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[–] Espurra 1 point 20 points (+21|-1) ago  (edited ago)

I think this is a good idea. Perhaps we should also have a minimum for modding a subverse?

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[–] MrHarryReems 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Creating and modding. Good ideas.

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[–] Loomas 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

There are good things and bad things that could come from this:

Good:

  • It would be harder for people to become anonymous powermods. Like having multiple accounts that are spread across many subverses (Ex. SRS mods all have a name "Archangelle", KiA noticed this and one of the thoughts about them all having the same name was simply to remain anonymous outside of any SRS related subreddits.)

  • It would show proof of investment in the community. Hell, you might even get better mods from it if you make them work for it.

Bad:

  • This sort of system could possibly make it difficult to start up a new community. Smaller subverses might not benefit from this because it's hard enough starting it up, but making barriers just to be a moderator might hurt a subverse that wants to grow without this single moderator being overwhelmed. He'll hire other mods, but it could be a slow process getting the necessary number of mods. Unless maybe once the founding user creates the subverse he/she could set a threshold for becoming a mod within their subverse? This is purely speculation.

  • This encourages a want for CCP which is good and all, but it's been said before that this could be a bad thing because people might just comment purely for the CCP instead of contributing something to the conversation at hand. Again, speculation.

Overall, I like the idea and I'd love to see how it'd play out.

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[–] Espurra 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

You make some good points that I did not think about. But, we could very well have this on trial for a bit. After all, we're still in alpha so trying things out and seeing where it goes seems like it should be okay :)

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[–] Spank_My_Bottom 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Hi, I created this account to mod NSFW subverses. I do want to have my internet accounts separate just if some crazed prude decides to call my employer. Like this I was able to create subverses that were missing, and I can contribute there and be a participating member of voat community. I think limiting that potential would only harm voat.