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Fixing mod abuse

over 6 years

I made a thread mocking Lailai for modding projectmatt and charley, two ex-mods that, on record, abused their mod powers, after he said that his new mod team wouldn’t be more of the same.

Moderator mascot PatrykScezie AKA dzanek, who dedicated years of his life to posting poorly-worded unsolicited opinions in the comments sections of reports for inconsequential red heart games so that the mod team would eventually take pity on him and let him fulfil his life goal of becoming a moderator on epicmafia.com (before being quietly demodded for being incompetent), made his first thought provoking post ever in response to the thread.

His hot take could be summed up like this:

“Despite projectmatt and charley using their mod powers for evil, they have given verdicts to so many reports that their overall contribution has been a good one. Therefore, they should be allowed to be moderators again. Please re-mod me, my life is meaningless without the ability to rule verdicts to reports”.

As it stands, the only motivation that an intelligent person could have for being a moderator on the site is to misuse their powers. Therefore, unfair actions by a functional mod team is inevitable. To keep these actions in check, there should be a system put in place that ensures that each moderator is still having a positive effect on the site.

Here is an example of the type of system that could be implemented:

  • Handle a report: Gain 1 point

  • Have your report overturned: Lose 5 points

  • Intentionally handle a report unfairly (cannot be appealed): Spend 25 points

  • Delete a thread that upsets you: Spend 40 points

  • Delete one of your own vios: Spend 50 points

  • Delete a user: Spend 1000 points

In the new world, the only moderators that people will have the right to complain about are the ones that go below 0 points. Moderators will be unlikely to go below their 0 points limit. This means that no one will ever be able to complain about the moderator team and no one will think about the concept of mod abuse ever again.

almost 5 years
Lol ok
almost 5 years
So the moral of the story is you can do bad things if you get enough good points?

So I could mod this site for 10 years then delete everything, and nobody would be able to call me a bad mod?

Nice.
almost 5 years
The biggest April Fools joke ever is that SteelixMega believes he has a chance at being a moderator
almost 5 years
oh i see. now u can ping people by writing their name here.
almost 5 years
I don't know whether to like yoyo's comment or dislike it
almost 5 years
There's no fixing it.

And that's the tea.
almost 5 years

yoyo200900 says


SteelixMega says


also considering how good I've been lately, i think the mods (except for ally) are starting to warm up to me.


Moderator mascot PatrykScezie AKA dzanek seems to have come and gone. But moderator mascots have been present since time immemorial.

Recently I have observed "Jake431", a 16 year-old, make numerous comments on the lobby wall such as one complaining about how someone useless was given moderator powers, and that he would be a far better moderator. I have observed "Milton1234", a 15 year-old, give his unsolicited opinions in the comments sections of many reports. I have observed you, SteelixMega AKA Orienteering AKA DatGuiser, a 15 year-old, vie for a position on the moderator team for over two years.

Moderator mascots throughout time fascinate me. I want to explore their motivations, their dreams, their theoretical endgame. I want to explore their tenacity, their perseverance, their tirelessness. I want to explore their great tragedy, and their great comedy. Perhaps I will author a thread about moderator mascots one day.


oh please no.
almost 5 years

Possess says

You replied "stfu" to my April Fools so include me along with Ally thank u

Also he's right about necro-ing threads yaknow


when?
almost 5 years

SteelixMega says


also considering how good I've been lately, i think the mods (except for ally) are starting to warm up to me.


Moderator mascot PatrykScezie AKA dzanek seems to have come and gone. But moderator mascots have been present since time immemorial.

Recently I have observed "Jake431", a 16 year-old, make numerous comments on the lobby wall such as one complaining about how someone useless was given moderator powers, and that he would be a far better moderator. I have observed "Milton1234", a 15 year-old, give his unsolicited opinions in the comments sections of many reports. I have observed you, SteelixMega AKA Orienteering AKA DatGuiser, a 15 year-old, vie for a position on the moderator team for over two years.

Moderator mascots throughout time fascinate me. I want to explore their motivations, their dreams, their theoretical endgame. I want to explore their tenacity, their perseverance, their tirelessness. I want to explore their great tragedy, and their great comedy. Perhaps I will author a thread about moderator mascots one day.
almost 5 years
make me a mod and there wont be any problems
almost 5 years
You replied "stfu" to my April Fools so include me along with Ally thank u

Also he's right about necro-ing threads yaknow
almost 5 years

yoyo200900 says


Orienteering says

I will be a mod


How's this working out for you


can you stop necrobumping your threads for no fcking reason?

also considering how good I've been lately, i think the mods (except for ally) are starting to warm up to me.
almost 5 years

Orienteering says

I will be a mod


How's this working out for you
over 5 years
Cryptocurrency is a pyramid scheme
over 5 years
I can't wait to Delete a thread that upsets me for 40 points
over 5 years
there are no risks.

there are only people who wish to take this prosperous journey with us.
over 5 years
and then eventually we'll all be deleted and rich
over 5 years
and then everyone can come here and Delete a user for 1000 modcoins
over 5 years
we can horde all the coins before releasing to the public

think about it

code the blockchain, mine it ourselves and take all the easy modcoin, release it to the public, sell when the price goes high
over 5 years
modcoins are the future. modcoins will be successful. There is no downside to modcoin.
over 5 years
i think it's time we stop living in the dark ages and make modcoin a reality
over 5 years
give me tokens and i will ban all the mods
over 5 years
m o d c o i n
over 5 years
can i buy some stocks in modcoin please, i wanna get in before it booms
deletedover 5 years
modmoney conversion rate to dogecoin needed asap