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[slimjim]

I was contacted by the owner yesterday regarding posting pics, that issue now appears to be solved, Thank You. He then asked if I had any other things that I wished to discuss, well as a matter of fact I do. Marty seems to be the only active moderator and I feel that is a lot to ask of one man, he does a great job, he is pretty darn impartial and keeps the peace well, however he is alone for the most part! The owner asked if I would take on the position, my response is the same as the last time I was asked, respectfully no thank you. I feel that Moderators should be as impartial as possible and being a dealer, I feel that would be a conflict of interest.
I was asked to start a thread to nominate 2 more Moderators like we had a few years ago, personally I would like for those folks to be not attached to a wood boiler company in any way.

[slimjim]

Anybody have any ideas on the subject?

[hondaracer2oo4]

Crickets

[mlappin]

This site is easy to moderate actually, I also take care of a farming/forage site, you can’t imagine how ugly it can get there come towards the end of winter when all the farmers are getting cabin fever. Silly little pissing matches over JD vs IH vs NH are common just for starters.

Took care of another for a group of people that were playing a MMORPG together, had ages from 18 to 50, 18 year olds were a pain in the butt so changed the rules for only 21 and over. Took six active moderators to keep up with that as somebody was always getting their panties in a bunch. Was actually kinda easy though, the guy that ran it owned the website and guild and it was ran as a dictatorship, his word was final. Which was fine with me as we are both staunch conservatives, pull your own weight or theres the door. /gkick

[hondaracer2oo4]

What are you in need of as far as moderation responsibilities for starters marty?

[mlappin]

What are you in need of as far as moderation responsibilities for starters marty?

Well mainly I go thru new applications everyday looking for real applications and weeding those out from the spammers. After you do it long enough you can tell the crap from the real ones just by the email address.

The rest is making sure everybody behaves themselves.

[slimjim]

Crickets

[mlappin]

Been talking to Honda, if we have two of us that are one regularly that should be plenty, get too many then your just stepping on one another’s toes, also makes it much harder to make sure we are all on the same page.

On another forum I help with, there is just a moderators section so tabs can be kept with another easily without having to resort to using PM’s all the time.

[slimjim]

Allthough I personally like Honda and respect him as I do you, do you think it might be wise to give a view separate of being an advocate for the company that I'm not supposed to mention anymore?

[mlappin]

If somebody else steps up of course, atm though traffic thru the site is relatively slow. Come fall when folks start to fire up their boilers is when it really picks up so we have time for others to step forward if they wish. Anybody that volunteers should truly want to do it, not because they feel obligated to.

[slimjim]

I will nominate the one guy that I professionally had an issue with on here. I believe his screen name was Boilerman and he works with the other Mega Wood boiler manufacturer, competition and fair exchanges of ideas leads to a much more informative site for the customer don't you think? Shall I attempt to contact him to see if he is interested?

[mlappin]

Is this the same Boilerman that had warnings for “calling out other members”? I’ll go back and see how old that is, maybe so old its moot.

Also needs an understanding on how the site actually works so as not to inadvertently cause issues. SMF is rather an odd duck at times.

Is ultimately up to the owner of the site to make the decision though.

[slimjim]

I'm just saying that if the ultimate goal is to have an impartial team not afraid of corporate influence then perhaps the two Moderators should at the very least be competitors, Marty I have a lot of respect for you and I know we don't always agree but in the past you have always been very fair, I fear however that you as well have been influenced by the perceived perfection of the label, nobody is perfect, heck not even me!
Good healthy discussion is healthy, ignoring a difference of opinion is not! Perhaps the new guy from Hawken Energy would as well be a good idea?

[mlappin]

Up to this point I thought I’ve been more than impartial considering the only member I’ve banned was a fellow HeatmasterSS owner that if I recall correctly was mainly attacking you Slim. But I will concede your point as how we perceive ourselves is very often quite skewed compared to how others or society perceives us.

Far as corporate or label influence goes, I’ve yet to build the prerequisite HeatmasterSS shrine in the living room, just the extra floor supports to hold that monstrosity up would break me. Without the altar that goes with the shrine I see no need to be sacrificing a virgin on each full moon, and with the internet influence here finding a virgin of consenting age is like finding hens teeth so the whole thing is moot.

I’m more than willing to share responsibilities on the site, I’m not such an egomaniac that the airlines require me to buy an extra seat for my ego (yet).

I’m adamant on one point though, I refuse to share the Nubian dancing girls, we’ve been together a long time, I always have my bath water at the perfect temperature, my pillow is always fluffed just right and I always get a fresh adult beverage when there is exactly one swallow left in the present one. I am willing to share all the other fame and fortune that goes with being a moderator on a internet forum, just not the girls, I think it’d be too traumatic for em and the wife has really come to like the daily pedicures.

Seriously, if another person wants to and has some experience with moderation of other forums then by all means two heads are better than one. Just as long as they have previous experience with forum software, hate for the new guy to click the wrong button and start WWIII with North Korea or something.

[slimjim]

Ha ha ha ha, do you see why we all love you Marty, you have such a romantic way with words!
Honestly though, whatever happened to the other 2 mods and truly do you not think that it would be wise to bring a bit of balance back to the forum, it certainly seems that I am now the only person who posts anything that is anti establishment ( establishment being that organization that I shouldn't mention) and when I do there are a select few who always seem to get upset!
 It seems that whenever I make a point or show proof of a statement that I'm either ignored and we hear crickets or there is a flurry of certain people reporting to the moderator and you are called in to calm things down, I would beg the establishment to face the music as the men that I originally thought they were and stop with hiding in the shadows.