Current Events > Oldie but goodie: Former GameFAQs mod writes about what it was like.

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http://poker-over-killing.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-was-gamefaqs-moderator-for-5-yrs.html

The mod is tiger8191. Interesting thread about the blog on Hellhole.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/573081-hellhole/41225815

Anybody remember when this was posted? Not really familiar with the drama surrounding this guy.

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That was so long ago I wonder what still applies. Guessing a lot considering what little else has changed here
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I would read the post, read the topic it was from, read the mod guidelines to get an idea on the rule it was marked for, check the users moderations history, read the post again, read the guidelines, etc because I didn't want to unfairly mod someone.

you can tell the mods dont do any of this anymore

Quotas were imposed

fucking knew it. mods kept denying it.


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ModLogic posted...

fucking knew it. mods kept denying it.

I haven't read the article for context, but moderation review quotas makes sense.
Not "how many users did you suspend? "
just
"how many issues did you resolve? "

Otherwise they aren't actively doing the job.

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Quotas were always a thing
Allen and cjayc both removed mods who did no work on the queue
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This is quite insightful. It explains, possibly, that phenomenon from years ago of trends going unmodded for weeks at a time before suddenly becoming moddable with no warning:

Around that time is when things seemed to start changing for the worse in my opinion. By then the site had really grown to the point of Jeff selling the site to CNet, the need for more mods meant a larger group and the lack of any admin support resulted in chaos on the mod side of things. The level of consistency was ridiculous. I remember making topics on the mod boards that some of us worked on to try and get an idea on where people's heads were and it was amazing to see the complete mess it was. Some people would NKL one thing while some would warn for the same thing, a couple would suspend, and a couple would notify, and then about 50 mods would never even bother to read or participate on the mod boards. It was a mess. And I have no doubt that it still is but not as bad as I suspect that SBAllen contributes a lot more support than Ceej did.

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He was a cry baby and antagonistic. He still owes me 2 dollars as well

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So most of the mod staff?
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Middle hope posted...

He was a cry baby and antagonistic. He still owes me 2 dollars as well

I suspected that based on how people were talking in that Hellhole thread. Care to give any details?

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Shadowplay posted...

I suspected that based on how people were talking in that Hellhole thread. Care to give any details?

@Flauros

I'll tag myself for later. Im at work right now so I can't really type a lot

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