150 Votes needed, and I could be your next Mod !!

[PhotoJourno]

When I approached one of the main honchos for the site and asked to be a Mod, I realized I would have to count with the POTNpular vote.

So please, click on my profile, read some of my older posts, and vote on the poll if you think I can be the next great thing in Moderating (Maybe like that American Idol kid, W. Hung (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTgV1MdGO30)I think) or something like that.

Need at least 150 positives !!!...

Drawbacks??.. Well, with every negative vote I will sink myself deeper into despair, unpopularity, and eventually some second rate forum...sigh. :( (So far I have been offered a mod position at a Paraguayan Poetry Forum, it has like 34 users, but they tell me it's going to be a great hit when the Paraguayan Olympics -Winter Games- are played there this next time around).

So Bring it on, folks !!!

[tommykjensen]

First rule of being selected for MOD is to never ever ask for it.

[Colorblinded]

I just want more beer.

[Belmondo]

I voted 'No.' The executive washroom is already overcrowded.

[Pete]

New mods aren't asked. They're hooded and bundled into black A-Team vans in the middle of the night and subjected to water torture until they come to love their captors.

I think it's called the "Helskini Syndrome"....

[Cadwell]

Asking to be a mod leads to automatic and permanent exclusion from being selected. We want our moderators to be (at least to start with) sane and no-one in their right mind would want the job.

[mattograph]

New mods aren't asked. They're hooded and bundled into black A-Team vans in the middle of the night and subjected to water torture until they come to love their captors.

I think it's called the "Helskini Syndrome"....

Cool. A-team vans. They have the best fog lights.

[Colorblinded]

Cool. A-team vans. They have the best everything.
fixed that for you!

[mattograph]

fixed that for you!


http://mattograph.smugmug.com/photos/349697450_FGFGJ-L.jpg

Thanks!!!!!

[In2Photos]

I voted 'No.' The executive washroom is already overcrowded.
Sorry! It must have been something I had for lunch. :o

[Jamie Holladay]

I voted 'No.' The executive washroom is already overcrowded.
Yeah and Maureen is always complaining about someone leaving the seat up. :rolleyes:
I'll not mention any names but just initials T.D. ;)

[Jon]

As has been said by others in the know, you have to be crazy to work here, but if you're crazy enough to want to, we don't want you . . .

[PhotoJourno]

Gotta love Mod sense of humor.
By the way, this thread was originally designed to stay away from focusing on actual mods, and avoid usual comments, criticisms, or any of that rap. (as it often happens)
I am not sure what's gonna happen now, I just put my nomex suit on, bit of kevlar and kissed the thread goodbye.
(Though I did think the posts were hilarious...someone actually applying for mod voluntarily, and even worse, collecting signatures as if it were some sort of electoral thing).:)

I was actually going for something like this (HERE). (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=332807&highlight=mario+should+be+banned)

[Jamie Holladay]

I was actually going for something like this (HERE).

If a Banning or Flogging is what your looking for I am certain it can be arranged. ;)

[PhotoJourno]

he he

[DwightMcCann]

Thank you Mod people for knowing that I'm not Mod material. Thank you even more for knowing that Mario isn't either! :-)

[20droger]

If a Banning or Flogging is what your looking for I am certain it can be arranged. ;)
He might like that too much! After all, he's been a baaaaad boy....

[bubba zanetti]

Asking to be a mod leads to automatic and permanent exclusion from being selected. We want our moderators to be (at least to start with) sane and no-one in their right mind would want the job.

I would never join a club that would accept me as a member.

[PhotoJourno]

Thank you Mod people for knowing that I'm not Mod material. Thank you even more for knowing that Mario isn't either! :-)

I was pissed about this thread so far. Now that I see things with this mindframe, I realize that Hell, I am not a Mod and I like it !!!...

Everyone vote for the BEER !!! :D:D:D:D:D

[20droger]

Remember, Mario, it is far, far better to be p!ssed off than p!ssed on.

[neil_r]

I think it was Ken Livingstone who once said that "The fact that someone seeks high political office should in and of itself prevent them from holding it" he also said that "If voting actually changed anything they would ban it"

[joeseph]

I voted 'No.' The executive washroom is already overcrowded.
there's always room for renovations! just think - you could have the builders in by next Tuesday and they would be finished by say, 2012.... :lol:

[Kevin]

Thank you Mod people for knowing that I'm not Mod material. Thank you even more for knowing that Mario isn't either!

