DART Policy Proposal: Lemming should become a moderator.

1. I publicly disagreed with Adaptable about his views for total censorship.
   
2. I predicted Adaptable's failed coup to overthrow whiteflame before it happened.
   

According to Adaptable, his motives are a little bit more personal and ideological. Which is completely reasonable and justifiable.

I admire someone with a mission that is passionate and remains true to their cause. I support his goals in this case and think he's a great guy.

But some of his views for total censorship, I believe are a little unrealistic. 

I believe if it were up to Adaptable, his version of the website would be to remove whiteflame from his position as head-mod. Because Adaptable likely sees whiteflame as too passive and incompetent of a mod to lead this platform. (I could be misquoting. Correct me if I'm wrong.)

To you it is craziness. To me, it is not.

I am meant to be a mod. He treats me like I am not at all a mod and this is because David and Barney wanted me promoted, not him.

We need a proper coup to make this work. Mike has to enable it.

1. I am an excellent judge of character. And I have the gift of insight. While not perfect as I'm wrong a lot, has proven to be extremely effective. I detected a liability and a threat that everyone else overlooked.
   
2. Adaptable's tyranny is a cautionary tale and whiteflame is the main character of this story. The lesson of this cautionary tale.: Keep your guard up, and do not let power fall into the wrong hands.
   

• Barney is on the verge of formerly retiring from his position permanently, and he needs a successor. But not just any third-rate successor, he needs a worthy successor.
  

• There are a bunch of other possibly qualified candidates including Savant and Mharman. But if you're having a difficult time choosing, then Lemming is the easiest solution because he is by far the safest and most obvious option. 

Whiteflame will certainly back me on this.

On the day of Adaptable's promotion, I dm'ed whiteflame over discord informing him to keep watch over his position and to be looking over his shoulder. It was obvious to me what Adaptable would try to do, and then my prediction came to pass.:

To you it is craziness. To me, it is not.

I am meant to be a mod. He treats me like I am not at all a mod and this is because David and Barney wanted me promoted, not him.

We need a proper coup to make this work. Mike has to enable it.

Code of Conduct Interpretation

Over discord, me and whiteflame discussed a lot of this in advance. Whiteflame was certain that if it came to it between him and Adaptable, that the mods would obviously choose to keep Whiteflame as mod.

Whiteflame will confirm I already knew this and that this wasn't the problem I was worried about. I was more-so concerned that whoever promoted Adaptable had to have known of Adaptable's feelings about whiteflame because he's made no secret about them. My original fear was that one of the other mods were plotting behind whiteflame's back in an attempt to overthrow him, and that Adaptable was being weaponized against him.

Luckily, this fear was proven false.

The reason I bring this up will be important later, as it sets a certain precedent. I am using this story to prove things.:

I am an excellent judge of character. And I have the gift of insight. While not perfect as I'm wrong a lot, has proven to be extremely effective. I detected a liability and a threat that everyone else overlooked.

Adaptable's tyranny is a cautionary tale and whiteflame is the main character of this story. The lesson of this cautionary tale.: Keep your guard up, and do not let power fall into the wrong hands.

The other point I wish to mention is that Lemming is not power-hungry. 2 years ago, I reached out to Lemming in dms and offered to vouch for him to become a mod. He refused. The second time, he also refused initially. It took some convincing to get him to accept.

Lemming is not a schemer, plotter, or a backstabber. He is a mediator and very rule-abiding.

• The site needs to find new blood soon, or they will be understaffed. 
  
• The site needs a high-quality person on their team. 
  

1. His reputation is in good standing. This predictability makes him a universally likable person that will make people want to stay. Driving people to the site rather than pushing people away. 
   
2. Lemming has a conservative leadership style. This is the perfect match for whiteflame, as it preserves the hierarchy and the community’s expectations for free speech while cutting back on abuse. 
   
3. Disinterest in site politics. Lemming wouldn’t participate in the usual coups or power-plays, as he’s above that. 
   
4. Proactive personality and promoting techniques. He pitched several ideas. Questionnaires for mod applicants, advertisements for the site, and youtube videos, deleting abusive forum threads. 
   
5. Popularity & Positive community engagement. (Mods cannot be divisive. Because without influence, you’re not a leader. Perhaps by title only, but not really. Think AR for example.) Swagnarok and everyone else already approves and supports his potential modship. 
   

• Competence.
  
• Rule-abiding.
  
• Experience.
  
• Firmness and humility.