It occurred to me today, that the mods on this site are treated nearly god-like.  It's been a long time since I've seen that sort of thing on a website.  Nowadays most mods are looked down upon in some regard, whether it's for working for X company, or for having X opinion of something. 
 
Here though, many of them are treated as from on high.  Is this because of the Bombcast?  Is that what makes it different from other sites? 
  
I guess I really don't get the whole Bombcast thing either.  Then again, I've never gotten into podcasts in general.  But I'm just not that interested in watching or listening to other people talk about video games.  I want to read about it so I can skip to the parts that I'm interested in.  But is that what it takes for a site to be successful now, or for mods to be respected?  Have a podcast and/or videos? 
 
It is definitely interesting food for thought.  As I write this, it has occurred to me that perhaps this is a tactic I should keep in mind.  I've modded for other sites before.  Some of them now defunct, some of them whittled down to small, tight-knit communities.  But now that I think about it, this would come in most handy for guild websites that I have run/moderated.  Whether I'm the guild leader or just an officer, videos, podcasts... these are the things of the day, and would be a damn handy tool.   For most guilds that I have run websites for, it's always been a chore to get the majority of the guild to actually visit the website.  I could see this being an attractant though.  Hmmm.  I shall have to ponder this more.  And now I'm starting to ramble... I need more coffee.