I was pissed about this thread so far. Now that I see things with this mindframe, I realize that Hell, I am not a Mod and I like it !!!...
Everyone vote for the BEER !!!
:lol::lol::lol:

[steved110]

I think it was Ken Livingstone who once said that "The fact that someone seeks high political office should in and of itself prevent them from holding it" he also said that "If voting actually changed anything they would ban it"

It wasn't he who said it first. Both old sayings.

Ken who??? ;)

[NZDoug]

Id rather be a rocker than a mod.....

[Bill Boehme]

I voted 'No.' The executive washroom is already overcrowded.

So, you're saying that there actually is a real executive washroom for the mods ... is there an explanation as to why the mods are crowding in there at the same time?

I would vote for "Professional Help" except that I am too cheap to kick in with any financial support. That leaves beer as the only viable choice.

[Jamie Holladay]

So, you're saying that there actually is a real executive washroom for the mods ... is there an explanation as to why the mods are crowding in there at the same time?

I would vote for "Professional Help" except that I am too cheap to kick in with any financial support. That leaves beer as the only viable choice.
the best option for Professional Help would be a BIG Bottle of Crown Royal. ;)

[CyberDyneSystems]

Id rather be a rocker than a mod.....

Whoa.. blast from the past.. I almost missed it. :)

[saravrose]

I was pissed about this thread so far. Now that I see things with this mindframe, I realize that Hell, I am not a Mod and I like it !!!...

Everyone vote for the BEER !!! :D:D:D:D:D

there's the spirit. The beer would be more fun. I always think of the moderating stuff as being a little tedious.. However, I do have reason to suspect that there's a secret little hangout that only mod's can see. and dangit all I wanna see!!

Sari

[eddarr]

Whoa.. blast from the past.. I almost missed it. :)

How could you possibly miss an obscure Quadrophenia reference?

Mario, this forum is supposed to be a fun and learning experience for us mear mortals. Leave the hard work to those that are better educated and better able to show some restraint.

[DwightMcCann]

However, I do have reason to suspect that there's a secret little hangout that only mod's can see. and dangit all I wanna see!!

Sari
Oh, I doubt you wanna' see it! You haven't seen it so you think you do, but believe me, I've been in a bunch of these clubs and they all reek of hormones and other noxious odors! :-) Just be content to be sane and let it go at that.

[T.D.]

Yeah and Maureen is always complaining about someone leaving the seat up. :rolleyes:
I'll not mention any names but just initials T.D. ;)

Nothing's uglier than mod hate. Just saying. :p

[Bill Boehme]

H........ Leave the hard work to those that are better educated and better able to show some restraint.

Dang ... a double whammy!

Having been a moderator on a woodworking forum for several years, I can attest to the fact that it would not be worth doing if it were not for the great pay, fame, fortune, and celebrity status. :rolleyes:

[eddarr]

Which forum Bill. I also build furniture but really haven't found a forum that I like.

[Moppie]

Id rather be a rocker than a mod.....


Sabbath before Bettles.
Stones before Monkeys.

:twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted:

[PhotoJourno]

"Mooooooooooddddds....Reign o'er meeeee!!!"...

or

Ever since I was a young boy,
I wanted to moderate it all,
From Soho down to Brighton,
I wanted to ban them all...

But I ain't seen nothing like him
In any forum room,
He sits there like a statue
Becomes part of the machine
Filering the posters
Always playing clean
He types by intuition
The digit counters fall

He's a Moderation wizard
There's got to be a twist
A Moderation wizard
He's got such a super wrist.

[Bill Boehme]

Which forum Bill. I also build furniture but really haven't found a forum that I like.

Wood Online (http://woodmagazine.com) which is operated by WOOD magazine. It used to be the biggest and best, by far, but the parent company, Meridith Corp., stepped in to "help" and managed to mess things up with a "one size fits all" approach to managing its seventeen or so various publications by picking a forum software package that was such a bad fit for the needs of the woodworking community there that it all but killed the woodworking forums. They kept one or two paid moderators and the rest of us became "hosts". The WOOD Magazine folks are great, but they have to contend with Meridith that wants to run things the same way that they run Better Homes & Gardens magazine. The one thing that I do like about the WOOD Online forums is the civil behavior. Some of the other woodworking forums seem to be as bad as the kid forums with flame wars going all of the time. I also do woodturning and probably spend most of my online time involved in turning since getting involved in that a few years ago.

[PhotoJourno]

And now, an official Update from the Mario Campaign for Mod:

Stockton, CA- (PJtions) The Mario Campaign continues optimistic on their trail to Moderatorship, despite an slow early beginning. At one point the popular vote seemed to indicate that his self nomination to such a specific position was not only untimely, but also out of place.

