User blog comment:Agent Spy/Spam and Vandal Reduction Team/@comment-33628828-20130411204313/@comment-4845243-20130411210343

As you said, it leads to the more popular users getting the job, as opposed to those who would be best suited. And unless the public can also vote for someone to be removed from the group, there isn't a special ammount of accountability. I think that it would be better for experts to decide, then for people who may or may not know anything about fighting vandalism and spam.