frodocooper nolonger a mod, what could have happened?

[ChuckBuck]

I am one of the most active members in the section, I watch every child board in it every day even when I don't post. When frod was around the amount of spam was close to zero, we hardly had the time to report any post as he was actively removing spam around the clock, he even did a great job in arranging different topics in their appropriate child board, that task alone is a lot of work.

this compliment seems to be something he's proud of, but I'm afraid it can also lead to a sad story  With a positive and responsible person as you describe, is it possible for him to quit his job without any reason? I think NO, the worst thing now is that maybe he has encountered some problem, maybe illness, accident, ... this world is really mysterious, (Or he's been taken by aliens  ). Just kidding, whatever the reason, I believe something pretty bad happened with him...

[mikeywith]

I believe something pretty bad happened with him...

I sadly believe the same, seeing how passionate he was about moderating the mining boards, it's very unlikely that he would leave for no reason, he has always been criticized by many members before and he probably grew a very thick skin so I don't think someone pissed him off and got him to leave, one thing to notice is that frod is from (and probably lives) in one of the countries that had a new recent pandemic wave and the positive cases have been skyrocketing there for weeks now, I hope he is safe and healthy because that's all that matters.

With that being said, I hope nobody does more digging on him, if he is well and happy to be away from the forum, leave him be.

[LoyceV]

What exactly are the roles that staff members do, that are different from those mods do?

Mods are labeled Staff when they post outside their own board.

That is not always true. If they are wearing a Copper Membership, they will be labeled as a copper member. For example, see when mitchell posts.

I'm not convinced yet: Mitchell hasn't been a Mod (on the Dutch board) for quite a while.

I used to think that Staff and Mod are 2 different positions  this information is really interesting 

There are also patrollers. I think they're called "Staff" on all boards.

[Mitchell]

Patrollers are indeed Staff on all boards. I just asked Theymos to change my rank to Copper Member.

[stompix]

He made one post last month and the last post he made prior to that was in October 2020. My guess is that he has been similarly inactive during that time. He may have responded to some reports during that time if he was still a mod, but has probably not been particularly active as a moderator.

Oh, he was active, trust me! Check the editing details on the posts here: 
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5307087.0

I am one of the most active members in the section, I watch every child board in it every day even when I don't post. When frod was around the amount of spam was close to zero, we hardly had the time to report any post as he was actively removing spam around the clock, he even did a great job in arranging different topics in their appropriate child board, that task alone is a lot of work.

Exactly the same feeling, in the past you knew that useless topic will get trashed immediately, you knew you won't have endless useless topics around discussing basically nothing. My first impression when I saw all those topics starting to fill the mining speculation was that Frodo was on vacation, I even wanted to post that as a warning to the OP, but when checking when he was last around I had a pretty bad surprise.

I do hope nothing bad has happened to him, and if left because of personal reasons, personal stuff should be kept personal.

[philipma1957]

I just checked the activity in this section for the last few years and for the last year, apparently, philipma1957 candidacy is the most suitable for the position of moderator, (not to mention the quality of the content and its loyalty). Although for some reason it seems to me that even if he is offered this position, he will refuse ...



If someone wants to propose another candidate for this position, then we can arrange a vote similar to the election of a global mod, (although theymos appointed a different person anyway).

I was not offered the job.

Maybe I would have taken it.

I would not mind modding

the alt coin mining section or the btc coin mining section.

Do not know what it pays or if it pays but it would be okay by me to do either one.

[ChuckBuck]

Do not know what it pays or if it pays but it would be okay by me to do either one.

In addition to being recommended here, do you think you should go through the registration process to be able to take up the job? I've never seen someone apply to be a mod of a section, I'm curious if it's really the next one. I'm curious if it actually works out in a way I don't know yet, I don't think theymos will pm and ask if someone wants to take this job, he will?

[tranthidung]

Do not know what it pays or if it pays but it would be okay by me to do either one.

Yes, they will get payments but their payments will be decided by levels of things they handle on the forum.

The last financial report from theymos is in December 2017.

2015:
Income: About $144,000
Expenses - Forum software project: $849,400
Expenses - Mods and others: About $104,000

2016:
Income: About $178,000
Expenses - Forum software project: $36,260
Expenses - Mods and others: About $85,000
Expenses - Hosting etc: About $27,000

2017 !!!VERY TENTATIVE!!!
Income: About $1,065,000
Expenses - Forum software project: About $159,000
Expenses - Mods and others: About $120,000
Expenses - Hosting etc: About $40,000

[Philipma1957cellphone]

Do not know what it pays or if it pays but it would be okay by me to do either one.

In addition to being recommended here, do you think you should go through the registration process to be able to take up the job? I've never seen someone apply to be a mod of a section, I'm curious if it's really the next one. I'm curious if it actually works out in a way I don't know yet, I don't think theymos will pm and ask if someone wants to take this job, he will?

Note I am on the road thus I use this account. Not the main one.
I have zero problem about kyc if kyc is needed.
I simply did not know frodo's departure was going to happen.

While I sometimes did not like frodo's handling of some of my posts he worked hard at the job.

As to the alt coin mining thread and or the btc mining thread it can be difficult deciding what should go where.

Spam is another story it should go bye bye.

[philipma1957]

Well i would do the section or both or none.

Whatever theymos wants.

[PrimeNumber7]

What exactly are the roles that staff members do, that are different from those mods do?

