Values and the Moderator System v3

I've been meaning to update you on the status of the new Moderator System and the initiatives going on in that area. I'll make some other posts about other happenings after this.

Before I jump into this conversation, though, I think I need to set some context to put things into perspective. I'd like to officially define, in priority order, the top values of Boredat:

1. Trust - Win the trust of the community. In general, Boredat's personality and opinions should reflect what would be a good cross section of its communities. This involves ensuring that the voting system is accurate and fair, identifying and patching bugs quickly and uphold the needs of the community above all: Do no harm. Build what we need and nothing more.
2. Anonymity and Security - This system was designed at line one, character one with anonymity and security at top of mind. Today, we use military-grade encryption to ensure a secured channel between your browser and our server. All data is encrypted in such a way that it would be mathematically implausible to crack. No email addresses or IP addresses are stored anywhere in our server. We dump logs and hard delete vigorously. The goal is to obfuscate any connection to the real world so much that if the government came to me with a subpoena, I could give them everything I've got and they still wouldn't find anything. 
3. Safety and Community - We the people should have the power shape our community as we see fit. Boredat wants to be a safer place for everyone to come and discuss what's on their mind. Today, the Moderator System was designed to allow the community to take care of itself and its users with compassion and humanity instead of an algorithm. In addition to this system, I will always be looking for ways to give power back to the community so that you can decide what you want it to be.

These values are why I'm spending so much time and effort on building the Moderator System. It's important and we should keep trying things and failing fast until we figure out something that works for everyone. Now, some details into the new system:

• This moderator system works much like the previous one, only moderators are selected by me alone. I choose from some of the personalities that we've grown to love and trust to uphold the rules of Boredat and to collectively vote on what should be removed. We have discussions together on posts and are going through training exercises.
• There are about 10 moderators selected at the moment. I'll always be looking for more candidates and will be thinking about other ways to streamline this process moving forward.
• It takes 5 votes from 5 different moderators to either remove the post or ignore the report. 
• All removed posts go into a special queue that only I can see: I review each collective decision and should I believe something needs to reversed, I'll do so.

In a sense, this is the same system that I've always been using (manual inspection of each report) but now its more manageable and we can react quicker.

At the moment, this first group of moderators has come together to re-write and propose some new rules of Boredat. We've all been talking about this for some time and now we want to make a move. Many believe the TOS should be rewritten because our community is growing and the culture changes. We should always be flexible and willing to adapt. When we're finished with the first draft we will publish it for discussion. It will then be made official and all users will have to agree to the new Rules of Boredat. They will be written in plain English and not some legal mumbo jumbo.

Finally, keep in mind that I am actively developing this Moderator System and things will be changing quickly. Its not perfect nor will it ever be: That's why we're going to try different things, learn and then try again until we get it right.

Jae