YOUR LEADER IS A CLOWN

[Sugarcoat]

2 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

They all want to put the Jungian Emerald as modo so i have to step up my propaganda to swing 👺

You could make posts about it to really step it up

[Sugarcoat]

1 minute ago, Schizophonia said:

I vote for you.

Thanks that’s very sweet. 

[Schizophonia]

1 minute ago, Sugarcoat said:

You could make posts about it to really step it up

Il will do that in my journal, tomorrow probably.

 

[Sugarcoat]

2 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

Il will do that in my journal, tomorrow probably.

 

Cool ill  read 

[Schizophonia]

1 minute ago, Sugarcoat said:

Cool ill  read 

Eheh you’re sweet, like my tube of chestnut cream.

 

I will try to explain as simply as possible.

[trenton]

9 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I try to select the most mature and wise people that I see here.

@Leo Gura I'm curious about this statement. Where would you place me in terms of the maturity, wisdom, and level of development compared to the rest of the forum?

Am I less mature because of the crazy posts around my mental health I made? Am I more mature because I am respectful and I don't attack other members while being willing to confront inner demons to transform myself? Am I about average for this forum with pros and cons?

Why would you place me there and where can I most grow? How much would I need to change to become a mod?

Given my strengths and weaknesses I'm guessing you think I'm about average. That would probably make me around stage green.

[Sugarcoat]

11 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

Eheh you’re sweet, like my tube of chestnut cream.

 

I will try to explain as simply as possible.

Yea try

[aurum]

I’ve been on this forum since the day it started in 2016. I’ve seen a lot of mods come and go, including myself.

I think this is a fair call.

Just the fact that NoSelfSelf made a thread like this proves the point. This is not how mods should be acting. Mods are defacto leaders of this community, which requires extra maturity.

This is a special place. The work we do is unique and challenging in ways some of you don’t yet grasp. I encourage you all to treat the forum and Leo with respect. Do not take it for granted.

[Aaron p]

6 minutes ago, aurum said:

I’ve been on this forum since the day it started in 2016. I’ve seen a lot of mods come and go, including myself.

I think this is a fair call.

Just the fact that NoSelfSelf made a thread like this proves the point. This is not how mods should be acting. Mods are defacto leaders of this community, which requires extra maturity.

This is a special place. The work we do is unique and challenging in ways some of you don’t yet grasp. I encourage you all to treat the forum and Leo with respect. Do not take it for granted.

Hear hear.

Fuck yeah. Leo is a king for putting up with this behaviour...and notice...he hasn't closed this thread. 

[Francis777]

@Leo Gura Can I ask what qualities @NoSelfSelf  demonstrated to you that made you think he was fit to moderate in the first place?

How different was his initial character than to what is shown here? Because his toxicity has been evident to me since the day I signed up on this forum and I'm not just saying that because of my own personal run in's with him. 

What did you see in him that you no longer do?

[How to be wise]

@Emerald You’ve been here for quite a number of years, why haven’t you been a mod yet? 

[Aaron p]

6 minutes ago, Francis777 said:

@Leo Gura Can I ask what qualities @NoSelfSelf  demonstrated to you that made you think he was fit to moderate in the first place?

How different was his initial character than to what is shown here? Because his toxicity has been evident to me since the day I signed up on this forum and I'm not just saying that because of my own personal run in's with him. 

What did you see in him that you no longer do?

Have to be careful giving power to people...just look what happened with Anakin fucking Skywalker

 

[Francis777]

4 minutes ago, Aaron p said:

Have to be careful giving power to people...just look what happened with Anakin fucking Skywalker

 

lol

[Consept]

8 hours ago, Michael569 said:

@Leo Gura from the current 22 member mod team (+ yourself) , there are at least 6 who come around rarely and a few  not at all anymore. We could definitely do with some backup to also account for personal downtimes, annual leaves, holidays, sickness, mental health downtime etc.

Some suggestions (if they were interested ) @LastThursday @Consept @mmKay @CARDOZZO  @Davino @trenton @RendHeaven @soos_mite_ah, soz for volunteering you folks pls ignore this if you dont care. 

In addition, you could consider more mods in APAC for full coverage. Maybe 1-2 people in Central/Asia  /India/ Phillipines etc. + 1-2 in Japan / Australia/NZ. Maybe run a quick tender see whose interested?

@gambler @Michael569

I appreciate you guys for putting me forward I just don't think I'd have the time to do the job justice unfortunately. But great picks anyway if I had to vote for one I'd go @CARDOZZO his posts are always good value. Would've said @Emerald as well but she's already said she can't do it. 

Regarding @NoSelfSelf can't say i didnt see it coming and i agree with @Leo Gura in that it does really degrade the forum and make Leo look bad for having him in a leadership role, so i wouldve made thevsame decision. Wish him all the best though and hopefully he does look back on this and see where he went wrong

[ryoko]

1 hour ago, Hojo said:

@Kairos Ty for the vote but I am too handsome to he a mod. And like schizophrenia said you have to cuck your world view to be a mod.

Good call.

[LastThursday]

6 minutes ago, Aaron p said:

Have to be careful giving power to people...just look what happened with Anakin fucking Skywalker

When was he a mod? Must be before my time...

[Schizophonia]

59 minutes ago, Sugarcoat said:

Yea try

 

1 hour ago, Schizophonia said:

like my tube of chestnut cream.

Just in case it wasn’t at all a sexual joke 😅

 

Nevermind

Edited Monday at 08:20 PM by Schizophonia

[Aaron p]

 

[Sugarcoat]

13 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

 

Just in case it wasn’t at all a sexual joke 😅

 

Nevermind

I didn’t interpret it that way, the reason I didn’t reply to that part, I wanted to say it sounds tasty, is because I didn’t wanna risk derailing the thread 

[Rafael Thundercat]

12 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I have had cordial private conversations with NoSelfSelf since January 1st, giving him feedback about what I saw as some problematic posting behavior.

After several back and forths, he was not interested in taking constructive feedback to elevate his conduct as a Mod. We discussed him not being a Mod any more. He was open to that and not offended. I was careful not to make any rash moves, so I waited, hoping that maybe he would take the feedback to heart and that his posting quality would improve. That did not happen and the situation had escalated today in his conversations with other Mods, not wanting to hear any feedback from them either and getting disrespectful with them. So it became clear that it was time to demote him from being a Mod. Then he created this thread after sending me a slew of profanity-laced private messages.

That is the situation. At this point he is no longer a Mod but also no longer able to post on this forum because he is clearly upset and letting him post is no just sensible now. We have higher standards for Mod behavior, but he doesn't even meet the standards for regular members now.

Unfortunately demoting someone from Mod is not always easy because people can take it personally.

Actually, my conversations with him go much further back than Jan 1st, me trying to nudge him to post in a more mature manner. But he was not open to changing his posting style, deeming it as "weakness" to cave to people's sensitivities. His position was that if he took my feedback he would weakening himself to wokeness or political correctness. I explained to him that the opposite is the case, that this was an opportunity to develop more empathy and better communication skills, but he disagreed on principle.

It pains me to ban people from here. Especially a Mod. But sometimes there's no other choice.

What are the Criteria to be considered a Mod?