I thought it was a bit ridiculous when I saw a suggestion of me becoming a mod but with the brigading spammers because for the most part I'm very hands off. With summer holidays right around the corner and no lifers coming out of woodwork along with us being one user away from having child porn spammed I think someone needs to step in. Otherwise potentially the whole site is going to get nuked because I've seen this behaviour before back on reddit. Whoever these brigaders really are seem to be deliberately posting gradually worse content and 'views' up to try and fuck with everyone and it's much more obvious now who it is.
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I was thinking the automoderator could weigh users based on their time on the boards and upvotes for posts/threads they've taken part in.
It's not perfect but it will mean those looking to bork the boards will have to put more effort in and hard work puts off anyone when they're no returns on it.
I get your thinking but that's been tried before on reddit and it was a predictable disaster. Really you just need mods who are active and capable of pattern recognition and given how much the vote system is being shamelessly abused I'd love to do away with it entirely.
New mods generally always come with new reasons to hate on mods.
I think if the load can be taken by automoderation it stops power being abused by those seeking it in the first place.
I don't hate dom for the record at all, the guy clearly has stuff on his plate RL and even if it's not me there should be at least a couple reasonably active people who should take over dealing with the spam. The people sperging out on this thread are a great example of who needs to go because there are users who I barely recognise acting like they know me which is hilarious.
You are one of the most active users on here, and your hot button of calling people "ConPro spammers" is well-known. Have you considered that just because you don't recognize a username doesn't mean they don't recognize you? Because of how forums work, any active, consistent commenter will be read and recognized by more people than they regularly read and recognize in turn.
I think they're raising reasonable concerns, given the things you sometimes spin out over. Your inability to understand this criticism as anything other than a brigade of people who have no investment in the forum hating you personally, rather than taking issue with things you've said and what you think should happen to a space they participate in, only underscores their point.
I'm not against you on being put forward here. I'm just saying that new mods inevitably cause additional friction and any way to reduce that pressure is welcomed, particularly if it's automated and doesn't have ego involved.