Gamespot has an absolute popularity contest. Some users I would almost consider celebrities. Alot of them wouldn't even bother to talk to low level users like me. 

And thats why this place is so beautiful. I have have regular old conversations with the likes of Rich Gallup, a few of the Mods, Denis (NeoJedi), and even Brad took some time out of his busy day to answer a question of mine. 

This community is so laid back, and so new, that everyone is on the same level. All the guys popular at Gamespot are just low level users like me. Guys like Denis, aren't flooded with a million pm's so they have time to actually have conversations, and maybe even meet some new people. 

Which brings me back to my point of no celebrities. To become a Mod on Gamespot you had to be a high level, very established user. Most mods are good friends with an employee at Gamespot. At least the ones Ill seen. On this site Mods were picked solely out of how good of a user they were. It was not like "Hey Jeff this guy has 2000 post and 68 friends already, hed be a great mod. It was more like "Hey Jeff check this dudes blog out, he really seems like he can help the site."

Which is why this whole thing will work out. The mods aren't in it for glory. They don't feel higher then everyone else. I've talked to three mods already and they were all very happy to talk to me. Mods on this site don't get anything in return. They do it for the good of the community. And thats how it should be. 

Im sorry this is very unorganized but I hope you guys get my point. Were all in this together here. No user is higher up the the fab fours eyes then another. 

Thanks for reading. Ill elaborate on this more, in future blogs, once I get my ideas organized. 

EDIT- My first full length article was published. Its in the Mario Tennis for n64 game page. Feel free to edit, I was never that good at grammer.