Kilroy Posted:

If so, is the moderating part of our community really doing their job? Why would we even need such a thing? Are the normal moderators really out of touch with the community or something? Do they not pay attention to what goes on and what could be done about it?

From what I’ve heard, many of the moderators rely on reported posts to let them know when something needs their attention. I would too, reading everything on Flamebate would take excessive amounts of time and turn me suicidal. I also bumume that at least as many players as mods have the rules fairly nailed down even if just to know how to best get around them, so consulting the player base is not a bad idea.

It doesn’t surprise me in the least that the apprentice group and the task force have a lot of overlap. CZ was apparently looking for people who can express their opinions and carry on an intelligent discussion without excess trolling in both groups. I personally don’t know much about Bashy, but I can understand why someone who gets a lot of buildr submissions in would get picked as a person that understands the larger community and their humor, for example.