... and for the sake of his health he handed you ownership of Sanctuary, who would you have on your mod team and why? I'll start. Tragically we've too few people to mod every forum, so it'd have to be Global mods with a designated section:
Slave of the Beast, Idiosyncrasy1: Site Discussion.
Spectral, DaGuru2: Ego, Carnality
Rocklin3: Entertainment
Auschwitz Nazi Disneyland , Moaning Lisa4 : Technology
Σ5 :Art
Prometheus6: Nature, Science
Obbe7: Society
Unmodded8:The Black Hole
1) If you're going to help me by suggesting that as Admin I should go and do myself, it's only right and proper I mod the relevant forums. Idio' spends a lot of time there clearing up Arnox's mess, so I'd bribe him to do the same for me.
2) Probably the most contentious appointments I'd make. Hear me out; Spectral never dropped the ball as a mod (albeit briefly) on &T, in spite of very low expectations and hawked-eyed scrutiny. Both he and Daguru know how a community should
in principle be run. I'd give them the chance to demonstrate that in practice.
3) He's already staff, posts in the relevant forums, and I hear very little about him. Generally speaking that means someone isn't fucking up.
4) AND would get his name back! Fine contributor on the tech' side and balanced temperament. ML for similar reasons to Rocklin and contributes to Gearheads.
5) Σ, admittedly not a familiar character to me, but posts in this section and seems to not be an asshole. That's a rarity in itself.
6) Obvious choice is obvious; I'd science-mod him in a heartbeat.
7) Oh lawdy, the arguments we've had in the distant past.
Old-school Totse, heavy contributor, does a great job at stimulating some crazy conversations. Another one I'd mod in a heartbeat.
8 ) The name I gave my forum's private garbage thread back on &T. Pray that what goes in there never escapes. It was used as the basic blueprint for NIMF on Totse and would be used as such here; essentially unmoderated, barring IP leaks, CP etc... I'd look for volunteers form the staff to informally keep an eye on it, on a rota basis. Or a dedicated volunteer, if they're so inclined.
The list isn't designed to be exclusionary. These are the people I'd start out with. As far as having a co-Admin(s) might go, that would depend largely on how the userbase felt as me being
sole Admin. From that staff list I'd initially take Spectral and Auschwitz Nazi Disneyland on as admins. The userbase would have considerable say in this matter; defying overwhelming objection to an individual taking a particular position is a poison chalice. That would apply equally to me. If fading into the background is what is required
for the benefit of the userbase then so be it.
And who knows... maybe Zek could just be The Thing that mods The Black Hole, with no posting privileges elsewhere on the site.
