Replies to post #120449 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[Specalculator1]

perhaps this is the exception rather than the rule. Most Mods are doing fine with the occasional trouble maker that comes along. Rotation every 30 days, I'd have to think more about it.

Term limits on Mod spots (on stock specific boards) not sure but it goes to how a mod was chosen in the first place, they are not voted in.

and on other boards, such as boards that have been abandondon or a board that has never been created such as AMGN that I moderate are doing fine. I don't need any help...So this "new idea" must be considered in a wider range of views before its impact.

food for thought.. perhaps its a pink policy that you are thinking of...

oh wait...We could start a Moderating School for Ihub with Certificiates of Completion!!! Just like Traffic School (not a bad idea)

okay after careful thought, I don't like the idea. Its kind of like letting the neighborhood rotate on who is going to be Sheriff ...that could get fun..lol messy but fun.

[downriver]

YOU ARE 100% CORRECT.

I know of one such board that is so one sided, it is ridiculous and this is a great proposal.

"I find that more often than not, if a moderator, (as most seem to be) are 'pro' company (IRP or not), then 'pro' poster's comments/posts are given to the least stringent interpretation of the TOU, while the 'con' poster is immediately and forthwith dealt a strict interpretation of TOU. The opposite could be said if the moderator was considered 'con' although that scenario I suspect, isn't prevalent.

I find this to be endemic, and a good reason for mandatory moderator rotation, preferably by someone who's not a stock holder in the company. A new moderator could be assigned every 30 days or so, taken from a random sampling pool of willing I-Hub users. I suspect I-hub would have no shortage of volunteers. This policy may only need to be used for boards with a certain threshold of posts per day, or it could be implemented systemically."

[Entangled Proton]

What if you have a popular board that is cruising along just fine without deletions. You going to upset the balance with a mod replacement. I can think of several popular financials that are working just fine with very few deletions.

If your talking about a pinkie pump and dump, maybe a post limit would work better. If you haven't got the message after so many post, you get booted from the board. That would limit the pumpers and your losses.