Forum Political Parties Reform Idea

Why should we have 'political parties' for a forum? - Personally I think this is a ridiculous idea, but then again I am a man of logic and reason.

Here's my 2 cents: here's how the current system works: You vote in the person you want. If he gets in great, if not then he doesn't. There is no reason I can see why you can't have a group of people who get together, appoint a leader and vote for that leader. If he doesn't do as he's told then he obviously wont be re-voted in next time.

So you already can have political parties, there's nothing stopping you but I don't think it needs to be implemented as a feature, it's just something you can choose to do. In the same way people campaign for the person that they want in.

I like the idea.

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If its implemented as a feature then it just goes smoother, and I don't think you read my whole OP. Which changes many other things too. As the Tribune system doesn't work at so well because we have no idea what is going on.

There needs to be an ice-breaking system to let political parties form. If I went and decided to make a political party I'd get bitched out by people for pages and pages.

That would be a Mod-transparency problem. I don't think you could solve that with political parties.

Well they kind of need things to tell you for them to tell you as right now there is really nothing going on.

If they did then clearly that would be because there wasn't a calling for it. If people want it, it will happen, then once 1 party is formed people will be forced to form others to get in their own candidates...

READ MY FIRST POST!!! IT TALKS ABOUT A DIFFERENT SYSTEM! DID YOU YET?

I wasn't responding to you so keep caps-lock off. I was responding to Kara

I'm not commenting on any new systems, I'm simply showing you how you can work part of your idea without making any changes.

However, if you want me to comment on your idea as whole I will of course oblige:

no

Explain to me why not? I think it would allow for more representation, and shut people like Kara up when he talks about "corrupt mods", because these so called corrupt mods will be balanced by regular members of the forums.

FUN FACT: I don't use caps lock, I just hold down shift.

You get two tribunes that are aloud to see everything we see is that not enough?

I feel that having 2 members of the forums (who are not mods but are voted in by regular members) who can see everything the mods can see and get involved in all the discussions and keep us in check is more than most forums will give you. I feel that the current system is fine (though elections could be smoothed out a bit).

Obviously not, because many people complain. We have to experiment with things and see what everyone agrees with. I feel like only two regular tribunes for a larger amount of mods is not enough. I feel like the number of tribunes needs to be equalized with the mods at least, considering they are representing the ENTIRE member body, while mods are more like police. Mods should only ENFORCE rules, and an amount of tribunes form these so called political party's should MAKE rules. The Mods can act like the US supreme court to give them at least a say in what is fair and what isn't. If you want to get involved in Rule MAKING, resign and run for Tribune.

No mods will always make the rules the Tribunes are only to give the member's opinions on things. Why do we need more two is enough to tell you what's going on.

Why SHOULD mods make rules? Why can't there be a vote at least on whether or not a new rule should go through?

Yea. WE should have more democracy in the forums

I am going to go ahead and let you know, this wont happen. The mods wont agree to it. Stalin wouldn't agree to it. The moderators here are essentially admins who do not do any work on the running of the site with the exception of Uni, we are more than simply mods.

On just about every forum, the staff makes the rules. We as the staff of the site make the rules, the people have a say in altering or coming up with them which is far more than a lot of other sites where you just have to shut up and deal with them. It makes absolutely no sense to take away the ability to make or edit rules from the staff of the site and only give it to the regular forum members themselves.

The Tribunes should give an idea of what they are proposing and doing but we do not need more than two. Two can perfectly easily handle all suggestions and keep an eye on the mods.

Last but certainly not least, people complain because they like to complain in the face of all 4 Tribunes that have been elected saying that there is no mod corruption. You have enough proof that it doesn't happen, you have eyes in the mods corner.

The fact that people are complaining doesn't prove the current system doesn't work, just that some people don't like the current system, those people are in the minority.