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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
How did the mods get chosen to be the mods?
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Bingo originally, and then basically whenever a new moderator is needed (due to someone moving on, or just more mods needed), the existing mods just usually come up with some ideas for someone else and it's discussed. Pretty informal, but there's a significant amount of trust since a mod has quite a bit of access, so picking someone who's well known to one or more mods is typical. I've seen the fallout of when mods go rogue and it's not pretty.
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Originally Posted by FurnaceFace
Isn't the whole off topic forum sort of a big "random thoughts" catch all? I had no issue with it as it was a catch all and kept things in one spot however I think the point is each discussion can rise and fall on it's merits. It's also perhaps a strain on the server having to load such a large thread?
In any event I don't see the mods saying "no random discussions" they're just saying "start a new thread".
Perhaps there should be a branching of the off topic sub forum? Maybe something like:
News stories
Advice and Questions
Tech Talk
Contests
Random Thoughts
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I think there was some increasing strain on the server from the large thread as well, so that is a good point.
We do like to wait until it's "well past time" to add subforums, because adding them before usually ends up with a dead subforum, killing the topics rather than letting them flourish. A critical mass of topics seems to be needed before a subforum can survive.