Theres not much lag in response time when sending screens to support email. Responses and silences happen within a couple of hours. Sometimes you get douchebag responses from ata, but its their game.
Ill note most of my emails are regarding current moderators trolling or harassing normal players. I don't think adding brownshirts to the mix is going to help the situation.
They apparently have their ways. Given they ask for first and last names, where we live etc etc, I'm sure they perform some arbitrary background check.
Interesting, and I would love to support it, but sadly I don't see this as something devs would even consider for 2 minutes.
@Candy's idea for 9 No, there shouldn't be a 9 year difference between JMod and Mod. A 9 year old isn't disciplined enough for any sort of mod privilege anyway. Minimum in my opinion is 14, but I would push to say 15-16.
The way I see it is sort of a "mod in training" JMod is under the authority of the normal Moderators. JMods are guided and tutored by mods. JMods can see silence records, and if someone need perm silence, they silence a player for 24 hours, then normal mods can perm silence. JMods can be silenced by Mods and Mods can request a removal of power if necessary. Etc, etc. ^ those are the little details ATA sorts out.