"Hey guys, whether Coordinators or Moderators get paid or not etc... is not an appropriate discussion for the forums. "

Why is that? My question was aimed at understanding the difference between moderators and coordinators. Why is it not 'appropriate' for me to know that? I can understand if you dont publicise how much you pay anyone. I can understand you'll object if I say "why is rendo paying you $xx to be a moderator - you arnt worth it". But Rendo admin  does seem to value and trust coordinators less than moderators. You dont pay them, you dont give them privilledges. Hardly the way to encourage and support them (or the community they serve).

"I also just wanted to make a quick note regarding the feeling that you guys are not listened too.
I can personally gauruntee you all for what it's worth that you are listened too.
If you ever have a question, concern, or issue you feel needs the attention of the Staff or the Administrators.
You can always sitemail any Moderator or Coordinator, or alternatively If you want you can always contact the Administrators directly via email at admin@renderosity with any questions, concerns, or complaints also. "

Well, I'll give you my impression of admin's 'listening'. I do e-mail admin once in awhile. They always answer realy quickly. Very impressive. Thank you for that. Maybe they listen. My definition of listening includes changing things to provide a solution when needed. They rarely do that.
In relevance to the issue here, vue having a moderator. I emailed admin in May asking them about it. Their answer (same day, very responsive as I said)

*Private Communication edited out by Admin

It is nearly 3 month later but we have no moderator (and based upon what thefixer said above a coordinator is not the same as a moderator).

There are other examples of admin 'listening' to me but not doing much, just some that jump to my mind

• I'm subscribed to the vue gallery, but I get e-bot notifications on a random basis, most of the time  none (I get e-bots for fav artists consistently and of course the newsletter always arrives). No solution or explanation offered.
• a couple of years ago I (and others) asked for the ability to have more than one 'gallery' & more than one genre for each image. I was laughed at, saying this is not managable. Well see zazzle.com and redbubble.com. Very possible.
• most recently I asked about the calculation of the rating - how could I get 4.7500 for 4 ratings and then 5.0000 (note the ridiculous precision) with 5 ratings. The first responce was 'go read up about statistics'. Was that considered listening?
  After a few more e-mails turns out they omit outlining rating. Throwing out one in five ratings (20% !) is not right by any logic. Applying population statistics to such tiny samples is not right. Would they listen? no. ( I dont really care about ratings, just forget to turn it off, but I was curious about the math. )

So,  I'm still waiting for  the promised moderator for the vue community. Being able to approach  admin is not a substitute. This is by no means a criticsm of thefixer, just that what you enable him to do, and the fact that he is only one guy, cant be expected to do everything all the time.

 

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