Though the critics position on this issue seems to be straight forward, an member of the Mario Campagin said -in condition of anonymity- that things will turn around, and with 150 signatures they will make it without problems.

The only official comment from the POTNer's desk was "They will sign, or else".
Next update coming up in a few hours.

[SuzyView]

So, do Mods get to vote here? Because I've been away and I found this and missed out on all the action around post 15.

And someone left the seat up again and what happened to all the Diet Cokes I left in the Mod Fridge! All I see is stinkin beer!

[tommykjensen]

So, do Mods get to vote here? Because I've been away and I found this and missed out on all the action around post 15.

And someone left the seat up again and what happened to all the Diet Cokes I left in the Mod Fridge! All I see is stinkin beer!

Sorry there were no REAL cokes so I had to drink that fake stuff.....

[mattograph]

So, do Mods get to vote here? Because I've been away and I found this and missed out on all the action around post 15.

And someone left the seat up again and what happened to all the Diet Cokes I left in the Mod Fridge! All I see is stinkin beer!

Technically, I think the term is "skunked" beer.:)

[Moppie]

All I see is stinkin beer!


That's a bad thing? :confused:


And Jamie left the seat up. :p

[Jamie Holladay]

Sorry there were no REAL cokes so I had to drink that fake stuff.....
I had one too Suzy, I added a little Crown to it.:D
That's a bad thing? :confused:


And Jamie left the seat up. :p
Sorry:o

[saravrose]

Oh, I doubt you wanna' see it! You haven't seen it so you think you do, but believe me, I've been in a bunch of these clubs and they all reek of hormones and other noxious odors! :-) Just be content to be sane and let it go at that.

hmm... i'm sane? :confused:;)

[PhotoJourno]

hmm... i'm sane? :confused:;)


I am positively sure he wasn't talking about me... ;)

[DwightMcCann]

I'm staying out of this ...

[20droger]

I find this thread moderately entertaining. But I wonder.... Would the OP be a moderate moderator? Or would he be moderately extreme in his moderation? He who moderates the moderators should be moderately sure that a new moderator would moderate moderately.

[mattograph]

I find this thread moderately entertaining. But I wonder.... Would the OP be a moderate moderator? Or would he be moderately extreme in his moderation? He who moderates the moderators should be moderately sure that a new moderator would moderate moderately.

I believe him to be a supporter of change. Change that we can all believe in. Unless you believe in the kind of change that only some people believe in. Then he could change to support your brand of change. At least until he needed to change to support my brand of change. Unless my brand of change really meant staying the same.

[DwightMcCann]

... and the above is why!

[PhotoJourno]

I find this thread moderately entertaining. But I wonder.... Would the OP be a moderate moderator? Or would he be moderately extreme in his moderation? He who moderates the moderators should be moderately sure that a new moderator would moderate moderately.

No matter what anyone tells me, I know you've been staying at a Shao'Lin temple for a while. Your posts lately have been insightful to a point that even if they are funny, they invite to reflection. so whatever Jedi mindtrick you using, works for me. (What I just said is a good thing, by the way)

First, I did not start this thread with a desire to be a Mod. In order to ensure that, I added the Polling feature, because everyone thinks if they got enough signatures they can do anything. (Point in case I once gathered 1000 signatures to petition for the sky to be 18% gray permanently, and thus help in photography purposes, but it did not work either). So, I just started this thread to get folks to come up and not talk about me, but rather spin off different subjects, some of the friendliness and randomness that I really enjoy about this forum.

Second, it was NOT to poke fun at the mods. I had a chance to hang out personally with a couple of them not long ago, and their job is really demanding, and they put with a lot more crap than I thought they did. All to keep POTN a better place for you and me (No, I am not sticking my nose up anyone's arse, just telling it like it is, for once).

And third, me as a mod would probably be an Alice in Wonderland version of the Soup Naxi. I am a stickler for rules, and I love to start things -like this thread- and see where it goes. But I get aggravated easily at a handful of things: Excessive Nikon talk on these forums, Personal references ("You are wasting your time with photography, I can crap prettier than this pic") as an example.

So all in all, I am not sure I would be a good Mod. It's weird. Keeping the rules and laws are as vital as breathing for me, yet I am an out of the box thinker. Can that coexist inside one person at once? It might explain my weird nature.

