Mods, promotion, and fairness

[Flying Dicks]

For the purpose of avoiding being reported I will not name names in this post.
However, I have found the mod promotion and selection process to be very biased as of late, as well as mod abilities significantly increasing, IE; making their own rules with only the approval of an admin.

There have been a rash of mods and mod assistants getting more and more combative with their language in SF recently, and of course this turned into people like that getting promoted in the mod training program.
One person notably, used to be horribly cruel, in a pro-gaia way, and now is behaving... somewhat. But they're someone who has called 'troll' before and someone who all in all seems powerhungry and not committed.

This person- Pro-gaia, anti-user = promoted
Me- Apparently anti-gaia, anti-user = dropped

As well, everyone in my training block who answered a certain question a certain way was discharged.
Where am I going with this? Well, everyone who was my friend and who became a mod was soon enough, brainwashed after becoming a mod, to believe Gaia did no wrong. To see people who used to have such personality be reduced to, essentially, robots repeating the same spew every other 'good' mod does.
I don't think we can trust most moderators anymore. I Honestly dont. last time I posted something to this effect in SF I was warned for trolling by an ADMIN, because I posted statements about current mods and the mod training program. I might be again, but I'm not naming names and not going TOO public so... hopefully.

I've had a mod waltz into a thread with harsh trolling that had been reported and merely post saying "hey, you guys shouldnt troll". I really think that unless you know the mod personally, you can't trust them anymore.  

[Jenova4]

It is sad to see Gaia go to hell in a hand basket. Which is unfortunately where it's been headed.  

[Andromeda Phoenix]

Nothing worse than having the "police force" in your area fall to the hands of corruption...except maybe your entire "government." ninja  

[ZNK]

@_@

I will just do my training the way they want me too and then... Yeah. I really want to apply to be a mod again... I got rejected because not enough reporting, which is weird to me... Reporting and dealing with reports, is completely different.  

[GraphiteHelix]

ZNK

I will just do my training the way they want me too and then... Yeah. I really want to apply to be a mod again... I got rejected because not enough reporting, which is weird to me... Reporting and dealing with reports, is completely different.

There's a reason to that, but being one that went through the training, I've got an NDA hanging over my head...so I can't say why you were rejected. But there is a good, understandable reason...and it has nothing to do with other mods and admins. I guarantee it. 3nodding  

[kikirin~sakyomi]

If they go off of reporting...I've only reported three threads...>< Guess I won't qualify.

I really think hat the majority of the mods are now becoming the cooperate heads' secret police... stare  

[Hikari Tokoyami]

Guess their is no such thing as opinions anymore once you join the moderator teams. I really want to join to help Gaia, but if that is how they want the moderators to be. Considered me, out because I am not a military dog.  

[Fleur De Amour]

Honestly, after reading this I am kinda glad they didn't pick me when I filled out the moderator application form. If that's how they're going to treat their team I don't want to be apart of it.