Nope, not a good idea. If more mods are needed, more mods will be created. Giving someone benefits for having a high post count also encourages spamming.

I understand where you're coming from, but it's not a good idea.

Even stranger, the people for the idea suggest the minimum post count to be a number they have already attained.   

That was dumb. This will encourage spamming (to increase post count) and create a chaos.

If we do this we should only give the power to certain responsible members, not everyone.

You mean like creating new mods? ;)

Exactly.

Yeah, this has bad idea written all over it. You don't see all the mod reports and silly things people get reported for. I could only imagine what those people would do if they had the power to ban people.

bad idea and seriously what kind of ban is one day.

^I think the point was the ban would be long enough until a real mod came on and could make a more permanent decision about the validity of the ban.

The only thing i could think of would be like a mod intern program. People with a relatively high post count and clean history could apply to be mods. A few people could be chosen and could be given minimal power only to be used in the absence of a real mod e.g. power to give a limited ban or edit inappropriate material from posts. And if they don't abuse their power they would be in line for mod-hood next time a position becomes available. My initial point though, i'm not sure if it's necessary often enough for it to be worth while.