Moderator Application

[Nick]

Yes, I'd give him a chance. And I think the debate about ChatGPT is a bit over the top. Tools are fine.

[Surreal.]

Originally Posted by 0x41^4

Joined 12 years ago with 222 total posts, nearly all made this year. Most of your activity consists of posting on sales threads rather than offering genuine help, contributing to the community, or providing any meaningful service. Also, this app reads like it was written by ChatGPT.

No support.

To be able to act as a moderator, you only need the ability to assert yourself and to interact with people on a human level. Why should I care how many posts he had? For me, that’s not relevant...

[0x41^4]

Originally Posted by Surreal.

To be able to act as a moderator, you only need the ability to assert yourself and to interact with people on a human level. Why should I care how many posts he had? For me, that’s not relevant...

That’s only part of the job though. Being able to assert yourself and communicate is the baseline, not the qualifier.

Your argument assumes intent and incentive don’t matter, only communication ability.

Post history absolutely matters because it’s the only objective track record we have and if someone has barely contributed over 12 years and suddenly becomes active almost entirely in sales threads, that raises fair questions about their intent and priorities.

It’s not about raw post count, it’s about how someone has engaged.

Ultimately, it’s like giving someone administrative access in a system where they can influence approvals or visibility, even though their entire history shows they mainly participate in sales-driven activity rather than community contribution. Even if they present themselves well, there’s an obvious incentive imbalance: gaining authority could directly or indirectly amplify their own reach, credibility, or in this case, sales activity.

Or like promoting someone into a gatekeeping role in a marketplace who has primarily engaged as a seller, not as a contributor to the platform itself. Even if they sound competent in an application, you still have to account for the structural incentive for someone in that position to prioritize their own benefit.

[Draacox]

Originally Posted by 0x41^4

That’s only part of the job though. Being able to assert yourself and communicate is the baseline, not the qualifier.

Your argument assumes intent and incentive don’t matter, only communication ability.

Post history absolutely matters because it’s the only objective track record we have and if someone has barely contributed over 12 years and suddenly becomes active almost entirely in sales threads, that raises fair questions about their intent and priorities.

It’s not about raw post count, it’s about how someone has engaged.

Ultimately, it’s like giving someone administrative access in a system where they can influence approvals or visibility, even though their entire history shows they mainly participate in sales-driven activity rather than community contribution. Even if they present themselves well, there’s an obvious incentive imbalance: gaining authority could directly or indirectly amplify their own reach, credibility, or in this case, sales activity.

Or like promoting someone into a gatekeeping role in a marketplace who has primarily engaged as a seller, not as a contributor to the platform itself. Even if they sound competent in an application, you still have to account for the structural incentive for someone in that position to prioritize their own benefit.

While I respect your thoughts as they are honest and your own I want to clarify something here.

I'm not here to be a mod to gain access to sales or anything of that nature. Im not applying to get a edge on anything, im not trying to undermine the system to gain advantage of anything. While I understand why you said this and concerned let me tell you I'm here for the long term, to help Epvp and I enjoy this website, it's community and I want to do more, I want to help anyway I can. If I where to buy something in a sales thread it will be done as per rules, not some way to get ahead.

Furthermore I read what you said and realized that I do agree that I do need some more community engagement in the community I say I adore so much, so that's what I am doing. I became a guardian to help the site, report rule violations and listen to peoples problems while following the rules and since I have applied I have done just that and I will continue to do so. I will serve the epvp community and uphold the rules not undermine it and use bend it to my will, that's not who I am or what I will do.

I want to thank you for your honesty about it and your concerns but please understand I truly want to help this website and the community it serves. I rather show you and gain a chance to show this threw action. I like to prove people that I'm not just talking so maybe I can prove this to you, regardless im telling you the truth and I hope this settles your concerns.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by 0x41^4

That’s only part of the job though. Being able to assert yourself and communicate is the baseline, not the qualifier.

Your argument assumes intent and incentive don’t matter, only communication ability.

Post history absolutely matters because it’s the only objective track record we have and if someone has barely contributed over 12 years and suddenly becomes active almost entirely in sales threads, that raises fair questions about their intent and priorities.

It’s not about raw post count, it’s about how someone has engaged.

Ultimately, it’s like giving someone administrative access in a system where they can influence approvals or visibility, even though their entire history shows they mainly participate in sales-driven activity rather than community contribution. Even if they present themselves well, there’s an obvious incentive imbalance: gaining authority could directly or indirectly amplify their own reach, credibility, or in this case, sales activity.

Or like promoting someone into a gatekeeping role in a marketplace who has primarily engaged as a seller, not as a contributor to the platform itself. Even if they sound competent in an application, you still have to account for the structural incentive for someone in that position to prioritize their own benefit.

Let me just mention this: This is a general application. The desire to moderate the Black Market forums seems to be of secondary importance here. If we consider Draacox a suitable candidate, we'd assess which area we think is a good fit for him. It's not a given that he'll be assigned to the Black Market. Aside from that, every new moderator must go through a trial period. If we find that moderation is being biased in favor of certain users, it wouldn't be a long-term experience anyway. The risk you mentioned always exists with every candidate - you can only try to read people's minds. Ultimately, when we add new colleagues to the staff, we always give them a certain amount of trust, but we also observe whether that trust is used or abused, and we reserve the right to take action.