Are you willing to be a moderator?

Just a word of warning from experience to all candidates here - moderating this forum is a pretty daunting task. Expect to find your email account suddenly fill up with reported posts, even if they're not actually about posts from the GMD... I was getting reports from everywhere, and Hotmail nearly deleted my account as a result.

Be prepared to spend half your online life moving advertising threads into the Self Promotion forum.

Be prepared to have people private messaging you asking to have the nasty person who called them a ball-licking shrub rocketeer banned.

Be prepared to in turn have the insulter call you a fascist and claim his right of free speech.

Lots of other things really, but that's all that sticks out... good luck! Hehehehe...
 
dill_the_devil said:
Just a word of warning from experience to all candidates here - moderating this forum is a pretty daunting task. Expect to find your email account suddenly fill up with reported posts, even if they're not actually about posts from the GMD... I was getting reports from everywhere, and Hotmail nearly deleted my account as a result.

Be prepared to spend half your online life moving advertising threads into the Self Promotion forum.

Be prepared to have people private messaging you asking to have the nasty person who called them a ball-licking shrub rocketeer banned.

Be prepared to in turn have the insulter call you a fascist and claim his right of free speech.

Lots of other things really, but that's all that sticks out... good luck! Hehehehe...

:lol: Ah well. I'll say now that if I'm nominated then reporting posts here won't really be necessary. I tend to look at every thread and I'm here every day, if I've ignored a post you can presume I don't think it's worth reporting.
 
dill_the_devil said:
*cough* IMHO, that is...

Nah, I reckon it's factual, and it's exactly why a moderator is needed. There's always going to be plenty of people who are a little bit mislead, but they're usually harmless enough. It's just the people who really make this forum suck that are a problem.
 
Well see, thats why I want to moderate this board... I could purify it... I don't want to sound Hitler-esque, but I want to get rid of the fucking fools and keep the people who like intelligent, meaningful discussion. It would be nice.
 
Marksveld said:
Well see, thats why I want to moderate this board... I could purify it... I don't want to sound Hitler-esque, but I want to get rid of the fucking fools and keep the people who like intelligent, meaningful discussion. It would be nice.

:lol:

I completely agree with you. Working towards that goal should be whoever the moderator(s) become(s)' greatest priority.
 
Marksveld said:
Well see, thats why I want to moderate this board... I could purify it... I don't want to sound Hitler-esque, but I want to get rid of the fucking fools and keep the people who like intelligent, meaningful discussion. It would be nice.

I assume by purify, you mean you'd get rid of the actual idiots who post garbage, not people who listen to "false metal" right?. Because this is "UltimateMetal". Any band that can be deemed metal should be accepted for discussion. Regardless of their current or past aphiliation with radio/MTV.

I can't stand when it happens to me and others. You mention a band you enjoy and you get this..

"OMG dude, that band is mallcore shit, open your mind faget"

"N'Flaymz sucks, it's mallcore faggotry. Listen to some real metal, like Belketre".

I hope by cleaning the rot, you mean stuff like my examples above. Shit like that is completely unfair and unecessary.

People come here to have musical discussions, not get hounded by elitists who think their opinion is god's own.
 
Hatebreed said:
I assume by purify, you mean you'd get rid of the actual idiots who post garbage, not people who listen to "false metal" right?. Because this is "UltimateMetal". Any band that can be deemed metal should be accepted for discussion. Regardless of their current or past aphiliation with radio/MTV.

I can't stand when it happens to me and others. You mention a band you enjoy and you get this..

"OMG dude, that band is mallcore shit, open your mind faget"

"N'Flaymz sucks, it's mallcore faggotry. Listen to some real metal, like Belketre".

I hope by cleaning the rot, you mean stuff like my examples above. Shit like that is completely unfair and unecessary.

People come here to have musical discussions, not get hounded by elitists who think their opinion is god's own.

I'm no music nazi... I play in a Black Metal band. In my CD changer I have In Flames, Enslaved, KMFDM,Borknagar, Emperor, The Grateful Dead, and The Roots. My passion lies in black metal, but I am CERTAINLY not closed-minded.

I am talking about getting rid of the garbage, fucking troll idiots posting nonsense. People can talk about whatever music they want as long as they aren't stupid.

I'm interesting in being the moderator, seriously.
 
Marksveld said:
Well see, thats why I want to moderate this board... I could purify it... I don't want to sound Hitler-esque, but I want to get rid of the fucking fools and keep the people who like intelligent, meaningful discussion. It would be nice.
Moderators can't ban people. Btw, I'm interested and I think I can handle everything dill said, afterall, i'm a moderator on another board, so I know what it's like.
 
Hm.. I'm not sure if I like that "campaign", knowing that preciously few people from the Nevermore board post on GMD. If Nevermore posters just come here to vote for Marksveld and then leave, just to support him, the poll will give quite a wrong picture, I believe..
 
Are we going for multiple mods or just one? If it's the former, it might be worth having a checkbox poll and choosing the top 2, 3, whatever.