A question for those of you with larger tribes.
As a tribe grows and you gain users I imagine the amount of content that passes through your tribe very day grows rather large. As it is I can currently monitor all of my tribes posts and comments easily. So those of you with larger tribes do you find that you let the users self moderate or do you set up trusted dedicated moderators? It just seems that at a certain point you have to let the tribe do it's "thing" and grow the way it wants to grow. How do you handle it if the tribe is going in a direction that you might not want? None of my tribes are even close to reaching that size, but as time goes on they are questions that myself or other chiefs may need help with. There are a number of chiefs that have been here for years that have that kind of experience that we can learn from.
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I've been a moderator of a forum of active users up to twenty-four thousand. For the most part the users policed themselves and we cleaned up the trash when called or it was obvious things got out of hand. I made it a point to regularly connect with the members to see what they thought and what suggestions they had. By and large things went well until the top mod (the chief here) threw all that out the window. So I stepped down.
If the users disagree with you then my recommendation is to either listen to them or step down. Of course, if what they want will arouse the ire of the admin then naturally you'll need to crack down.