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Correct me where my experience is not representative of the community.
1. Selective moderation seems to be an issue for... a select group. None of us can eliminate someone else's bias, so there's really nothing for it to campaign for unbiased moderation; it's just not realistic, and a paycheck won't eliminate bias either - not to mention that I don't think TI has the funds. The mods do say that they discuss potential bans before enacting them, so if you can't bring yourself to trust them, or if you do wind up banned, you might as well be the one to make the change.
Also, Yde's Discuss Moderation thread could be helpful for those who are dead set on contesting minor disciplinary action.
2. I agree that there's little need for this site, but when its revenue stems from ads and donations, it's up to
you to provide the funds you think will anchor it. But if you want to distance TI from the egos and bad attitudes, I think you'd have to parse the forums down to every thread requiring moderator approval, with every response heavily moderated. If that's necessary in order to reach this goal of yours, I think too much of the community would be alienated for TI to continue.
3. Again, where are these funds going to come from? Without funds but with heavy moderation, you could cut TI down to just those things you want: news, videos, events, and guides. What you'd have would, imo, be satisfactory in terms of quality, and you wouldn't have to spend the big bucks. I just don't think TI would endure such a change, my way or your way or whosever way- it'd become a totally different site.
4. I get how you think a CoC should be, but this is a thread for drafting one. Why not at least address Yde's first draft?
I've seen plenty of instances of people sharing info and trying to make TI a better place, so I think your experience is not indicative of the whole. However, because there is a variety of visions for bettering TI, some people's effort is not always seen as such. If you eliminate titles such as Alpha and Omega, if you eliminate paid benefits, if you try to eliminate exclusivity, I think you're going to fight a futile fight. Almost all people are conceited by nature, and they'll come up with new ways of exalting themselves at the expense of disparaging others. I had a look at your post history, and I see your 4 likes given, and I think you're in the same camp as the rest of us.
I do agree that the Veteran and Elder plates could go, though, as well as the MVP lounge.
I did most everything in the paragraph corresponding to this one on Vashj, and it worked without money. It was a lot of work, and I burned out; I went about matters with a bad method, and things changed. When the bracket was new, it was fresh and exciting and full of noobery and camaraderie, and fewer people took up the FotM.
You can apply that to TI - the FotM is an older community bitter about things not being the same as the golden days, whenever those were. I think you're trying to apply a new man's look to an old man's community - or maybe this is all just seasonal depression as TI awaits Blizz's next big change. All in all though, you're talking about what we should do in the same place that you say that people - like... you? - should step up.
This paragraph definitely looks like seasonal depression as you look to the future with pessimism. 3.2 was supposed to kill twinking, too.
When you talk about the twinking community, you talk about a larger population than TI, so I doubt Legion will be the end of min/max twinks getting together to smash.
Now you're getting so pessimistic, I wonder, why do you even bother? Looks like you've given up on twinking.