Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-24261123-20150909234802/@comment-26409147-20150910130552

My personal opinion on minimodding is that it's fine under some conditions


 * An admin is not responding/available in due time
 * The user knows what they are doing/saying according to the rules. If they're just rambling the troll to quit, they should be stopped.

Minimodding is not something that come at hand as a rule. It's too variable as there is no downside in a user telling one to follow the rules. It's not only a moderators call to warn somebody, anyone who knows the rules can, and all they are doing is contributing, and warning a user without rights if an admin is not available is better than ignoring the situation, as it may sort things out. Apparently, it's been given a name "minimod" which is, for some reason, looked down on. The only down side is users ganging up on a troll or a rule breaker, but I'm well aware, this is not a huge problem. It's all under good intentions. This also allows an aspiring user to show they can prove to be a good moderator in the future, so stopping minimodding doesnt make much sense