Election: Mod 1

Election: Mod 1


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foreverzero

Well-Known Member
#76
I'm pretty sure we made a politics thread a while back in the general section.

A quick search (oh how good it feels to do that) and voila!
 

Zephyrus

Searching for the six-fingered man.
#77
foreverzero said:
I'm pretty sure we made a politics thread a while back in the general section.

A quick search (oh how good it feels to do that) and voila!
A politics board would at least keep all of the political/news stuff confined to a corner of the forum. That will make it easier for mods to keep a close eye on troublemakers and trolls.

In my personal experience, a lot of trouble and trolling tends to arise from religion, politics, and warfare. With a politics board, mods would at least have a handle on that sort of thing. =p
 

foreverzero

Well-Known Member
#78
I don't know if we really need an entire board for politics/religion/etc. A single topic for politics (and one for religion we had a while back) has been fine, and honestly those things are going to pop up in other threads from time to time regardless of whether there is a single place for discussing them or not.
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
#79
We have a rants board with a politics post, that seems fine to me.
 

Zephyrus

Searching for the six-fingered man.
#80
But it's not clearly defined. It's just a random topic in a cluttered forum.

As I've said before, I love organizing things. I mean, seriously love it. To me, the General Board and Politics Board should be entirely separate entities, much like Naruto and Bleach are separate entities.
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
#81
Hawk liked organizing things too. That's why we have 126 subforums :p
 

GenocideHeart

Well-Known Member
#82
Well, off the top of my head, the Ogame, Hawk rant, Israfel rant and World of Darkness subforums can all go. WoD can at most be taken, along with the Billy vs. Snakeman forum, and merged in 'Everything else RPG' which can be renamed 'Everything RPG'.

Movie and TV-Show Fanfiction can be merged. Much as I love it, the Super Robot Taisen forum doesn't get enough traffic, so merge with the Game Fanfiction forum and subforums.

Hawkverse might as well be axed, and FMP and FMA should probably be merged into Anime and Manga general.

Tentatively, add a Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha board (Nanya has been recruiting from Animesuki, and quite a few regulars of the Nanoha board there are here, so the section would be used, plus Nanoha is fairly popular).

This is what I'm seeing right about now as possible changes. Of course, it's the admin's job to do this, but expressing an opinion never hurts, right?
 

Watashiwa

Administrator
Staff member
#83
It's hard to argue with that list, since it's basically what I was thinking. Fate/Stay ought to be renamed to Type-Moon and I've heard a request for a Digimon board, but the members I've talked to who are most in to Digimon have mentioned that it probably wouldn't see much use. Most changes should be put up to a vote, just to establish a precedent.
 

Cherry_lover

Well-Known Member
#84
GenocideHeart said:
That's a good point, but look at it like this: candidates may be confident enough in their skill to feel they simply don't NEED to vote for themselves, thinking their reputation speaks for them or some such crap.

(I personally think that's a bunch of baloney, but a few candidates in the recent US elections thought exactly that, and Berlusconi also seems to think that here in Italy, and it apparently works)

Me, I simply find self-voting in poor taste, regardless of whether I think I'm the best pick or not. It just... smells of self-aggrandizing. Being confident is good, being egocentric is not.

*shrug*
Well, I can see the logic of both of those viewpoints, but in that case the sensible thing to do is surely not to vote at all. Voting for another candidate does imply you actually don't think you're the best person for the job, at least to me anyway....

GenocideHeart said:
Zephyrus said:
Generally in US politics, don't politicians vote for themselves? I thought it was something of a tradition, especially in Presidential Elections, for candidates to cast their vote for themselves.

Frankly, I don't see a problem with it. Having confidence in your abilities and voting for yourself because you want the job is one thing. Being an overbearing asshat and badgering people into voting for you AND voting for yourself is quite another.

I also don't think it's right for other people to call voters out on their voting choices, even if they do vote for themselves (which I did). What business is it of theirs? Voting is a personal choice and a choice that one should not be mocked or bullied for if others don't agree with it.
The US election system is one of the few that makes Italy's system look sane, so... yeah :p

So who's going to demand a recount here? :p
Sure, but do you honestly believe that there is any country where serious politicians have the capability to vote for theirselves and don't?
 

Zephyrus

Searching for the six-fingered man.
#85
Shirotsume said:
Hawk liked organizing things too. That's why we have 126 subforums :p
Organizing =/= adding useless forums. It means adding relevant forums, getting rid of obsolete forums, and restructuring the existing forums so that that're easier to navigate and search.

GenocideHeart said:
Well, off the top of my head, the Ogame, Hawk rant, Israfel rant and World of Darkness subforums can all go. WoD can at most be taken, along with the Billy vs. Snakeman forum, and merged in 'Everything else RPG' which can be renamed 'Everything RPG'.

Movie and TV-Show Fanfiction can be merged. Much as I love it, the Super Robot Taisen forum doesn't get enough traffic, so merge with the Game Fanfiction forum and subforums.

Hawkverse might as well be axed, and FMP and FMA should probably be merged into Anime and Manga general.

