2005 6:44pm

Yes. This is a fantastic idea. The two mods nominated must fight to the death to prove their worthiness.

Sarky · 10-10-2005 6:48pm

I wager 400 quatoos on the newcomer.

Shabadu · 10-10-2005 8:20pm

Sarky wrote:

I wager 400 quatoos on the newcomer.

Actually Sarky, that infamous 'The something-something wagers 300 quatloos on the newcomer' quote is from the 'Gamesters of Triskelion' episode with the giant floating brains. People quite often misattribute it to the episode 'Amok Time' where Kirk is chosen by T'Pring to fight Spock in the rite of Kunat Kali Fee.

Both classic episodes though.

zAbbo · 10-10-2005 8:23pm

****ing nerds

Sarky · 10-10-2005 8:24pm

That is probably because both are mixed together in an episode of The Simpsons when Homer and Barney are training to be astronauts. Barney and Homer are clearly re-enacting the Spock/Kirk fight, while one of the scientists clearly says the giant floaty brain quote.

I stand by it, and shall not be moved.

Sparky · 10-10-2005 8:40pm

What is happening?
Star treking across the universe.
Doh.

CuLT · 10-10-2005 8:54pm

Giblet wrote:

what

^

sceptre · 10-10-2005 9:06pm

Shabadu wrote:

Actually Sarky, that infamous 'The something-something wagers 300 quatloos on the newcomer' quote is from the 'Gamesters of Triskelion' episode with the giant floating brains.

40 in the episode, 400 in The Simpsons IIRC (though one of the Providers may well have bid 300 to buy all the newcomers). Otherwise I believe you're entirely correct. The Mission Impossible tape guy did one of the voices for the floating brains.

Anyhoo, I blame a short number people for suggestions like this: William Harrison, Stephen King, Sheena Easton, John de Mol and the Loud family from Santa Barbara. They're bold people and the still-living ones deserve something of a slap, though I'd half-excuse the first two.

Shabadu · 10-10-2005 9:46pm

sceptre wrote:

40 in the episode, 400 in The Simpsons IIRC. Otherwise I believe you're entirely correct.

*ahem*

Sparky · 10-10-2005 10:00pm

mmmmmm. sounds good ^

The Sweeper · 10-10-2005 10:23pm

Zaph0d wrote:

What if one of the admins picked the 3 worst mods every three months and suspended their modding rights pending enquiry? A 'Death Row' thread would be opened where everyone could make witness statements for and against. Poor decisions, abuse of power, long absence from participation, decisions overturned by higher authority would all be discussed. After a week, there would be a poll and the worst mod would be chosen and stripped of authorita, post count reduced to zero and other nerdy punishments.

Benefits would include:
Reminds mods to behave themselves

Serious warning to those who escape death row

Removes mods who are so bad that they damage the rep of boards.ie

Sky1-style witch-hunt entertainment for the troops

Reassures ordinary boardsers that mods are not acting without limits

All done in public and transparently - justice seen to be done

I vote Zaph0d's username be amended to include the prefix "Mistress".

WhiteWashMan · 10-10-2005 11:03pm

Zaph0d wrote:

What if one of the admins picked the 3 worst mods every three months and suspended their modding rights pending enquiry? A 'Death Row' thread would be opened where everyone could make witness statements for and against. Poor decisions, abuse of power, long absence from participation, decisions overturned by higher authority would all be discussed. After a week, there would be a poll and the worst mod would be chosen and stripped of authorita, post count reduced to zero and other nerdy punishments.

Benefits would include:
Reminds mods to behave themselves

Serious warning to those who escape death row

Removes mods who are so bad that they damage the rep of boards.ie

Sky1-style witch-hunt entertainment for the troops

Reassures ordinary boardsers that mods are not acting without limits

All done in public and transparently - justice seen to be done

i'll get me coat....

Zaph0d · 10-10-2005 11:41pm

Dans ce pay-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres.

...still holds true. Who wouldn't be cheered up by the occasional shooting? I don't know any really bad mods but there must be one out there. Let's lynch the bastard!

CuLT · 11-10-2005 12:05am

Zaph0d wrote:

...still holds true. Who wouldn't be cheered up by the occasional shooting? I don't know any really bad mods but there must be one out there. Let's lynch the bastard!

This is not a 1930s profit geared corporation.

like, wtf?

Sparky · 11-10-2005 12:29am

WhiteWashMan wrote:

i'll get me coat....

Ah dont feel bad.

GoneShootin · 11-10-2005 1:02am

I've made a suggestion box for your noteworthy suggestions Zaph0d:

sceptre · 11-10-2005 1:28am

Shabadu wrote:

*ahem*

Ah, thought you had me there. He's bidding to buy them (provider one eventually bought them for two thousand), not wagering on them, which happens later. Having said that I'm no longer that sure even forty comes into it later, though I do definitely remember someone wagering a hundred on the noobs.

I suppose if this was on the [strike]nerd[/strike]Star Trek board someone who owns the DVD might kindly go and check. This really is a bit nerdy innit. And I can't remember whether nerd or geek is the bad term.

Shabadu · 11-10-2005 10:50am

Curses. That does make sense as the provider says 'bids' rather than 'wagers'.

/me doffs cap to superior nerd

Beruthiel · 11-10-2005 11:27am

no!
does this stuff keep you awake at night Zaph0d?

if there is a problem with a mod, the Admins will sort it

Sully · 11-10-2005 11:32am

Zaph0d wrote:

What if one of the admins picked the 3 worst mods every three months and suspended their modding rights pending enquiry? A 'Death Row' thread would be opened where everyone could make witness statements for and against. Poor decisions, abuse of power, long absence from participation, decisions overturned by higher authority would all be discussed. After a week, there would be a poll and the worst mod would be chosen and stripped of authorita, post count reduced to zero and other nerdy punishments.

Benefits would include:
Reminds mods to behave themselves

Serious warning to those who escape death row

Removes mods who are so bad that they damage the rep of boards.ie

Sky1-style witch-hunt entertainment for the troops

Reassures ordinary boardsers that mods are not acting without limits

All done in public and transparently - justice seen to be done

Bad idea. Such a topic would turn into a complete war.

Zaph0d is on a "I want to give feedback to boards" role today

lol

meditraitor · 11-10-2005 11:33am

Sarky wrote:

That is probably because both are mixed together in an episode of The Simpsons when Homer and Barney are training to be astronauts. Barney and Homer are clearly re-enacting the Spock/Kirk fight, while one of the scientists clearly says the giant floaty brain quote.

I stand by it, and shall not be moved.

% Scientist: I'll wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer.

Well stood

Give us Barabbas

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