via Twitter, Rob's view on why there isn't a new /talk mod:
the problem is I don't bloody trust any of them to do the right thing - it's a community of trolls

Not much hope anymore.
( Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 11:02, archived)

oh dear

( manolith hooray for me, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 11:04, archived)

Oh well, there's always Twitter.

( Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 11:09, archived)

@eddegg *bums*

( manolith hooray for me, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 11:18, archived)

I should totally be a mod.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 11:09, archived)

you got my vote just for taken part

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 11:11, archived)

of /offtopic maybe

( manolith hooray for me, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 11:16, archived)

I could do that as well.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 11:20, archived)

Best explanation evah!

( fagilliD Fuck I'm good!, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 11:13, archived)

THAT'S WHY WE NEED A FUCKING MOD FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 13:36, archived)