Tentatively, add a Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha board (Nanya has been recruiting from Animesuki, and quite a few regulars of the Nanoha board there are here, so the section would be used, plus Nanoha is fairly popular).

This is what I'm seeing right about now as possible changes. Of course, it's the admin's job to do this, but expressing an opinion never hurts, right?
This is something I can get behind. I feel that a lot of other boards can be merged or deleted to make room for new stuff, but I'll wait until elections are over and I can make an official petition for this stuff. =p
 

GenocideHeart

Well-Known Member
#86
Cherry_lover said:
GenocideHeart said:
That's a good point, but look at it like this: candidates may be confident enough in their skill to feel they simply don't NEED to vote for themselves, thinking their reputation speaks for them or some such crap.

(I personally think that's a bunch of baloney, but a few candidates in the recent US elections thought exactly that, and Berlusconi also seems to think that here in Italy, and it apparently works)

Me, I simply find self-voting in poor taste, regardless of whether I think I'm the best pick or not. It just... smells of self-aggrandizing. Being confident is good, being egocentric is not.

*shrug*
Well, I can see the logic of both of those viewpoints, but in that case the sensible thing to do is surely not to vote at all. Voting for another candidate does imply you actually don't think you're the best person for the job, at least to me anyway....
I actually think nobody in the list can claim to be the best candidate in the lot, including me. My main advantage is that I do have mod duty on my resume (and most of my fellow past mods said I did a good job of it, temper notwithstanding), but on the other hand I also have a short temper, as anyone who comes to TFF knows. It's a matter of deciding whether I'm worth taking a chance on. And one's worth can't really be decided by oneself - by definition, a person will always lean towards thinking the best possible thing of him or herself, unless he's got serious self-esteem issues or has the ability to stop, even for a second, and honestly look at themselves and recognize their shortcomings.

Also, you could say that voting for yourself means you aren't confident in your ability to gain the trust of others, and thus need to inflate your vote total with self-voting. Which is... pretty low, and that's why I don't do it.

Everyone's going to look at something in a different way, in the end. No choice is the 'right' one, when you think about it. Whatever you do, it's bound to impact some people positively, and some others negatively. So, I'm not going to worry overmuch about pleasing everyone (which is impossible, as many politicians learned) and just going to be myself.

Considering how many votes I got without even trying or meaning to, I am going to hazard a guess and say that people like the fact that I wear my heart on my sleeve. Yes, I'm about as subtle as a sledgehammer to the face, but sometimes that's an asset, not a drawback. It lets people know that you can't lie convincingly even to save your life, so they are going to know when you're being duplicitous. And admittedly, lying is something I suck at. :)
 

FlinFlon

Well-Known Member
#87
I voted for GH due to # of posts, date of joining, and the fact he had his own rant subforum in the old site.
 

Zephyrus

Searching for the six-fingered man.
#89
My god. No wonder so many people aim for President of the USA. It's ridiculously easy with voters like Flin.

"Look at my time spent in the army! I'm totally qualified to lead a nation!"

No offense to GH, but that's one of the *dumbest* reasons for casting a vote that I've ever heard of. In case someone cries, "Hypocrisy!", for another post I made saying that it's unfair to judge people on their votes, I'm judging him on WHY he voted, not who he voted for! =p
 

GenocideHeart

Well-Known Member
#90
Zephyrus said:
My god. No wonder so many people aim for President of the USA. It's ridiculously easy with voters like Flin.

"Look at my time spent in the army! I'm totally qualified to lead a nation!"

No offense to GH, but that's one of the *dumbest* reasons for casting a vote that I've ever heard of. In case someone cries, "Hypocrisy!", for another post I made saying that it's unfair to judge people on their votes, I'm judging him on WHY he voted, not who he voted for! =p
...Can't say I disagree there. Seriously? Shouldn't having a rant subforum be a warning sign? :-/
 

chronodekar

Obsessively signs his posts
Staff member
#91
Isn't it almost time for the current mod/admin election to be over?

-chronodekar
 
#92
I mostly know GH through his writing (excellent) and the epic shitfits he and Lord Raine used to get into (hilarious). But I think he understands what this forum is about, and what the culture is, and that's really all that matters.
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
#93
It will end around... *mental math* 2:30pm board time? ish?

It's the same 4 days as always. I'm going to hope that wasn't a complaint that the election is dragging >.>
 

chronodekar

Obsessively signs his posts
Staff member
#94
Shirotsume said:
It will end around... *mental math* 2:30pm board time? ish?

It's the same 4 days as always. I'm going to hope that wasn't a complaint that the election is dragging >.>
I live in a different time-zone. Just felt a bit off. Didn't mean to come off as a complaint.

-chronodekar
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
#95
Nah, it's fine. I was just ready to facekeyboard if you had, since people have been complaining nonstop about the length of the elections.
 

TFF_Admin

Administrator
Staff member
#96
Poll is closed, congratualtions to GenocideHeart on modship. Your user group has already been changed.
 
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