We all know mods are been suggesting by the other mods etc
So what about a new system to elect new moderators
A new section in the forums where all moderator applications will be posted and on those applications Epicmafia can vote on so its more fair choosing the mod for epicmafia by the players of epicmafia
So its -1 votes or +1 votes with a reason why you downvote or upvote
This will highly stop mods suggesting only friends
A mod should be choosed by the players of epicmafia and not the mods themselves
Current template i thought up
Main account:(Whats your main account)
Alternate accounts:(Your alternate accounts)
Why would you be a good mod(explanition why you be a good mod)
What would you do if three poeple gets into a fight with eachother(explaining how you would handle it)
Do you have any prior experience being a mod?
Did you contribute something to the community
Your timezone:
Langauges you speak(sometimes there are games with other langauges but very uncommonly)
Age:(how old are you in real life)
HEY LOOK A TEMPLATE^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Democracy
Democracy67%57
Lets the mods choose by themselves32%27
deleteddeletedabout 11 years agoedited
i second single transferable vote, except leave the transfer of the vote totally dynamic, like, say, plussing and unplussing posts on the forums, and then mod whoever comes out with most votes. that way, the voting becomes actually sentient or something/votes account for or are relative to other votes, it doesn't all end up a big random mess
So, for instance, a basic Borda Count would work like this:
If the number of mods to be elected was 10, then each voter would choose 10 people, and rank them by who they wanted to be a mod the most.
To get the total, you'd just take the number of times a candidate was listed as a first choice and multiply it by, say, 10, take the number of times they were listed as a second choice and multiply it by 9, and so on. At the end, all of these would be added up to get the candidate's total votes.
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deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
First choice: n Second choice: n-1 Third choice: n-2 ...r choice: n - (r - 1)
It really depends how you'd want to implement it. But typically, it just multiples the fact that the person was voted for by the ranking they were given by the voter.
deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
That hasn't happened for a very long time, though.
@Vitacon I think you underestimate how annoyed people get someone screws up their report. Friendships can be broken on less!
if the mod that gets modded is bad and they don't improve after being corrected and helped many times just demod them and get someone new. :)
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deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
the thing is that in a popularity contest it's unlikely that the friends who voted for their other friend is going to care how that friend actually performs as a mod
the funny thing about this is there's literally no problem with how the mod process has been going for as long as I can remember (excluding Christopherz's short reign), just don't mod bad mods or secret mods and there's no problem
That's why I suggested a variation of the Borda Count system for voting. If there was someone the a lot of people knew would make a bad mod, they could rank them as one of the people who they think shouldn't be modded. When the votes would be calculated, even if someone had a lot of positive votes, a fair number of negative votes could prevent them from being modded.
if a person receives a majority of votes to be modded they should be modded regardless of how the mods/admin feel about it. if they turn out to be bad they'll get negative reviews from the community and will get demodded and replaced :)
Really though, can we integrate a sort of Hunger Games-esque trial into it? Maybe we can have chatrooms of GOP style debates, and Survivor-style voting pacts and backstabs. Maybe even integrated Moderator Political Faction systems.
Entertainment for the masses, that's what we need.
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deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
Just don't change the admin. You can do whatever you want with the mods.
deleteddeletedabout 11 years ago
isn't trial mods just mods on a 10-ft leash with surveilance? is there an actual difference from that and whatever new person gets the power with the current system?
Suggestion:Mod election system
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