"She is ignoring people trying to help" must either be referring to the users whom I turn down for asking to become mods, or to my seeming ignorance to the complaint that we need more night mods...(just judging from the notes I've been receiving). Considering the first example doesn't need to be explained (I hope), I'm going to address the second issue:

I've been fully aware that we lack mods at night. I've been aware of this before it became a mass complaint...my initial response to this issue was to promote a night active user. That decision lead to that user going on a rogue banning spree...thus, my original fear of promoting night users was only encouraged.
Please understand, Plaza's community is thinning (bu-bu-but it's not dying!). The selection of mod-worthy users is incredibly slim, and that selection is even thinner during the night, when we have most of our problems. Users constantly complain to me that we need a night mod, as though there's plenty of suitable people to choose from and it would be an easy click of a button, but it's not that simple. I'm sure you're all at least somewhat aware of this...whenever a user asks for a night mod, I ask for a suggestion (as can be seen in Dalton's screenshot), yet the answer is always: "I don't know". And as someone who specifically looks for mod traits in users, (going to step on some toes, here) I see none in the active night crowd. Of course, there are some lovely users who are on at night every other day or so, but that'll hardly be active enough. There will always that ungodly hour when mods won't be on...because hardly anyone else is, either. These are the times some noob might come in and spam bypasses. Ideally, of course I'd like to stop it, but realistically it's just not very possible at 3AM in the morning. Changing the CM isn't going to efficiently fix this problem, because it's not about my ignorance, it's about the selection (inb4:"bu-bu-but I'd be a great mod! I like the way I'd moderate!").

You want a mod who is always active, not too strict and not too lenient, has to be righteously nice and helpful, never misses a broken rule, and God forbid they ever make a bad judgement. The picture of perfection. Of course I'd want this too, but it's just not realistic. We've never had a mod like this and no one WILL ever be a mod like this...partially because 90% of those traits are subjective, and none of us can be perfect. Yet somehow you guys always expect the CM to pull a user like this out of a magic hat or something. Either the mods aren't active enough, or they aren't nice enough, or they're too strict...therefore, we should trash those mods and try new ones!...No, that's not always how to fix things. The mods we currently have are great...not because they're perfect, but because they're willing to get better and they have grown. They're good mods and I think you guys take them for granted too often; expecting perfection from teens on website with a major population of children.
I don't look for perfection from the night crowds when I'm looking for a new mod...but I do look for "promise of perfection"...Users willing to adjust themselves to enforce the rules. I recall Erman saying the reason he stepped down from modship is because he had to follow the rules and (for lack of a better phrase) "act respectable" all the time. He wasn't a bad mod, but it does go to show that if you don't want to follow the rules yourself, you shouldn't be a mod...and when I see nothing but rule breaking and huge egos in the night crowd, no one is jumping out as mod worthy.

Despite all that, I will be looking into another night mod again, because it's worth trying to achieve the eradication of rule breakers. However, one way or another, someone probably isn't going to be happy. Either I choose someone who is a cruddy mod, I choose someone who is just hated for unrealistic reasons, or I don't choose anyone...any one of those options will have someone upset.
Sometimes, the best decision isn't always the perfect solution, but it's the best option to have chosen. I've only ever done this by what I see to be right, and it's inevitable that enough of you will disagree with me no matter the choice.


Anyway, I'm not ignoring your pleads for another night mod. I'm already aware of them, and I don't think it's necessary for me to explain the above to every user who asks everytime.