Haysdb Promoted to Moderator!

mas92264 · Post by **mas92264** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:56 am

Guess we'll have to mind our p's and q's now!

Hey David, did you pick out the new SPCR compay car yet? (oops, I wasn't supposed to tell)

Equiquay · Post by **Equiquay** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:21 am

Congrats, David! I'm glad, you've been great!

Travis

dukla2000 · Post by **dukla2000** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:34 pm

WTF as they say! I never realised we had moderators on any of the fora.

Now we really will have to be nice or David will set us 100 point fines!

SometimesWarrior · Post by **SometimesWarrior** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:48 pm

Way to go, David! Now you can really crack the whip on those folders.

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 3:51 pm

dukla2000 wrote:WTF as they say! I never realised we had moderators on any of the fora.

Me neither!

Y'all can expect me to be the next best thing to NO moderator at all. You don't see MikeC censoring or deleting posts, closing theads, or generally "throwing his weight around," and you won't see it from me either.

David

Post by **Rusty075** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:47 pm

David's first new rule: "You must change your F@H user name to David_Hays, or be banned forever"

Welcome aboard David!

Damn, now my time-share at the SPCR condo just got shorter, again.

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 5:19 pm

When do I get my crown and scepter?

David

Stevo@ARM · Post by **Stevo@ARM** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 5:45 pm

haysdb wrote:When do I get my crown and scepter?

David

Here ya go David

Stevo
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Just go easy on us mere forum serfs

wussboy · Post by **wussboy** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 6:52 pm

Haysdb is now a moderator! An Ass Damn Hell Moderator.

There was never anyone to push before. Now I can try David's patience!

Macaholic · Post by **Macaholic** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 7:23 pm

Break it down! Oh, ah! Do a smarty dance in my magic smarty pants!

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 8:40 pm

wussboy wrote:Haysdb is now a moderator! An Ass Damn Hell Moderator.

There was never anyone to push before. Now I can try David's patience!

I wonder if this whole "experiment" might backfire. When we didn't have a moderator, we didn't NEED one, so now that we do, will people start acting like adolescents (not that some don't already), testing their boundaries?

David

Post by **Rusty075** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 8:53 pm

The thing to remember is that SPCR has always had a moderator. All this does is take some of the potential workload off of him. We are approaching 4000 members after all.

(Not that this place has ever needed that much moderation to begin with)

Macaholic · Post by **Macaholic** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:06 pm

What?! You don't like my smarty dance?! I thought it was hip and edgy!

Good luck... I mean good job David! Good job! Yep, that's it!

Have fun with it! Fold on into the sunset!

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:13 pm

Rusty075 wrote:The thing to remember is that SPCR has always had a moderator. All this does is take some of the potential workload off of him. We are approaching 4000 members after all.

(Not that this place has ever needed that much moderation to begin with)

That's true. MikeC. My point is, MikeC is a "hands off" moderator, and I intend to follow his lead. I'm not going to be cruising around locking threads and deleting posts which I find "offensive". #1, there's not all that much I personally find offensive, but #2, who died and made me king? I'm just a moderator, not dictator of ethics and morality and right and wrong.

In this forum, and all the forums at SPCR, people (generally) treat each other with respect. When they say something they shouldn't have, they apologize. People have disagreements without resorting to personal attacks. When someone makes a statement, it's based on knowledge, and they are prepared to back up that statement. There is a great spirit of sharing and helping others. In a place like that, the job of a moderator is a lot like that of the proverbial "Maytag rapair man."

Here is the email I got from MikeC:

Hi David,

I've just appointed you as the moderator for the folding forum. I just can't
keep track of all the forums anymore, there is way too many posts...

Generally, the culture of the SPCR forums is civil and helpful, so there's
not much you have to do as a moderator most of the time. Keeping debate from
going out of control is good but often hard to accomplish; sometimes, it's
actually better to let people burn themselves out...

I know you'll do a good job

Thanks, David.

