If he's here as a paid mod, the chances are they're not expecting him to be a "moderator" as part of the community in the same way as the volunteer staff are - there are many aspects of running a forum, and being a friendly neutral(ish) mediator is only one of them. If his position involves other stuff and hey, if he helps increase the communication between the volunteer mods on behalf of the community and the owners regarding changes that we would like to see in the site, then I welcome his appointment.
We should wait and see what he actually does before we decide that he isn't the right person for the job - he may well have very narrow-minded opinions about music (I haven't met the guy yet, so I wouldn't know), but that doesn't necessarily make him bad at whatever his particular job will be.
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