And for final clarification, on the drive back from the POTN meeting, I remembered some of the Moderating stories I had heard over the weekend, and kept thinking how I would have dealt with that. Which is ultimately, why I probably posted this thread. Can you imagine me as a mod?... He he.. :)

[mattograph]

No matter what anyone tells me, I know you've been staying at a Shao'Lin temple for a while. Your posts lately have been insightful to a point that even if they are funny, they invite to reflection. so whatever Jedi mindtrick you using, works for me. (What I just said is a good thing, by the way)

First, I did not start this thread with a desire to be a Mod. In order to ensure that, I added the Polling feature, because everyone thinks if they got enough signatures they can do anything. (Point in case I once gathered 1000 signatures to petition for the sky to be 18% gray permanently, and thus help in photography purposes, but it did not work either). So, I just started this thread to get folks to come up and not talk about me, but rather spin off different subjects, some of the friendliness and randomness that I really enjoy about this forum.

Second, it was NOT to poke fun at the mods. I had a chance to hang out personally with a couple of them not long ago, and their job is really demanding, and they put with a lot more crap than I thought they did. All to keep POTN a better place for you and me (No, I am not sticking my nose up anyone's arse, just telling it like it is, for once).

And third, me as a mod would probably be an Alice in Wonderland version of the Soup Naxi. I am a stickler for rules, and I love to start things -like this thread- and see where it goes. But I get aggravated easily at a handful of things: Excessive Nikon talk on these forums, Personal references ("You are wasting your time with photography, I can crap prettier than this pic") as an example.

So all in all, I am not sure I would be a good Mod. It's weird. Keeping the rules and laws are as vital as breathing for me, yet I am an out of the box thinker. Can that coexist inside one person at once? It might explain my weird nature.

And for final clarification, on the drive back from the POTN meeting, I remembered some of the Moderating stories I had heard over the weekend, and kept thinking how I would have dealt with that. Which is ultimately, why I probably posted this thread. Can you imagine me as a mod?... He he.. :)



Wow. Thanks for sharing.

Just one question. You mean the sky ISN'T 18% gray?

[Killjoy]

Mario, glad to see that you have come to your senses. :p
It has been said, "Be carful what you wish for, for you may surely get it!"
I know what I'm talking about. I am a Mod on another photo site.
It can get ugly. :shock:

I had the displeasure of shutting down the very first thread ever closed on that board.
The first rule was no political discussions. One of the other rules was that you treat all of the other members with respect.
It was a gas price thread, and it turned political, as well as people attacking others for what they chose to drive, etc. :evil:
I warned them, and they didn't listen. So I closed the thread.

I think they've gotten over it. They still invite me to all of the meet and greets. :D

[condyk]

Mario, glad to see that you have come to your senses. :p
It has been said, "Be carful what you wish for, for you may surely get it!"
I know what I'm talking about. I am a Mod on another photo site.
It can get ugly. :shock:

I had the displeasure of shutting down the very first thread ever closed on that board.
The first rule was no political discussions. One of the other rules was that you treat all of the other members with respect.
It was a gas price thread, and it turned political, as well as people attacking others for what they chose to drive, etc. :evil:
I warned them, and they didn't listen. So I closed the thread.

I think they've gotten over it. They still invite me to all of the meet and greets. :D

Backdoor requests to be Mod don't work either ;-)

[gjl711]

What’s the big deal about the toilet seat being up. I don’t get it?

[DwightMcCann]

What’s the big deal about the toilet seat being up. I don’t get it?You not married? Don't live with GF? My wife once sat down in the night and wound up in the water and I was cut off, er, ah, um, I mean, less than happy for about a month! Now I have a daughter that likes to share the master bathroom and she is even more relentless. When you share a toilet with wimmen just put the damn seat down when you're done!

[In2Photos]

You not married? Don't live with GF? My wife once sat down in the night and wound up in the water and I was cut off, er, ah, um, I mean, less than happy for about a month! Now I have a daughter that likes to share the master bathroom and she is even more relentless. When you share a toilet with wimmen just put the damn seat down when you're done!
Better yet, never lift it up. Just sit down instead. :lol:

[Jamie Holladay]

Better yet, never lift it up. Just sit down instead. :lol:
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE?
That must be the reason you are Maureen's favorite.

[gjl711]

You not married? Don't live with GF? ...

