skeletonbow: People will use whatever means they see available to them to try to change things in a way that they perceive beneficial to themselves or potentially harmful to "the enemy" so to speak..
Regals: And you think the dirty "M" word will fix the problem????
Giving someone the "moderator"(vomit in my mouth) status will just create a out of control person on a god trip no matter who you give it to.
That is the problem if you think about it ... look at all methods ever tried to do just that...
Wikipedia's community voting method...
www.returnofkings.com/51525/wikipedia-turns-against-gamergate