[quote=@Kangaroo]To me, anyone who wants to be a mod probably isn't going to do too great in the role[/quote]
See, I agree and disagree with this sentiment at the same time. I’ve [i]actively[/i] been on message boards for around [i]eighteen[/i] years, so I can attest to certain perspectives around moderation recruitment as I’ve not only been part of that management but also an active witness to several forms of it. People who “want” to be promoted to moderation staff fall into two camps: the first one is to help the site and expand the administration in a cohesive manner, and the other is the one we’ve heard before [with the stories of Guru and others] in that they do it to seek power and to instruct their will on others. If you presume that all people who admit interest or send offers of help are the latter, then you likely miss out on committed and active people who do care about the website. 

And if you are looking for the “right fit”, that probably limits your recruitment policies. 

Personally, I would suggest looking at RPG’s contemporaries like Iwaku Roleplay and Roleplay Adventures whom actually have moderator application forms that are submitted privately. A system that is very efficient for what they do. Of course, this would require Mahz to be available to give you the freedom to utilize this system as it currently stands you cannot do any changes until he is. But that’s a topic for another matter.

[quote=@Kangaroo]If you want a more rapid discussion, I'm happy to host a chat group on discord.[/quote]
A private forum to discuss issues is a useful option, but what a lot of the regular [active] members seem to want from staff is public visibility above all else. In the preceding weeks RPG has shifted towards anarchic self-policing which has brought a tension between certain groups of people and outside of a single appearance of Sherlock Holmes, the head moderator, to tell people to calm the fuck down we haven’t really seen a lot of it. It would truly be more productive to have more visibility and public interactions [both from a staff point-of-view, and a public/friendly point-of-view] at this point in time due to the chemistry of the userbase.

[quote=@Kangaroo]But is what you expect from a mod team to be constantly refreshing and patrolling a white board?[/quote]
No, because none of you have the time for that shit. But when people report status updates for being out of touch with the rules, they should probably be policied [i]a little[/i] and certain members to have consequences for their actions—and I mean actual consequences, not social ones from non-staff.

[quote=@Inkarnate]But just to remind you guys, [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/70748-is-rpguild-dying/ooc]this shit has happened before[/url] so it is a legitimate concern from the community.[/quote]
With all that said, I’d like to mention this bit I stated in the previous thread. There is precedent [and consequences] for these administrative problems that the bulk of the users recognize as issues. What can we take away from the actual points made here and the users who migrated to other sites due to dissatisfaction based on how Mahz has continued to run things?