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i don't think senior users will abuse this.. because then they will lose the ability to do it. some of us care about the site enough to not hold childish grudges. that being said if a flame war broke out id silence everyone involved until johnny or dude came on
Being a senior member doesn't automatically mean a user has common sense or a sense of fairness. That's not directed at anyone in particular, but people are people.
Mods have one job: to maintain the vision the admin(s) have for the site and to enforce the rules the admin lays down, period. If they can't do that without their actions being informed by or determined by personal bias, then they shouldn't be in a position where they have the ability to ban/suspend a user. What if you (I'm talking the collective “you,” not you personally) were a mod and a friend of yours was consistently starting trouble? Would you report/ban/suspend/whatever that friend for the betterment of the site, or would you let them slide? If the answer is the latter, the person has no business being a mod. And I've quit a number of sites because of mods siding with friends, despite those friends being the source of the problem.
There's simply no guarantee that every senior member here wouldn't allow personal bias to affect how they mod or which rules they would or wouldn't enforce. Hence why it should be up to the admins to determine who they trust to maintain their vision for the site, and not just appoint someone because they've been here the longest.
That said, I don't want anyone to think I'm saying all this to make myself look better as a potential mod, so I'll refrain from further involvement in mod-related conversation.
i still disagree tho… i think the top 5 posters and submitters for example can be trusted. because they have put a good amount of effort and energy into the site. so they have something to gain by keeping it friendly and fun. and lots to lose should they get kicked off or suspended
