Board Thread:Administration/@comment-4832646-20140318213355/@comment-1196539-20140327182322

Noothgrush wrote: Xelrog T. Apocalypse wrote: Pramirez351 wrote: Also yes. We ALL know that you can't force people to edit. That was part of the explanation on the very top. (I don't think you do, because that's exactly what's being attempted here.) OK, Xel. Drop it. You keep saying that, but nearly every active support in this thread keeps telling you that's not our main concern. If anything it's a bonus.

That is NOT what's being attempted, the whole point isn't specifically to force people to edit. Obviously that's asinine. The main concern is getting people to actually participate in the community, namely our main site needs a huge fucking overhaul. We can't get that done with chat occupying everybody's time and attention. I keep saying it because it's absolutely true. And I get that the whole point isn't to force people to edit. That's a complementary goal you're trying to meet, and it's still completely and totally unrelated to the chat mod position. Chat doesn't occupy everybody's time and attention. I've never even BEEN on the chat. Not one time. From word in this thread, there are maybe 20 people on there at a given moment. The chat is already a secondary element of the site. There's no threat of it taking over and usurping attention from the main site, so cool down there.

And if you're going to argue about what the people in the thread think, maybe you should make note of the post just below yours. Four kudos.

The one below THAT makes an equally valid point. People are going to be editing just to meet that requirement and then never edit again. THAT is only going to encourage people to inflate their edit count... once again, for something that is ABSOLUTELY UNRELATED TO THE JOB BEING ADDRESSED.