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Originally Posted by RichBarna  I think moderators should keep to the job of moderating infringements of the forum rules. They should not be allowed to give their personal views or opinions in any way shape or form. That includes having signatures which advertise personal views or opinions.
Maybe they should have a 2nd standard member login/username for purposes of participating on a personal level.
On rare occasions, moderators have been known to use their staff powers to steer members opinions of certain distros/apps/scripts/beliefs etc.
This does not reflect well on a forum's image.
Just my €0.02 |
I can understand those points. I don't know how hard and fast the rules need to be on it. I know if I were a mod, I would no longer feel comfortable being as polarizing (to put it delicately) in my participation as I've been in the past, and I'd have a real problem with performing any moderator type actions on someone I'd had a history with. That's where a mod should PM another mod and say "hey, look at this" and then bow out.
Mary brings up a great point about not moderating in threads they've participated in. That should be hard and fast rule in my opinion.
Having two accounts is a BAD idea in my opinion.