Lozjam
A Cool, Cool Mountain
Lately, I have noticed something a little bit. There is continued distress between moderators and forum members.
This is natural, considering that we had a large batch of new moderators added, and that creates new problems with new moderators finding their feet, and new problems as well.
For this thread, it is for us, the forum members, to speak respectfully to this new set of moderators.
This is not a thread to bully, berate, or be mad at any specific moderator. This is merely a thread for constructive criticism and general thoughts on this new team.
I want to say how grateful I am for moderators, and I would like to call a lot of moderators my friends. However, there is still much to be improved on I feel.
1. The first of which is. I feel that moderators aren't on the same page a lot of time. What is okay and not okay isn't clearly matched between moderators. Even some instances where some moderators may partake in trolling. I get that there are bound to be differences between different moderators, however, I feel sometimes that it could be way better.
2. I feel that overall involvement of moderators in this community, is overall lacking. For example, moderators rarely post in the Breath of the Wild subforum. For a Zelda forum, I feel moderators rarely take involvement with Zelda related topics. It seems that moderators really only stick to the Shoutbox, Mature discussion, and general discussion. I think moderators should partake more and be more active in the Zelda subforums.
3. I also feel that some of our newest moderators, don't feel approachable. It almost feels like moderators are "better" than just normal members. I know I am not the only one to think this. This was not really a problem, at the beginning of the year, for example. However, I feel a lot of oppression of normal members by moderators. And I do not think that is right.
That said, I still want to thank moderators for doing their job, and things could be way worse. I just think we needed a thread to adress any problems members might have with the moderation team in a civil manner.
This is natural, considering that we had a large batch of new moderators added, and that creates new problems with new moderators finding their feet, and new problems as well.
For this thread, it is for us, the forum members, to speak respectfully to this new set of moderators.
This is not a thread to bully, berate, or be mad at any specific moderator. This is merely a thread for constructive criticism and general thoughts on this new team.
I want to say how grateful I am for moderators, and I would like to call a lot of moderators my friends. However, there is still much to be improved on I feel.
1. The first of which is. I feel that moderators aren't on the same page a lot of time. What is okay and not okay isn't clearly matched between moderators. Even some instances where some moderators may partake in trolling. I get that there are bound to be differences between different moderators, however, I feel sometimes that it could be way better.
2. I feel that overall involvement of moderators in this community, is overall lacking. For example, moderators rarely post in the Breath of the Wild subforum. For a Zelda forum, I feel moderators rarely take involvement with Zelda related topics. It seems that moderators really only stick to the Shoutbox, Mature discussion, and general discussion. I think moderators should partake more and be more active in the Zelda subforums.
3. I also feel that some of our newest moderators, don't feel approachable. It almost feels like moderators are "better" than just normal members. I know I am not the only one to think this. This was not really a problem, at the beginning of the year, for example. However, I feel a lot of oppression of normal members by moderators. And I do not think that is right.
That said, I still want to thank moderators for doing their job, and things could be way worse. I just think we needed a thread to adress any problems members might have with the moderation team in a civil manner.