Awesome, glad you won out, FlyingHellfish.  You have a monumental task ahead of you, and I hope you whip that utterly degenerated section of bitcointalk into shape with the business end of a Castlevania-type flame whip or something.  Can't say I'm ever going to visit P&S to see how it's going, so best of luck to you.

For what it's worth, I think you were pretty much the only rational choice.

Flying Hellfish is the new Politics & Society mod. Thanks for your comments, everyone!

Now let's get to work on solving all of the political issues of the world through what I'm sure will be 100% sane, reasonable discussion going forward.

I'd really like to downplay signatures. Signaturesare important for a variety of reasons, and I think it is a shame that members prostitute themselves by promoting sites that the wouldn't dream of using. I might have one more drive for trainee recruitment, and then take fit to talk out of my signatures. I take your point about pretty signatures, but lipstick on a hairy male tends to generate the wrong traffic.

Thread titles and post content are far more important in my opinion. They are the things that generate healthy discussion and produce good advice.

Technology is also an application of science used to solve problems. But it is vital to know that technology and science are different subjects which work hand-in-hand to accomplish specific tasks or solve problems. We apply technology in almost everything we do in our daily lives; we use technology at work, we use technology for communication, transportation, learning, manufacturing, securing data, scaling businesses and so much more.  Technology is human knowledge which involves tools, materials, and systems. The application of technology typically results in products. If technology is well applied, it benefits humans, but the opposite is true, if used for malicious reasons.

Damn I thought "flying hellfish" was actually some kind of fish and he was trying to insult me by calling me a flying hellfish.
Nice to meet you Mr L.D.A.L.A.F 
I am Captain Squat-a-lot.

PS: If I were a flying hellfish, I'd be body slamming your face right now.

Thanks for signing up, and I've authorised your application. I've recently introduced email activation, so please let me know if there is a problem with this.

I seem to have quite a few people who are keen to help, and I am grateful for this. What I really need are the guys who are failing to receive merits because of bad English, and they seem reluctant to join.I don't know if they will be put off by too many tutors. I'm lucky in that a couple of Legendaries are helping, and I hope that this won't put off potential pupils. They won't be attacked because of their English, the whole point of the project is to help them improve. I'm not sure how I can convince them of this.

The other disadvantage is that they won't get any Bitcoin Talk merits for any posts there, and they wont be able to display signatures. I suspect this puts off quite a few applicants.

social networking service (also social networking site, SNS or social media) is an online platform that people use to build social networks or social relations with other people who share similar personal or career interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections. The variety of stand-alone and built-in social networking services currently available online introduces challenges of definition; however, some common features exist:

social networking services are Internet-based applications
user-generated content (UGC) is the lifeblood of SNS organisations. Online community services are sometimes considered[by whom?] social-network services, though in a broader sense, a social-network service usually provides an individual-centered service whereas online community services are group-centered. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, digital photos and videos, posts, and to inform others about online or real-world activities and events with people in their network. While in-person social networking – such as gathering in a village market to talk about events – has existed since the earliest development of towns,[citation needed] the Web enables people to connect with others who live in different locations, ranging from across a city to across the world. Depending on the social media platform, members may be able to contact any other member. In other cases, members can contact anyone they have a connection to, and subsequently anyone that contact has a connection to, and so on. LinkedIn, a career-oriented social-networking service, generally requires that a member personally know another member in real life before they contact them online. Some services require members to have a preexisting connection to contact other members.
The main types of social networking services contain category places[clarification needed] (such as former school-year or classmates), means to connect with friends (usually with self-description pages), and a recommendation system linked to trust. One can categorize social-network services into three types:

socializing social network services used primarily for socializing with existing friends (e.g., Facebook)
networking social network services used primarily for non-social interpersonal communication (e.g., LinkedIn, a career- and employment-oriented site)
social navigation social network services used primarily for helping users to find specific information or resources (e.g., Goodreads for books)
There have been attempts to standardize these services to avoid the need to duplicate entries of friends and interests (see the FOAF standard). A study reveals that India recorded world's largest growth in terms of social media users in 2013.[6] A 2013 survey found that 73% of U.S. adults use social-networking sites.

I don't agred with you that regulations are good for cryptocurrency ICO and obviously, crypto are not meant for any kind of regulation -call it good or bad regulations, the bottom line is that bitcoin and altcoins regulations will affect Cryptocurrency usage  because this is a peer to peer decentralized  blockchain that does not require regulations by any persons or group of persons.

Now these are some examples on attempts by governments to regulate Cryptocurrency.
In December 2013, the Chinese government banned financial institutions from using bitcoin, causing a downturn in the cryptocurrency's value that would set a precedent for its worth over the coming years. Less than a year later, in April 2014, several Chinese bitcoin exchanges had their bank accounts closed. That spurred concern that government oversight limiting access to fiat currency (traditional, 'real world' currency) could be lead a wave of future regulations to curtail bitcoin's growth. Yet loopholes in the crackdown meant many exchanges stayed in business, and bitcoin’s price rose some 25 percent in the 10 days that followed.
Again ,
the U.S. has made localized attempts to regulate specific aspects of bitcoin. New York State requires a "BitLicense" for bitcoin related businesses, with specific rules for employee vetting and identification. Just last month, the IRS won a landmark ruling to gain access to information about 14,000 historic Coinbase accounts, in an attempt to gather back taxes from owners.
While some of those instances are more concerning than others, none of it has stopped bitcoin’s growth. That reveals the flaws of any future attempts to crack down on bitcoin’s use.

