Board Thread:Chat Discussion/@comment-5590118-20141120182446/@comment-24881871-20141124003137

Zippertrain85 wrote: As someone somewhat new to the chat, I might not be completely on topic with this, but based off of what some of you have complained about in this thread, I could give some advice for, since I did deal with a drama-filled chat before.

So, the Mod corruption thing is sadly common in these chats. When you put a bunch of (well mostly) teens into positions of power, they often will think with their emotions or use it improperly. What we need to do is have a system to keep Moderators in check so they don't do this. Something that might help is Re-Evalutations, consistantly.

Now, what I mean by this, every once in a while, they have a Re-Evaluation of the Moderators on the Chat, so the negative ones can be removed from positions. And the good ones could remain with their tools, this could also prevent the confusion or lack of order, from a complete mod demotion. These Evaluations should occur on a constant time, for example, maybe once a month on the 25th is Re-Evaluation time, till the 30th. That way users will have to constantly behave while being a Moderator, since they will be judged on their actions on each 25th. Even if bad Mods are protected by their friends, I would assume they would get quite a few Demotion supports if they were really that bad, in addition to criticism, so even if they do not get de-modded than, the mods can know who is and isn't a "drama-Moderator" (so to speak), and/or keep an eye on ones who does get criticized. Assuming they just aren't removed of tools right there. It's a similar process to what is done to Politicians

This would also help the problem above of Mods getting Constructive Criticism, there the regular users can also be critical towards Moderators and suggest ways for improvement, or praise good actions. It wouldn't just have to be black & white votes it can be a discussion too. Something that also might be helpful is using things to prove Mods are misbehaving, Pastebins, screenshots, etc. That way you won't need to rely on just discussions and can have solid proof of actual misbehavior, and would put an end to those who lie about that stuff.

Does this make sense, I mean I'm not an extreme regular but I do know ways to deal with Chat Drama, and follow this Wiki, read the articles, etc.

We tried this a while back through a process called Natural Election. I can't say it didn't have its merits, but it suffered from the age-old problem of friends protecting friends. The whole democracy business just turns it into a campaign anyway. The usefulness of moderators is thrown out the window as everyone scrambles to get the most votes.