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The following is a "digest" version of the 2013 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat. …

Marco Ceppi asked: Do you feel you'll use your new super-vote privileges a lot if elected moderator? Marco Ceppi clarified: All votes to close are binding and no longer require 5 votes from comm …

Marco Ceppi asked: Most of you are running under the premises that "I have x years in Ubuntu/Linux/Open Source". While this seems helpful for answering and asking questions, how does this help distin …

Grace Note asked: What is your vision for what Ask Ubuntu should focus on as a community given the scope overlap with other sites on the network, including Unix & Linux, SuperUser, etc? Obsessive …

fossfreedom asked: How much time do you have to devote to janitorial tasks? ObsessiveSSOℲ answered: While I am a student, with events and extracurricular stuff, I can manage one and a half hour …

Amith KK asked: 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 …

Amith KK asked: As a moderator on AU, you will also moderate the entire Stack Exchange chat system. How much time do you spend, or plan to spend in the Ask Ubuntu chat room, and why? ObsessiveSSO …

Caleb asked: What, in your opinion, is the purpose of closing questions? What are the positive and negative impacts and, in your opinion, should the measure be taken more or less frequently than the …

Shog9 asked: on Ask Ubuntu, almost anyone can moderate, as gaining reputation provides access to various tools for doing so: flags, commenting, editing, close/reopen, deletion... How much moderating …

Amith KK asked: Okay, so the moderators will work as a team, but what will be the choosen method of communication between them? And how will regular users be able to be part of this if at all? Ob …

Tim Stone asked: Do you feel like a representative percentage of the community participates in your site's meta? Based on that, how strongly do you think feedback presented on meta should factor into …

Grace Note asked: In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep? Or staying there, if the case may be? ObsessiveSSOℲ ans …

Caleb asked: A new user comes along and asks several generic scripting questions. Somebody comes along and flags them all for migration to U&L; what do you do? ObsessiveSSOℲ answered: I would ca …

fossfreedom asked: You find out that a well known and highly valued Ask Ubuntu contributor is possibly engaging in questionable behaviour, like having friends upvoting their posts. How do you handle …

Amith KK asked: What will change about Ask Ubuntu after you are elected? ObsessiveSSOℲ answered: There will be a new set of hands helping keep this site operational. While I will avoid changes f …