asforme
Campaign Veteran
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I don't know how a board could ever be kept clean without any mods. Especially with the recent explosion in membership as a result of the LA Times and Nightline publicity.
However, to maintain the integrity and make sure that nothing except that which comes form Mike and John is seen as the view of OpenCarry.org, what about having mods with aliases. The mods can continue to post their opinions under their usernames, and be given an additional account with which they use exclusively for deleting spam, closing threads, or giving short reminders to get back on topic. The rule would be that the mod account is never to be used to express any opinions, simply to moderate with.
The information of which members are mods could remain entirely confidential.
I know this may seem a bit shady, but after seeing how much discussion was had over LEO being a mod that did nothing to help the OC movement, I think keeping these things secret may be the only way to keep the board focused and helpful to the cause of OC.
I don't know how a board could ever be kept clean without any mods. Especially with the recent explosion in membership as a result of the LA Times and Nightline publicity.
However, to maintain the integrity and make sure that nothing except that which comes form Mike and John is seen as the view of OpenCarry.org, what about having mods with aliases. The mods can continue to post their opinions under their usernames, and be given an additional account with which they use exclusively for deleting spam, closing threads, or giving short reminders to get back on topic. The rule would be that the mod account is never to be used to express any opinions, simply to moderate with.
The information of which members are mods could remain entirely confidential.
I know this may seem a bit shady, but after seeing how much discussion was had over LEO being a mod that did nothing to help the OC movement, I think keeping these things secret may be the only way to keep the board focused and helpful to the cause of OC.