------SHOUTrvb wrote:We're bringing back the arbiters, but they wont quite be like before. Right now we're looking for a list of well respected active members who basicaly already have the power of speach and are listened too for the job. Where as we used to have a few arbiters with no power to watch after everything and keep everyone in line, now we're going to have the new Arbiter v2's with just as much power as a mod, but it will be limited only to their assigned forums and monitored by the moderators and admin. There will also be a lot more of these guys, we're making sure we get both quality as well as quanity. Back in the day when we had the regular Arbiters things were a lot better, but a lot of times the Arbiters would have lists and topics that would sometimes never be taken care of and they would continue posting more all the time (we had some good arbiters) But the amount of people flamming and spamming was overwhelming. I dont always blame the members for these kind of sparks, most of them are new to the community and just dont quite fully understand the concept of a double post (I know it took me a little while
) This is why we're bringing in the Arbiter v2's. They'll be there as guides to direct the thousands of people here and new people joining every day. There will be plenty so there will never be an overwhelming amount stress on them. The key here is to have everyone on the right direction so the Arbiter v2's dont even have to use their limited powers. People will respect them because they were already once respected members, but now they'll wear a badge. I believe strongly that this adjustment will work, and I hope that everyone will cooperate and support the idea as well.
So as you can see we're bringing back the arbiters so they can also help us, but mainly so they can help you
Now unlike before you will not be able to submit any kind of request telling us why you think you'd be a good arbiter. If you do; it'll be ignored. We're only picking who we believe to be worthy of the job. Some you may not agree with the members picked, but each one that get's the position has been reviewed by both me, the other staff, and the Administrators (including gren on some) One of the main reasons for doing this is to groom replacement moderators when old moderators move on.
This post is mainly to inform you on everything that's been going down behind the scenes for the past few weeks. We have read your concerns and we've been spending a lot of time perfecting this idea. Now even though this is real and happening, we would like to hear some of your ideas, CC, and thoughts on the matter.
Also, This is only on trial basis. If it doesn't work out, we'll remove it and move on. We would also like to remind users to use the report post feature just like before, we're still deciding if the arbiters will even be able to see reported posts.
Talk away!
SHOUTrvb
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