I don't agred with you that regulations are good for cryptocurrency ICO and obviously, crypto are not meant for any kind of regulation -call it good or bad regulations, the bottom line is that bitcoin and altcoins regulations will affect Cryptocurrency usage  because this is a peer to peer decentralized  blockchain that does not require regulations by any persons or group of persons.

Now these are some examples on attempts by governments to regulate Cryptocurrency.
In December 2013, the Chinese government banned financial institutions from using bitcoin, causing a downturn in the cryptocurrency's value that would set a precedent for its worth over the coming years. Less than a year later, in April 2014, several Chinese bitcoin exchanges had their bank accounts closed. That spurred concern that government oversight limiting access to fiat currency (traditional, 'real world' currency) could be lead a wave of future regulations to curtail bitcoin's growth. Yet loopholes in the crackdown meant many exchanges stayed in business, and bitcoin’s price rose some 25 percent in the 10 days that followed.
Again ,
the U.S. has made localized attempts to regulate specific aspects of bitcoin. New York State requires a "BitLicense" for bitcoin related businesses, with specific rules for employee vetting and identification. Just last month, the IRS won a landmark ruling to gain access to information about 14,000 historic Coinbase accounts, in an attempt to gather back taxes from owners.
While some of those instances are more concerning than others, none of it has stopped bitcoin’s growth. That reveals the flaws of any future attempts to crack down on bitcoin’s use.

In December 2013, the Chinese government banned financial institutions from using bitcoin, causing a downturn in the cryptocurrency’s value that would set a precedent for its worth over the coming years. Less than a year later, in April 2014, several Chinese bitcoin exchanges had their bank accounts closed. That spurred concern that government oversight limiting access to fiat currency (traditional, ‘real world’ currency) could be lead a wave of future regulations to curtail bitcoin’s growth. Yet loopholes in the crackdown meant many exchanges stayed in business, and bitcoin’s price rose some 25 percent in the 10 days that followed.

The U.S. has made localized attempts to regulate specific aspects of bitcoin. New York State requires a “BitLicense” for bitcoin related businesses, with specific rules for employee vetting and identification. Just last month, the IRS won a landmark ruling to gain access to information about 14,000 historic Coinbase accounts, in an attempt to gather back taxes from owners.

While some of those instances are more concerning than others, none of it has stopped bitcoin’s growth. That reveals the flaws of any future attempts to crack down on bitcoin’s use.

No.  You're ignoring all the easy things that prove the earth isn't flat.  At the same time you're clinging to all these other ridiculous things and just gesturing at them going "SEE?"  Just get together with some other flat earthers and measure where the sun is and the latitude you're at all at the same.  Measure it according to your flat earth map if you want, the results will still be pretty damning.  At the same time, try to calculate the distance between places as well, the flat earth map fucks all of it up.  For gods sake just do your own research. 

Angry pinoy. note about the level-headed. could you find the original post to read what it says after "I do believe in Jesus, I do"? that part edited out by level headed is the core of the lonely virgin's whole belief system. but it was censored, why?

Are you applying? I would vote for you.

I personally have been talking to badecker on the '' evolution is a hoax '' thread for easily 40-50 pages and some of it might be redundant but I think is an acceptable conversation: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1917510.1940

That being said, in between our conversation there are plenty of similar low quality answers, I think you have been following that thread too so you know what I'm talking about. I probably should be reporting more posts there, that's true.

I do agree that there are plenty of threads, easily 80% that are just stupid and would fit better in off topic.

Did you guys pick a mod yet? I haven't read all the answers in this thread yet.

now and future humans need this types of cars.An electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using energy stored in rechargeable batteries.

automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using energy typically stored in rechargeable batteries.

Completely agree and just wanted to add that the reason why I'm asking is because it almost seems like 90% of the threads there are like this. Ofc this is the reason Theymos started this thread in the first place.

Examples:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3315389.0 (President Trump Is More Smart Than Before - So What He Will Do Next ? )  --> Granted, this is actually on topic, but again very low effort. Though deleting this might be seen as censorship?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2976682.0 (Our Children Nowadays)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2829336.0 (Quit Facebook)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3310363.0 (WHAT IS THE RATIONALE BEHIND AFRICAN LEADERS WANTING TO RULE FOREVER)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2374499.0 (why are people suffering from jealousy ?)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2554765.0 (TIME MACHINE!)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2877389.0 (What to do when life purpose is lost?)

Might have been better to find out which topics are actually good, that list would have been shorter... Most of these topics are obviously from people who have a poor understanding of English, but where do you draw the line?

If it's poor english + generally low effort, it should be removed.

Low effort also means just copy pasting an article, even if they add the source. If there's no personal commentary in that case, should be removed.