Hey Guise!
I thought I'd do a quick posting of the mod applications that I've received so far. To be honest, the applications themselves are a bit lackluster, but the I know for certain that the people behind them aren't.
My personal opinion: rangrz is a cool guy, but I don't think that I'd want someone who is jacked 24/7 as a mod. Plus I think that he would be a bit more heavy handed than I'd like when it comes to the actual moderation; I prefer to be hands-off unless there's a personal attack or other BLUA violation.
Ocean is cool, and when spork first quit she was my first choice. TDS snapped her up right away though, and she fits in there to a tee. One point that spork brought up though, and I think is valid, is that some people post in Blogs when things aren't going well for them, sort of as an adjunct TDS Venting forum. Hell, I've done that. The concern there is that modding TDS and Blogs might get a bit heavy after a while. But then again, she does have a great way with people, and it seems to take a lot to get her down. I would consider her a serious contender.
lostNfound really seems gung-ho about blogs, and I think that's great. He's offered some good suggestions (as has ocean) for the area, and since he's moderating another somewhat low traffic forum he'll not have a problem doing two. I don't know him as well as ocean, but he seems level-headed, and a good guy with whom to work.
I'd bet a fin that we won't get any new applications in; to be honest I was quite surprised to see rangrz's. If any new ones do arrive though, I'll edit them into this post so that we can all read them and discuss.
I thought I'd do a quick posting of the mod applications that I've received so far. To be honest, the applications themselves are a bit lackluster, but the I know for certain that the people behind them aren't.
lostNfound said:Hey Dave
I'm generally logged in every day for at least a few hours at a time.
Been on the site a while, active in this part of the forum.
If you feel me to be suitable, then I'm happy to help out.
Cheers
Daniel
ocean said:If Spork is not serious about applying-
I would like to
You know me, so I'm not going to do a whole intro-
I am modding TDS which is pretty high traffic but b/c Blogs is not so high traffic, I think I'd be fine with both.
I have sent you, in the past, some areas I see that could use improvement with Blogs.......like getting out there on the main page!
'Blogs' is one of my favorite parts of BL......
And I would love to be your back up!
I can't remember what all you asked for but if you want me to answer something or write you a more formal letter- let me know
Talk to you later.
dez
rangrz said:An introduction: Tell me who you are, how long you've been an active poster, and a bit about yourself. I've been an active BLer for well over a year. I'm stimulant addict which is what brings me to BL. In my professional life, I'm section (squad) 2nd in command for a special operations team that does hostage rescue and counter terrorism as its main taskings. I'm obviously a vetern as well.
An estimate of how many hours a week you think that you would be able to contribute. oh god. I have no real life...at least 10 to 12 hours
One thing that you like best about Blogs, and one thing that you would like to improve. I lke that it gives people a place to blowoffsteam, to tell stories, and just say whats on their mind. I would like to improve the rude and harsh comments often made by some people.
Why you would like to moderate Blogs. Because I would like to give back to BL, and I think being a mod in blogs would allow to take my skills as an NCO (both discipline and leadership\encouragement) and transfer them to help out BL
My personal opinion: rangrz is a cool guy, but I don't think that I'd want someone who is jacked 24/7 as a mod. Plus I think that he would be a bit more heavy handed than I'd like when it comes to the actual moderation; I prefer to be hands-off unless there's a personal attack or other BLUA violation.
Ocean is cool, and when spork first quit she was my first choice. TDS snapped her up right away though, and she fits in there to a tee. One point that spork brought up though, and I think is valid, is that some people post in Blogs when things aren't going well for them, sort of as an adjunct TDS Venting forum. Hell, I've done that. The concern there is that modding TDS and Blogs might get a bit heavy after a while. But then again, she does have a great way with people, and it seems to take a lot to get her down. I would consider her a serious contender.
lostNfound really seems gung-ho about blogs, and I think that's great. He's offered some good suggestions (as has ocean) for the area, and since he's moderating another somewhat low traffic forum he'll not have a problem doing two. I don't know him as well as ocean, but he seems level-headed, and a good guy with whom to work.
I'd bet a fin that we won't get any new applications in; to be honest I was quite surprised to see rangrz's. If any new ones do arrive though, I'll edit them into this post so that we can all read them and discuss.