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The mods tend to be lazy, and there isn't enough of them, that's the thing. Balto Source is the most active, so that site is the most maintained.

But that's no excuse, any form of site admin shouldn't be lazy, I understand they get tired, but it's a responsibility none the less. As for there not being enough of them, i don't find that as a proper excuse either, they would be enough if they had scheduled time frames of which admins get what done when or how often they would check up. Most of the admin i would assume are of elder ages than most of the users so they know how to manage time. As of Balto Source being the most active, it's besides the point as well, they were put to manage all of the source sites, not just the most active one, after all they'll never know how active the others maybe if they never check up or update them.

---Bree Raquel

Yes, I have noticed this for Spirit Source... I'm not quite sure why they never update the selections of the week. It's rather odd considering that Robin Hood Source and some others aren't nearly as populated and yet they get updated more. I swear those same images have just been changed a looong time ago, replacing a couple that had been there for months. Although what Mighty said is probably true, that some of the mods are lazy, there's also the possibility that not many of them check. After all, steet got rid of all the separate mod staff (though why we still appear on the mods list when he sends MASS pms I'll never know...) so there's only some five or six left. I guess all there is is to be patient.

As a mod, I wanna just say that the laziness thing is rather harsh. We, like the regular members on here, do have lives outside of the Internet, and, truth be told, with there being so few us now thanks to a bunch of changes, we are strapped to managing so many sites it's ridiculous. We do the best we can, alright? We're tryin'.

To add to Brown Wolf's comment:

How many mods do you think there were before the change? I don't know the exact number (I think we've gained a Source since then), but there was a few for each source.
And now? The number of mods is less than HALF of the number of SOURCES. That makes a lot of work for us. (Not to mention there's still the forums that's fairly active.)

I understand your frustrations. My wish would be for every site to actually have a selection of the week instead of what seems to be "Selection of the month" (of course some sites rarely get submitted to anyway so..) But both Roi and Brown are right also. I'm not calling anyone lazy here, but at times I wonder. Most of the most seem to be actively getting on, but that just loops back to the question of "should more moderators be added?" which spurs other problems. The only solution I could offer is this: If you have something that you want activated, pm a mod or talk to one in the shoutbox. However you seem to be talking about site wide updates so I really have no clue what to do as far as that. I'm sure that they are doing as much as they can (the active mods) but quite honestly, if I were them, the idea of going through 20 websites to check for updates every day isn't very appealing :S

I'd like to point out that mods cannot post fan news anymore: only site info builders. And if you were to look at the dead sites, some of them don't even have info builders. (Which can be easily changed: just ask Steet to add you, and he more than likely will; he just made Blazetail one on Spirit Source a few days ago.) That explains that little part.

Admins and mods aren't builders. They are the ones who activate works and manage them to make sure all is following the rules. Site builders are the one who design the Sources and make sure all the information on the films and series are accurate and good quality.

I've had a range of positions myself throughout the years--indeed, I have held every position except webmaster. During a whole month last summer I was busy modding all the Sources by MYSELF--no help whatsoever. I can guarantee you, it's a lot of work; I worked 12 hours a day on it and it still wasn't long enough. (Which is why I resigned as a mod and became a site builder instead)

And you're right, the site DID have very poor management before they died--because those in charge were trolls. They kept gaining power on the site to the point where they almost totally controlled it. Steet, the webmaster, mass-demodded everyone, leaving only a few he trusted left. The reason there are so few mods is because he doesn't know WHO he can trust. (I agree, him being more active would help in that regard, but c'est la vie.)

I'm not saying this is an illegitament rant; to the contrary, I understand and agree completely. However, it is my opinion that this website is better to have fewer mods, who can get things done and keep the site quality-controlled, than have a TON of mods, who turn into trolls and do all they can to destroy the website.

Like what the other mods said, it's not as simple as checking the sites, that part is easy to do. But we only have so much time that we can devote out of our own lives to the sources, and with there being about twice as many sources as there are mods, the amount of time that can be spent always updating and checking things gets smaller and smaller.

Now, factor in that some sources(disregarding the forums) such as Balto Source, Spirit Source, and Lion King source get a ton of reports and submissions each day. Assuming that there are none left over from any previous days that were not already gotten to, there can easily be dozens of reports and submissions for art or characters between just those three sites each day. I don't think you're fully aware of how much work actually has to be done when there are so many sources but so few mods and site builders, and that is understandable. But rest assured, that while things are not so simple as you make them out to be, the mods and builders are doing the best they can. And a little patience for them goes a very long way