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Can be although the hang up at the time (seemed like a lot of people were on board) was that xenforo hadn't been updated for some mod actions to properly be recorded which meant that modscore wasn't working properly. Now of course it's redundant as they're relying solely on an anonymous peer review system which I think is a huge mistake as it can lead to popularity contests without some objective data to back up people's opinions.
 
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Can be although the hang up at the time (seemed like a lot of people were on board) was that xenforo hadn't been updated for some mod actions to properly be recorded which meant that modscore wasn't working properly. Now of course it's redundant as they're relying solely on an anonymous peer review system which I think is a huge mistake as it can lead to popularity contests without some objective data to back up people's opinions.
mix of the two would likely be best
 
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Can be although the hang up at the time (seemed like a lot of people were on board) was that xenforo hadn't been updated for some mod actions to properly be recorded which meant that modscore wasn't working properly. Now of course it's redundant as they're relying solely on an anonymous peer review system which I think is a huge mistake as it can lead to popularity contests without some objective data to back up people's opinions.
Actually were keeping modscore and doing it in addition to peer review
 
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Actually were keeping modscore and doing it in addition to peer review
As it's something I voiced as alarming relying on just the reviews when I left, that's good to hear. The framework for what I proposed should be in SL somewhere if you're interested to run with it.
 
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Yeah to participate in the community in the same capacity on top of performing moderator duties suddenly takes a lot of extra time devoted to the site which is why it doesn't happen with a lot of moderators.

In that sense one thing I was pushing for was a revamped modscore that would account for posting in sections, posting in SL on topics, creating topics as well and include that into modscore. Always been a firm believer that participation in the community as a member of staff is key.

this this this. New members are infatuated with the sight of a "high ranking member" responding to their posts. put poeple who know things about their section and have them encourage discussion. put the staff in the community instead of trying to remove them from it and have them oversee from above.
 
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Most organisations use feedback models. We'll keep modscores which are glorified post counts because that's the type of community we have. No one likes change. Ya'll so resistant to change jagex had to resurrect an old version of runescape.

I'd like to move to a user feedback model where users can rate the staff interactions they have. So we would ideally have peer review and customer feedback.

To illustrate why these are better: you can close out 1000 scam reports and get a 1/10 for competence and attitude from your peers and a 2/10 for satisfaction from the users whose reports you closed. But the mod logs are giving you 5 stars for a 1 star performance.
 
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Most organisations use feedback models. We'll keep modscores which are glorified post counts because that's the type of community we have. No one likes change. Ya'll so resistant to change jagex had to resurrect an old version of runescape.

I'd like to move to a user feedback model where users can rate the staff interactions they have. So we would ideally have peer review and customer feedback.

To illustrate why these are better: you can close out 1000 scam reports and get a 1/10 for competence and attitude from your peers and a 2/10 for satisfaction from the users whose reports you closed. But the mod logs are giving you 5 stars for a 1 star performance.
Agreed, exactly why combining the two would be the perfect system
 
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We should have 1-3 mods per section depending on how popular/active that section is. That way everyone would do the same amount of work.

This would fix the issue you previously brought up (Staff morale because some do more than others)

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I'd really like to move everything out of staff hands that's not related to dispute resolution, account security and spam cleaning.

Staff shouldn't be responsible for community stuff like programming sections. We have teams and groups which are not staff for those things. This allows users to enjoy themselves and focus on what they really want to do rather than staff drama.
 
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I'd really like to move everything out of staff hands that's not related to dispute resolution, account security and spam cleaning.

Staff shouldn't be responsible for community stuff like programming sections. We have teams and groups which are not staff for those things. This allows users to enjoy themselves and focus on what they really want to do rather than staff drama.
The various team leaders we have already have some staff-perms in certain subsections. Think that's a step in the right direction.
 
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The various team leaders we have already have some staff-perms in certain subsections. Think that's a step in the right direction.
Ever heard the phrase: everything for the state and by the state, nothing outside the state

Lmk which ideology you think that's from and if you think it's conducive to an active market and community
 
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I'd really like to move everything out of staff hands that's not related to dispute resolution, account security and spam cleaning.

Staff shouldn't be responsible for community stuff like programming sections. We have teams and groups which are not staff for those things. This allows users to enjoy themselves and focus on what they really want to do rather than staff drama.

people need staff perms to actually manage sections correctly
 
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Ok why? So they can sticky threads?
So that the sections can be proactively moderated instead of reactively moderated. People who are active in the sections under stand them best and can come up with rules for the section and enforce them properly. They can decide they need to change something and just do it instead of asking someone else to do it. You are also empowering them and giving people an incentive to post in their favorite sections because they want mod and once they are mod they have an incentive to stick around and to do a good job so that they might get global. Staff gives a lot of incentives and keeps people around and has a lot of useful features that aren't really about moderating or just clearing spam
 
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