So first off, while I won't do anything about it given how far it's come, this thread shouldn't exist. Firstly, the Staff Feedback Thread is for staff feedback and moreover if you think that mods aren't doing what a section needs then you can discuss that directly with them, or ask hstaff to. You definitely don't make a public thread calling for another mod without so much as passing the idea by them first. You're basically saying "we don't think you're good enough at your job, and we're going to publicly pressure the idea of forcing you to work with someone else". This is a very brash, reckless way of going about things that immediately casts doubt over your proposal.
That aside, though, I'll try to address the issue at hand since I don't think you really meant for it to be received that way: I think you're underestimating what you can do as members. It is not the job of only the moderators to generate activity in the section. There is no reason why a member cannot make an event and just ask a mod to facilitate that. As a number of people have pointed out here, UG is a very busy section with many capable, contributive people. A bold blue name does not automatically designate an individual as the person who manages events and whatnot in a section, nor should you expect a blue name for doing these things. Indeed, a number of higher staff (including myself) actively look for members who've shown such initiative and hold them in higher regard than other candidates - we aren't looking for people who wait until they're mods to do things. We want people who are doing things
now - who are contributing to their section without the requirement to do so.
As for existing mods, I can tell you that hstaff are comfortable with both Netto and Ash's activity levels, and that they both seem to us to be very capable of doing their jobs. If you guys think they're too busy then you can help them out by... doing almost everything that you claim needs addressing in this thread. You can make events, you can contribute ideas, hell - you can even resolve conflicts on your own. You're a mature, well-developed and highly capable community that is more than capable of sustaining itself and solving its own problems without needing moderators to spoonfeed you every step of the way. Throwing additional mods into it is
a possible solution but it's not nearly as good as you lot working together to solve these problems yourselves without pinning the entire responsibility on two (or, as the suggestion may be, three) people. The moderators of sections should always facilitate the growth of their section, yes, but that doesn't mean that the responsibility falls solely upon them. UG is one of the most bustling sections on PC and has so much capability as a community to make itself great.
We probably will consider this, but there are a
lot of problems with just saying "we don't think much is happening, give us more mods". Right now I personally am not inclined to consider another moderator (and especially not one outside of the existing team) but some of the others might think differently.
Anyway, as a couple of footnotes since there are some misconceptions in this thread:
• we don't consider a candidate's timezone as part of a mod candidacy. We will pick the best candidate, not the one most conveniently located. If something is so imperative that it absolutely 100% needs doing right that second then every member of higher staff can moderate the entire forum, and you can come directly to them.
• just because some ideas were rejected doesn't mean that we need a new mod. If your suggestion wasn't implemented then try to understand why instead of forcing it through somebody else and reach a compromise for what
can work.
• there are no instances under which we "will" or "will not" mod someone or when we source within our own team. Everything is case-by-case and it's unusual for two moddings to go exactly the same way. However, know that we will definitely not mod someone solely because there's pressure on us to do so.
• tl;dr,
;]
• peace and love. xo