Mods are labeled Staff when they post outside their own board.

That is not always true. If they are wearing a Copper Membership, they will be labeled as a copper member. For example, see when mitchell posts.

I'm not convinced yet: Mitchell hasn't been a Mod (on the Dutch board) for quite a while.

I don't think he is a mod of the Dutch board currently. Theymos confirmed this to me when I brought up what I thought was a bug in his displayed title when being both a "mod" (actually a staff member), and a Copper Membership when I noticed he had moved another user's thread and left a redirect.

[OgNasty]

I would not mind modding

You are an obvious candidate and I think you would make a great addition to the section as a moderator. If frodocooper won’t be returning I can see you being a worthy replacement. You certainly have the crypto mining knowledge and have shown to maintain a high activity level over a long period of time.

[philipma1957]

I would not mind modding

You are an obvious candidate and I think you would make a great addition to the section as a moderator. If frodocooper won’t be returning I can see you being a worthy replacement. You certainly have the crypto mining knowledge and have shown to maintain a high activity level over a long period of time.

Thanks I appreciate the vote of confidence.

As I said I would be willing to do some mod work.

I am 64 and getting in a car to drive 70 miles to the mine spending 3 hours in 100f temps to maintain the gear and driving back the 70 miles at the end of the day is getting  bit old.

I am a hands on guy but I am a bit tired of the mining grind.

Modding a section would be less physical work for me.

[PrimeNumber7]

I would not mind modding

You are an obvious candidate and I think you would make a great addition to the section as a moderator. If frodocooper won’t be returning I can see you being a worthy replacement. You certainly have the crypto mining knowledge and have shown to maintain a high activity level over a long period of time.

Thanks I appreciate the vote of confidence.

As I said I would be willing to do some mod work.

I am 64 and getting in a car to drive 70 miles to the mine spending 3 hours in 100f temps to maintain the gear and driving back the 70 miles at the end of the day is getting  bit old.

I am a hands on guy but I am a bit tired of the mining grind.

Modding a section would be less physical work for me.

Just as a FYI, the payments the mods receive are probably not going to be sufficient to earn any substantial amount of income by US standards. Most mods make a few hundred dollars per month. Mr Big made about $2500 last month, Xal0lex made about $1100, mprep made about $2200, but everyone else made less than a thousand, with most making less than $500, and some making less than $100.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

As I said I would be willing to do some mod work.

I am 64 and getting in a car to drive 70 miles to the mine spending 3 hours in 100f temps to maintain the gear and driving back the 70 miles at the end of the day is getting  bit old.

I am a hands on guy but I am a bit tired of the mining grind.

Modding a section would be less physical work for me.

Just like some other members, I am as well backing you as a suitable candidate for the Job.

You are an old members of the community and yet you have been so helpful to members seeking help from both the bitcoin and altcoin mining sections. You replies really show that you are a hands on person and you have a vast amount of experience that you are willing to share.

I am not an active miner, but i have learnt somethings about mining just from reading your posts and replies.

[icopress]

Thanks I appreciate the vote of confidence. [...] As I said I would be willing to do some mod work.

Since the community has come to a consensus regarding your candidacy for this position, and the fact that you have the time and desire for this, then maybe you should notify Theymos? Or at least send him a link to this thread ... so we at least find out what he thinks about it (I would not like this discussion to be deadlocked).

[philipma1957]

Thanks I appreciate the vote of confidence. [...] As I said I would be willing to do some mod work.

Since the community has come to a consensus regarding your candidacy for this position, and the fact that you have the time and desire for this, then maybe you should notify Theymos? Or at least send him a link to this thread ... so we at least find out what he thinks about it (I would not like this discussion to be deadlocked).

I will draft a pm to theymos and link this thread to him.

I would create some kind of give away with my 1st year's salary as a mod.

edit :

I would first talk to current mod of btc and alt section's

gMaxwell does btc mining

mPrep does  alt coin mining

as they may want the work and I do not want to take the work from them.


edit:
I will get back to this thread later on this weekend.

[gmaxwell]

I'm not super active in moderating there-- I process reports when they come in, but these days I'm not an active enough reader to be highly effective.  It would be useful to have an additional moderator who is active in the subforum.

I don't feel overloaded by report volume, -- though there are a lot of scamcoin mining posts-- but it's always good to have moderators that are regularly reading most of the threads in their subforums and currently I am not.

[philipma1957]

I'm not super active in moderating there-- I process reports when they come in, but these days I'm not an active enough reader to be highly effective.  It would be useful to have an additional moderator who is active in the subforum.

I don't feel overloaded by report volume, -- though there are a lot of scamcoin mining posts-- but it's always good to have moderators that are regularly reading most of the threads in their subforums and currently I am not.

Okay 👍 I will shoot a pm to theymos and see what happens.

[philipma1957]

I'm not super active in moderating there-- I process reports when they come in, but these days I'm not an active enough reader to be highly effective.  It would be useful to have an additional moderator who is active in the subforum.

I don't feel overloaded by report volume, -- though there are a lot of scamcoin mining posts-- but it's always good to have moderators that are regularly reading most of the threads in their subforums and currently I am not.

Okay 👍 I will shoot a pm to theymos and see what happens.

I sent a request to theymos

with cc's to

gmaxwell
mprep
philipma1957

We will see what comes of it.