*Originally posted by electrongeek *
**I’ve been a Mod for about a month now and here are the things I realized:
Good things about being a Mod:
You get to ban members if they cause trouble. This is really fun especially when that member is annoying.
Members like Alex, look up to you with full admiration. =)
You get to be on the panel of judges for SOTW.
You get to represent one of the best forums out there.
Bad things about being a Mod:
You gotta keep a close watch on other members and make sure no one causes trouble.
You gotta keep the forum clean and organized, making sure there’s no cross posts. If there are, then you’ll need to delete them.
Just because you’re a mod, people think you’re a Flash God, which isn’t true in my case. I’m just a Flash Learner so don’t expect me to have all the answers.
Those are basically the pros and cons of being a mod, so is it as glamorous as you think it is? **
*Originally posted by Alex *
**lol im all of the above excpt a flash god. **
Are you asking to become a mod? You think you have what it takes to be a mod? Be sure to exhibit some sense of maturity and prose and soon you’ll be on that road to moderatorship. But remember: it’s not easy becoming a mod, and it’s not easy changing somebody’s status to moderator. Soon everyone will want to become a moderator and it all comes down to a big flurry of posts concerning why he or (rarely) she deserves to be a mod. Also, what you post usually reflects the type of person you are. Keep that in mind.
I think all of the moderators that I know of since I joined Kirupa have not actually asked to become mods. They just helped out other users, posted friendly and informative answers and helped establish a good community feeling on the boards.
*Originally posted by reverendflash *
**…especially if you are a major pacifist like me who wouldn’t ban someone… unless… [SIZE=1]::looks around for Thong Boy::[/SIZE]
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and, what is this fuzz all about? you´ll not become a mod doing:
*Originally posted by thoriphes *
**Are you asking to become a mod? You think you have what it takes to be a mod? Be sure to exhibit some sense of maturity and prose and soon you’ll be on that road to moderatorship. But remember: it’s not easy becoming a mod, and it’s not easy changing somebody’s status to moderator. Soon everyone will want to become a moderator and it all comes down to a big flurry of posts concerning why he or (rarely) she deserves to be a mod. Also, what you post usually reflects the type of person you are. Keep that in mind. **
i think it would be a good experience to become a mod. And it would be really cool to me a mod and represent kirupa fourms. but thats just me, and i think i have what it takes. :beam:
I think the moderator gig is one built out of necessity. And as much as you’d prefer your village to be loaded with effective and cordial leaders, there’s always a rat somewhere in the pack.
Too many chiefs spoils the soup. (-: Or, err, something like that.
:tie:
:: This growing vigor and attraction to “ban” people is getting a little scary ::
*Originally posted by Alex *
**i dont think that would be a good idea. because some people would abuse the “powers”. **
really??? :-\
i was just j/k you… to show you the absurd of asking to be a mod. but don´t let thor scare you, you most likely have what it takes to be a mod, you just didn´t show it yet
I don’t see why all the fuss about modship.
There are already too many mods considering the size of the forums. Moderators should be appointed when there’s a need for a moderator.:sigh:
*Originally posted by [Legoman] *
**I don’t see why all the fuss about modship.
There are already too many mods considering the size of the forums. Moderators should be appointed when there’s a need for a moderator.:sigh: **
considering the size of this site. there is alot of members. if you look in the member section there is about 400 pages worth of members.:trout: =)
Originally posted by Alex
considering the size of this site. there is alot of members. if you look in the member section there is about 400 pages worth of members.
But how many are actually active members? There are about 7 busyish forums, and some infrequently used ones. There are 18 mods plus Kirupa. although not all are here a lot, most of them are. The boards could run smoothly with even half the number of mods IMO.
