Originally posted by FMF
I would only delete posts that were alerted as being in clear contravention of the TOS, and only if egregiously so. I have long experience of activity on several of these forums. I am not a trigger-happy 'delete it! delete it!' type member of the community. I would not be swayed by my personal opinion regarding material that has been alerted. I would always have ...[text shortened]... satisfaction in a happy boisterous set of forums and in intervening as infrequently as possible.
And if I were an admin, I'd turn down your application simply because you seem to be "campaigning" for the job. You seem to want it pretty badly, and that can't bode well, for anyone. Not to mention that, since Russ hasn't issued a "call for mods" that I would assume there's no need for more of them. And yet, you can't wait to "get in there" and "get your hands dirty".
I'll say this now, perfectly in the selfish spirit of this thread, and say that if you are made a mod, then I will leave this site and not return. It's been bad enough fighting in these threads with unscrupulous people. Having them made mods will just be the final measure of fun being sucked right out of these threads. I hope Russ can see such a move as counter-productive to his trying to make a living out of this site.
It might even take a few years, but this is the beginning of the end. People have already called this site as boring as it gets. They ain't seen nothing yet. I hope you like it when there's no one here but two or three of your hand-picked friends who can still stand you.