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[Renee]

Change in Stock Board Moderator Assignments: Constructive Suggestions:

#1) Since one objective for the change is to have T.O.U. compliant moderators who are supposed to be sentiment agnostic in applying the T.O.U. I think 4 moderators should easily be able to monitor a stock specific board in conjunction with ADMIN and Mod Squad supervision. The current number of 7 (one Mod 6 Assistants) typically comprises some status positions (IRP's for example) whose apparent roles are to influence positive sentiment on that stock and have appeared to moderate with bias.

2) Since there won't be a head Moderator to ensure the other 6 adhere to the T.O.U. without bias / prejudice and who have had the authority to delete any non-compliant Assistant Mod's posts or reverse their deletion / restore decisions on members' posts I can envision abuses or liberties taken by peer Mods who may apply the T.O.U. with bias / prejudice and who may also try to control the sticky note and I-Box content with bias / prejudice. I don't know a simple answer to this potential problem, but maybe ADMIN could enlist more Mod Squadders and then assign a Mod Squadder (singularly or as a group) as the Head Moderator of problematic stock specific boards. ADMIN trusts the Mod Squadders and it would keep problems at the message board level (on problematic boards) without peer mods haranguing ADMIN for interventions of squabbles.

The recent SEC Rountable focussed on Pump and Dump schemes. ADMIN have stated they will not rule on sticky notes or I-Boxes that abide the T.O.U. By not having a neutral person, eg., a Mod Squadder as the Head Mod on problematic boards who can ensure fair representation in sticky notes and I-boxes it is reasonable to think that pump and dump schemers who are board Mods WILL take biased liberties with sticky notes and I-Boxes. By the time ADMIN resolves any conflicts among peer Mods the damage from one-sided and biased sticky notes and I-Boxes would have already occured.

3) It may be a consideration to not allow I.R.P.'s to moderate stock specific boards where they have had or are conducting awareness campaigns purely on the appearance they have a bias towards that stock.