I'm really dumb, and don't understand... can you state your objection in fewer words?

Please elaborate on why you preceded a conjunction with a comma; so, I can better evaluate your needs.

Dude.

Commas before conjunctions are like annual moderators elections ... superfluous.

Just sayin'.

A comma before a conjunction represents an exasperated sigh.

What I took away from it was: 'people's feelings will be hurt if they're not nominated, so we should get rid of the whole nomination/election process.'

I say the system works fine as is.

What a coincidence: so do annual elections.

No problem, just say you're tired and we'll get Barney Frank to fill in until we can hold an election. :haha:

I think glatt's defense of the current system is spot on. If a moderator is getting beat down by the spam work or by troll wrangling (s)he can leave the post without adding further drama by not seeking the office in the next cycle. The current system got us two quality mods, that alone would seem to recommend it.

The lack of nominations sort of proves that.