##Kulfy's answers
- How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?
If we consider Code of Conduct, there should be no exception. Answers would help the site to have valuable stuffs while the Code of Conduct helps the community to grow and flourish. If I get to handle such situation, I will first of all discuss the situations with the user and try to convince them to not to generate/engage in arguments. I'll let them know that I appreciate their contributions but at the same time, its important to adhere to the rules and code of conduct of the site. People may not remember them by their answers but they would definitely remember them with by their generosity.
- How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?
First of all, I'll give a second thought and will try to imagine the circumstances and thought process while reading the post. If I still feel the same way, I'll drop in moderators only chatroom and ping the other moderator. In that room, we can have other moderators' views too. After all, it's about the community.
- In your opinion, what do moderators do?
Moderators are human exception handlers. Their main work is behind the scenes which hardly anyone notices. Moderators' work is thankless job. Sometimes they may not get acknowledged of doing what makes site cleaner, safer and welcoming. Their main task is to handle flags, especially red flags and keep an eye on the working of community and take appropriate action if something fishy is going on. At the end of the day, moderators are accountable for the community.
- A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?
I've been always very cautious about my posts and words I wrote. I know that as I get higher reputation, the weightage of my words would change. Keeping that in my mind, I audit my previous posts and comments on a monthly basis. After the diamond, some may perceive whatever I say as a rule, therefore, I have to become more cautious.
- In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?
I recently got 10k reputation points which, honestly, gives a very good feeling since I can now see deleted posts, access 10k tools and have more insights than the past. After becoming a moderator, I'll get more tools to get more insights which would be helpful. For example, I'll be able to keep an eye on users who games the system by upvoting themselves from different accounts which is not detected by the system, delete spam only accounts, etc.
- This question would be mostly valid for people who are very active in the review queues. Before the diamond, reviews would require several people's votes before the system decides on the outcome. With the diamond, your vote will be the definitive one. Would that spook you into skipping reviews? In summary, how would the diamond affect your activities in the review queue?
Review Queues are like the heart of any site on Stack Exchange Network. We can't ignore its importance. They are helpful for bumping ignored posts or posts with very critical issues. My most of the time on Ask Ubuntu goes in review queues. With the diamond, my vote would be binding. That said, I'll become more cautious of my vote since it would decide the fate of the post. I'm not going to skip reviews for sure since I'm habitual of it. Generally, I exhaust my review quota everyday but after the diamond I may not be able to exhaust the quota since I have to handle some other stuffs as well. I will surely vote on off-topic, non-answers and other evil things.
- What activity most occupies the time you spend in AskUbuntu? I mean, what would you say you most do here.
I'm a regular at the Downboat where I interact with Natty, call for actions on posts or contribute with my actions wherever needed. Most of my time here goes in review queues. I always prioritize reopen votes queue and suggested edits queue, since they both are very crucial and opens the room for improvements. But that doesn't mean I ignore other review queues.
Once I exhaust my review quota, I use 10k tools to check recent activities and the posts which are about to get threshold votes to get closed, reopened or deleted. This way I tackle the issue of aging away of votes which is a common thing on sites across the Stack Exchange Network.
Currently, I'm trying to minimise abandoned questions on the site using a query.
- How much time will you have to moderate Ask Ubuntu every day? What is your timezone?
Since I gained sufficient reputation to do more and more stuffs, I started engaging more on the site, particularly in editing, reviewing and finding gems. In the past, on an average I had about 2 hours a day to see what's going on here and do my job wherever applicable. I generally devote this time in chunks, which I believe increases efficiency. I'll keep my average and would try to increase that.
My timezone is UTC+5:30 and I don't observe daylight saving time. 😉
