Originally Posted by
DeaconFlyer
Apparently you missed out on the opportunity for free elite status that many of your fellow mods took advantage of. Talk about a conflict of interest. Also nice when Carol ignores my PMs asking for a list of moderators who may be biased about negative comments about the airline that is providing them benefits.
I have received no elite status as a result of being a mod. The only 'payment' I've received were two stipends for attending mod dos - neither of which were sufficient to cover all the costs of my attendance (which is not a complaint, if I had been unwilling to spend money going, then I wouldn't have gone) and a FT t-shirt.
Originally Posted by
itsaboutthejourney
Are you saying you may not want to be a mod if you are held accountable? No one is forcing you to be a moderator, and if you don't abuse your privileges and power as moderator why should you be worried about these proposed changes?
No, I'm held accountable presently. What I am not willing to do is continue to be a mod if I'm going to be subject to audits and performance reviews, and threatened that if I don't comply and toe the line as TB thinks, then I will be removed.
TB is a popularity contest. I know it's good points and its flaws intimately. It's not the body to regulate moderation, which is commonly unpopular - while TB is all about maintaining popularity. I do not want someone overturning my management of a forum because it might get them some votes - this is the group which voted one way and then immediately raised a motion to reverse the result of the first vote. Forums cannot be managed on a whim like that.