User blog:John Breasly/A Reminder of the Dangers of Inactive Administration

This is directed towards no one in particular (because I know some admin(s) like to delete my blogs with random reasons).

I don't think anyone really understands why an inactive administrator, or even rollback, is hurting the community. You could argue that there is no harm done, but in reality it's an abuse of power just by keeping them in position.

How is this? Suppose we have a congressman in the House of Representatives. He shows up for meetings and votes. But that's literally all he does. He doesn't actively work for the state he represents, he puts in no effort towards any bills or budgets, and refuses to so much as lift a finger when he doesn't find it necessary.

This congressman is a detriment to the state he represents, and the country. He simply keeps his power for when he wants to use it. It shows he doesn't really give a crap about anyone but himself.

Now let's bring that over to a internet setting. You have some sort of moderator who's task is to, well, MODERATE. But you find that they only shows up to vote on things they care about. And they really just fail to moderate consistently. It gets to a point where the participation is just limited to voting and talking. And using it for what is essentially their extra "privilege" and not what helps the community.

That's what's called an abuse of powers.

And that is more than reason enough to remove someone from power. Abuse of power is justifiable reason to remove or demote. Not necessarily their total inactivity, but the fact that their activity is lacking in most departments except for what benefits that specific person in some way or another.

So just keep that in mind when voting to remove someone who's not been doing their job correctly.