One of the points that was made in the other thread is that becoming a moderator isn't a popularity contest--and it's true.  The other factor is that said popularity contest means nothing when Theymos is the one who has to decide if new mods are hired and who they'll be.  He could probably care less who gets nominated or who the most popular candidates are.

Also, I've said that I don't want to be a mod and I mean it.  Voting for me would be completely unnecessary.  Remember how Meta was back when actmyname and I were tagging shitposters?  If I were a mod and had some actual authority and autonomy, my moderated section would probably look like ground zero after a nuclear strike, and no doubt the nuke-ees would be starting endless threads and complaining about it.  It's not going to happen and I don't even want the job anyway.  

Kind of the same for me, though I just don't want to be a tyrant and I think it would diminish my enjoyment of bitcointalk.  There are other members here who would be much better at it than I would.  

Edit:  Despite what I said, I voted anyway.