I don't have 300 points, so I can't nominate myself. But that is a good thing, because I have no interest in being a moderator. However, I'm a heavy lurker on gaming.stackexchange, and I'd like to nominate some others that appear to be good community members. Is this possible?
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meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75382/…– badpCommented Feb 2, 2011 at 18:06
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2As Fabian said, Nominating others is not possible. If you want to call them out and encourage them to nominate, try pinging them in chat.– LessPop_MoreFizzCommented Feb 2, 2011 at 18:07
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Thanks. I searched for the question prior to posting, wondering why the linked question didn't come up.– Jed DanielsCommented Feb 2, 2011 at 21:56
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Nominating others is intentionally not possible.
answered Feb 2, 2011 at 18:04
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8To expand on this: The best way to "nominate" someone else is for you to convince them that they should nominate themselves.– ShaunCommented Feb 2, 2011 at 18:07
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When we did allow outside nominations, it caused a lot of problems:
- users often did not know they were nominated by someone else
- users sometimes did not want to be nominated at all
- it implies a lot of coordination, more than there actually is, between users
There is, I think, an important difference between nominating yourself and accepting someone else's nomination. While in theory this could work and feels very democratic, in practice it typically does not, and has a small but significant chance of causing confusion and possible hard feelings.
Best to let users nominate themselves so there is no chance of confusion or misunderstanding. I also think people who self-nominate are the most motivated to participate, anyway.
answered Feb 3, 2011 at 9:09
