as a moderator, what do you do? you troll the trolls: your job is to tell people to shut up & close their discussions when they don't listen. after awhile you become a troll yourself.
i think there's room for a positive moderator, not the one who plays a cop, but the one who places helpful sticky's, collect dev' quotes & press notes, welcomes & helps new people to find the info & get the hang of it, maybe does some dirty jobs for the Dev's like introducing ideas to the community & see how they react...
and I'm not suggesting myself: unless you don't mind moderators being missing for the occasional 6 months or so, it sort of can't be me. but there are plenty of others much more qualified here IMO for the positive moderator role.
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