Mike

David

peteamer · Post by **peteamer** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 2:19 am

David, CONGRATS !!!

.

'Nice one' Matey.

I take it you'll be sensible about this and only use your powers in ... moderation ?

(Sorry I'm so late, I only just got my comp. back from the evil Kaspersky Monster

.)

Fold on O Worthy Brother.

Pete

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:05 am

EVERY post now has an edit and a delete button, so don't piss me off.

Must...resist...temptation!

I can move posts from an existing thread into a new thread. I can make posts "Sticky". I can lock threads. Pretty cool, huh?

David

CharlieChan · Post by **CharlieChan** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:44 am

haysdb wrote:EVERY post now has an edit and a delete button, so don't piss me off. Must...resist...temptation!

NoahJ · Post by **NoahJ** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 9:05 am

Congrats David,

Moderator is hard postion sometimes. You have to know when to leave well enough alone and when to act decisively. Here you have things a bit easier because your rules are lenient enough to allow for much slack, and a community that is nice enough that they do not push those boundaries very often (if at all). I will give you the best blessing I know. May you never have use your moderator power.

sbabb · Post by **sbabb** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 9:41 am

mas92264 wrote:Guess we'll have to mind our p's and q's now!

Hey David, did you pick out the new SPCR compay car yet? (oops, I wasn't supposed to tell)

Is that SPCR company car a nearly silent electric vehicle?

Congrats, David. Didn't I recently say something philosophicalabout getting back what you give? It looks like the karma magistrates have smiled upon you.

Now remember, you must use your powers only good, never for evil...

Scott

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 2:49 pm

My company car is a silver on black leatherette BMW 325Ci with Sport Package and a 5-speed stick. Pretty stripped down, no climate control or power seats, but it does have the Xenon headlights and a nice sound system. Thank you MikeC!

David

Post by **Rusty075** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:06 pm

Hey, that's nicer than my company car!

All I got was a 1978 Datsun pickup with 1,126,234 miles on it!

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 5:12 pm

Rusty075 wrote:All I got was a 1978 Datsun pickup with 1,126,234 miles on it!

Over 1 MILLION miles. That's 43,000 miles per year for 26 years. That's incredible. I'm jealous.

David

sbabb · Post by **sbabb** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:17 pm

A Datsun pickup in Michigan?!?

Either Michigan has changed since I was last there or people in Grand Rapids are more laid back about foreign autos than the folks in Detroit, Flint, etc.

Scott

Post by **Rusty075** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:50 pm

Does that picture look like michigan? Hint: that's a palm tree underneath the "Dance" sign. (Hint #2: there are no palm trees in Michigan

)

The anti-foreign car thing has pretty much died, unless you actually work for General Motors. (they're the only one of the Big Three that has any manufacturing here locally) The combination of all the "domestic" car jobs going to mexico, plus all the japanese carmakers opening plants in the US has muddied the issue for all but the biggest die-hards. My uncle, a 30 year GM employee gives me grief for driving a Mitsubishi...well at least he did, until I pointed out the "Assembled in Canada" sticker on the door jamb of his Monte Carlo.

But I still wouldn't park it near a UAW picket line.

mpteach · Post by **mpteach** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:11 pm

Congrats!

Lets all have a moment of spcr silence in honor of david.

NoahJ · Post by **NoahJ** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 1:48 pm

You have to make moments for that? I thought you were silent running all the time?

unregistered · Post by **unregistered** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:23 pm

Maybe we should send a Troll patrol over to the OSX forum and give that mod something to keep him busy

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:34 pm

I agree NoahJ, "SPCR silence" IS sort of an oxymoron.

David

Plutronics · Post by **Plutronics** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 8:39 pm

{MisQuote="haysdb"}
IS sort of an moron.

David
{End Misquote}
you called , so What do you want ?

Congrats David !
Moderation ? We Don't need no stinking Moderation !
( I don't know the meaning of that word anyway )
Pluts

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