[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by midgetwaiter

I think the best thing a moderator could do for the community is stay out of the discussion and just provide the occasional nudge when things get off track. Of course for somebody volunteering to moderate a site like RC, that would be boring fast and is probably an unreasonable idea.

the most prolific posters often make the WORST moderators. The quiet people are usually the most reasonable and tend to have less of a personal agenda.

couple good points, I used to be a part owner of a very large BBS back in the dial up days and when we moded the open chat channels we usaly did not talk while we were there as it was to easy to get involved in something and miss what you were realy watching for. but that is a little different that the roll of a Mod on a smaller fourm like Canreef. I think the Mods here in adition to watching for questionable things are responsable to stimulate conversation when needed and act as a "more experenced" reefer to give people a hand when they have questions and no one else seams to be helping.

I usaly find with your second point that two things can happen and I have seen it a few times on our board 1, like you said a person uses his power to push his own agenda and 2, a prolific poster suddenly posts less. the second is the one I see more often.

Steve