Better yet, never lift it up. Just sit down instead. :lol:
I am married and have a daughter. I solved the problem early. I never lifted the lid and p**d standing up. When questioned about the splashes on the seat, I proudly proclaimed that I did not want to forget to put the "put down the seat" rule so I just left the seat down. Wife quickly learned that lowering the seat is actually quite easy. ;):)

[In2Photos]

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE?
That must be the reason you are Maureen's favorite.
I'm Mo's favorite? :shock:
I am married and have a daughter. I solved the problem early. I never lifted the lid and p**d standing up. When questioned about the splashes on the seat, I proudly proclaimed that I did not want to forget to put the "put down the seat" rule so I just left the seat down. Wife quickly learned that lowering the seat is actually quite easy. ;):)
Sure it was the splashes and not the direct stream? :lol:

[DwightMcCann]

I'm Mo's favorite? :shock:

Sure it was the splashes and not the direct stream? :lol:

Is this what happens when Mods forget their Meds?

[In2Photos]

Is this what happens when Mods forget their Meds?
No, this is what happens when we take our meds. :lol:

[eddarr]

What’s the big deal about the toilet seat being up. I don’t get it?

Up and dry or down and wet. That's what I always say.

[20droger]

No matter what anyone tells me, I know you've been staying at a Shao'Lin temple for a while. Your posts lately have been insightful to a point that even if they are funny, they invite to reflection. so whatever Jedi mindtrick you using, works for me. (What I just said is a good thing, by the way)
Not quite true, Grasshopper.

First, I did not start this thread with a desire to be a Mod. In order to ensure that, I added the Polling feature, because everyone thinks if they got enough signatures they can do anything. (Point in case I once gathered 1000 signatures to petition for the sky to be 18% gray permanently, and thus help in photography purposes, but it did not work either). So, I just started this thread to get folks to come up and not talk about me, but rather spin off different subjects, some of the friendliness and randomness that I really enjoy about this forum.
Well, you've succeeded.

Second, it was NOT to poke fun at the mods. I had a chance to hang out personally with a couple of them not long ago, and their job is really demanding, and they put with a lot more crap than I thought they did. All to keep POTN a better place for you and me (No, I am not sticking my nose up anyone's arse, just telling it like it is, for once).
Good! Because poking fun at some of them can be an unquieting experience.

Granted, most of them have a good sense of humor, and can take it as well as dish it out. Some others, however (and I shan't name names, but you, I, and many others know who you are), have all the charm of the Wiked Witch of the West. Mess with them, even slightly, and they'll get you, and your little dog, too!

And third, me as a mod would probably be an Alice in Wonderland version of the Soup Naxi. I am a stickler for rules, and I love to start things -like this thread- and see where it goes. But I get aggravated easily at a handful of things: Excessive Nikon talk on these forums, Personal references ("You are wasting your time with photography, I can crap prettier than this pic") as an example.

So all in all, I am not sure I would be a good Mod. It's weird. Keeping the rules and laws are as vital as breathing for me, yet I am an out of the box thinker. Can that coexist inside one person at once? It might explain my weird nature.
Well, not all people should be mods. (And not all those who are mods should be either!)

The powers that be wisely know that I should never, ever, be a mod. Or for that matter, ever placed in charge of anything, no matter how trivial.

And for final clarification, on the drive back from the POTN meeting, I remembered some of the Moderating stories I had heard over the weekend, and kept thinking how I would have dealt with that. Which is ultimately, why I probably posted this thread. Can you imagine me as a mod?... He he.. :)
No, I cannot.

[DwightMcCann]

Granted, most of them have a good sense of humor, and can take it as well as dish it out. Some others, however (and I shan't name names, but you, I, and many others know who you are), have all the charm of the Wicked Witch of the West. Mess with them, even slightly, and they'll get you, and your little dog, too!

Bummer! I have a list of those who shouldn't be but are ... I was hoping you'd reveal it for me! I tried to put them on my Ignore list but it didn't work. But even the ones who are but shouldn't be do a lot of dirty work and should be appreciated for their contribution more than cited for their retribution.

I had three of them to my house this past weekend (and one wanna' be.) Last year I had even more. I attract them like flies. Fortunately (more or less) I have more gear than most of them and that seems to impress them enough to get me left alone. I have never been banned (and have deserved it often.) And I am more impressed with the recent lot than most of the older generation.

Now, if they can just resolve this toilet seat issue amongst them I think things will work out ... more or less ... but you never know.

[Killjoy]

Backdoor requests to be Mod don't work either ;-)

That wasn't a backdoor request. I'd turn it down if it were offered. I know what comes with the job now. :p

[DwightMcCann]

That wasn't a backdoor request. I'd turn it down if it were offered. I know what comes with the job now. :p
Lord, I was banning users from ListServs before you were out of diapers!

[Moppie]

and they'll get you, and your little dog, too!


Who wants to bother with little dogs?

Mountain lions are much tastier. :twisted:



Thread closed me thinks :cool: