[quote=@TheTwistedOne]
I'd like to make a suggestion. Speaking as someone who has friends on both sides of this, so you know I'm unbiased. Let the community pick it's moderators. Let the community nominate and/or vote. It's fair, and I think it will at least help put an end to this escalated drama.
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Nah, I don't think that'll solve much of our problems. If anything, it'll make the Guild more prone to the kind of clique-y conflict that caused much of the hostility we see today. It can too easily turn into people just vying for positions of power and getting their friends to strong arm them into these roles, which means that the main characteristic of a mod isn't someone who is truly qualified, but someone who has many friends (or a few very loyal/key friends). My point is that this path can turn clique conflict into clique politics, which would further polarize the Guild.

Honestly, one of the biggest and bestest ways to solve this problem is to phase out the necessity of moderators and even limit their power via an expansion of the Guild's features. The ability for thread creators/GMs to self moderate their threads (deleting posts, blocking people from posting, etc.) might not solve all problems relating to the administration's issues, but would allow for Mahz (peace be upon Him) to cut back on what powers the moderators need to have. Maybe there could be an Auto-Mod, which scans threads for racist/bad words or numbers of reports or individual complaints from thread owners (need post deleted, need person blocked, etc.) and acts accordingly. Both of these would require Mahz (peace be upon Him) to put in alot of work, but I feel as though the reward would be well worth it for both Him (peace be upon Him) and the community.

just my opinion, man.