Ouch... We're back to [square 1 here](https://freelancing.meta.stackexchange.com/q/329), aren't we?

This is a shame. I thought, after the [2021 election](https://freelancing.meta.stackexchange.com/q/336), this site would be in good hands. I noticed that Magus was no longer a moderator not long after that election, but despite that I felt like morsor (and Canadian Luke, of course) was handling things fairly well. To see morsor gone now... That sucks.

If you're reading this and you have over 300 reputation, **please consider nominating in the election that's forthcoming**. The workload to moderate a site like Freelancing is quite light. You'll likely be asked, rarely, to handle things with your new tools that other users can't. These actions are very unlikely to consume more than a few minutes of your time each day, but they are important to curating a healthy site.

Freelancing has a repository of Q&A content that I feel is worth keeping around. If things return to where they were in 2021, it's likely that Stack Exchange will reconsider keeping Freelancing open as a site. Site closure is not something I'm ever really comfortable with, but the alternative is an unmoderated site where users can come and post whatever they want without anyone to deal with unwanted content.

I am not as interested in Freelancing.SE as I was back in late 2022. I come here infrequently, see that not much has changed, and navigate away. Given that lack of passion, I'm not very interested in becoming a moderator here at this time, because I feel that the job I would do would be subpar. If you have *any* more passion for the role than me, and feel like you can take a stab at keeping the lights on, *please* step forward during election season.