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^exactly. that's been my main concern ever since the main mod exodus last month. an increasing amount of pressure (linear or exponential?) goes on the individual mods whenever the team shrinks, and yeah, the workload isn't getting any smaller.
i don't think there's anything that says that each mod has to do the same things (given their available tools) so i'm in favor of that.

I've always been in favor of forum specific mods, since different forums have different norms and cultures, and having mods focused on specific areas would make for more nuanced decisions and less friction when it seems like the rules suddenly changed or are being enforced differentially. Really, it's only PPR, L&D, News, and Autism Politics that need specialists, the rest combined probably don't generate the volume of issues that any one of those forums do, with L&D leading the way.

At the moment we really just need more mods, and frankly I'm drawing a blank on anyone I'd consider nominating for the job, since I think it requires a certain temperament and activity level, and preferably a few years on the board.

I agree with your post, and am glad you made this point in a public post, so that people can benefit from it. There is way too much knee jerk reaction to people with opposing views from ones own. Yes, I don't care for views in opposition to my own,sometimes to the point of some resentment, but that doesn't make the opposer automatically a bad person. It's not a hate crime, or racist, etc. for me or an opposer to me, to express a different opinion. I am really fed up with the people who shout "hate crime", or "racist" every time someone says something they don't agree with. It prevents reasonable conversations from occurring, and keeps the hate merry-go-round going in circles.

to this day, i haven't had to "approve/disapprove" a single post. i only get reports.