View Full Version : What exactly does it take to become a mod?
RagingBull
05-29-09, 06:46 AM
Out of curiosity.
Chris is the best qualified to field this one....
Sir Toose
05-29-09, 01:23 PM
Answer this question:
Why do you want to be a MoFo mod?
spudracer
05-29-09, 01:37 PM
Once you've answered the question, do the hokey-pokey. :)
Yeah, Toose's question is a good one.
I'm not speaking for Yoda, of course, but personally I would want to know the person for quite awhile, before I put that much power into their hands.
Just sayin'!
Every situation is different, but the very first criteria is whether or not it's needed. We've been blessed in that for many years now we've had lots of regulars who were smart and trustworthy and more than qualified for the position, but we've only had a need for a few at any given time, so lots of good candidates never get asked simply because we're still way ahead of the spam to this point.
If one were needed, I would look at tenure and general temperament. In some cases, other factors like schedule would come into play. For example, a bit of spam was getting through overnight because most of the mods and myself were asleep, and I was determined to add one who could cover more of the night. I assumed this would be someone from overseas in a different time zone, but Destiny keeps later hours than most of us, so I asked her to help us out, and she's done a great job. :)
So, each situation is different, but the criteria that never changes is picking someone considerate who can exercise solid judgment, someone who doesn't mind talking decisions out with the rest of us, and someone who's been around long enough to demonstrate that they have a stake in this place.
I don't think we'll need another mod for awhile yet, but our post totals have been quite high this year, so if it continues, we'll certainly have to revisit the issue at some point. :)
RagingBull
05-29-09, 10:17 PM
Answer this question:
Why do you want to be a MoFo mod?
I don't. I'm already mod/news-reporter on another movie forum, it just was out of curiosity, seeing that all forums are different.
KasperKristensen
05-29-09, 11:27 PM
And finally, you gotta have heart. Which I know seems to contradict the second qualification on this list
You're kidding right?
honeykid
05-29-09, 11:57 PM
The first rule of being a mod, is you don't talk about being a mod.
The second rule of being a mod is... You... Don't... Talk... About... Being... A... Mod.
RagingBull
05-30-09, 12:42 AM
The first rule of being a mod, is you don't talk about being a mod.
The second rule of being a mod is... You... Don't... Talk... About... Being... A... Mod.
How many times do I have to tell you all?!
It was out of curiosity, what kind of a forum is this, I make one question that involves the word "mod" and now you're all thinking I want to be one, in which I don't.
Sir Toose
05-30-09, 01:01 AM
How many times do I have to tell you all?!
Maybe ten or twelve more times would suffice.
It was out of curiosity, what kind of a forum is this,
A movie one.
I make one question that involves the word "mod" and now you're all thinking I want to be one, in which I don't.
Sorry, but perhaps the problem is in the way that you worded your question. Obviously, everyone who responded thought you were asking about becoming a mod here rather than what the general qualifications of being a mod here are. See the difference?
Griping at other users, particularly those who are obviously joking (see honeykid's Fight Club reference), doesn't seem the wisest course of action when it was your choice in wording the question that caused the confusion.
Aye, honeykid was just kidding. And most people who ask this question are interested. But I think we get you loud and clear now. :)
Harry Lime
05-30-09, 02:23 AM
How many times do I have to tell you all?! I want to be one!
I didn't know you wanted to be a Mod that badly, well good luck with your efforts in achieving your dream.
RagingBull
05-30-09, 03:23 AM
I didn't know you wanted to be a Mod that badly, well good luck with your efforts in achieving your dream.
Will that's just cheap.
Harry Lime
05-30-09, 05:55 AM
Calm down.
Iroquois
05-30-09, 06:00 AM
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1227/563377975_6eca8d6e16.jpg
"It takes brass balls."
RagingBull
05-30-09, 07:00 AM
Calm down.
I am calm, but that is just cheap.
I think Yods has done a great job picking the Mods we have :yup:
KasperKristensen
05-30-09, 08:42 AM
I sure pray to God that I'm am.
Cuz if I ain't, then considering the rest of my post,
that would make me the oxymoron.
... How can you be an oxymoron?
KasperKristensen
05-30-09, 08:57 AM
You misunderstand.
I thought the word 'oxymoron' describes paradoxes. Like; 'she's pretty ugly' and 'we're alone together'.
You misunderstand KK. He's applying the principle of moderate excessiveness. (He's ****ing with you ;))
But in a friendly way like :)
KasperKristensen
05-30-09, 10:02 AM
I was just commenting on the fact that he used 'oxymoron' as a noun. Didn't know you could do that?
Am I being a total idiot?
He's just being playful with the language man. Native speaker's perogative to be ungrammatically correct and that ;)
KasperKristensen
05-30-09, 10:45 AM
Fair enough. :) I wasn't lashing out and I'm sorry if it looked like that. I want to learn this stuff.
honeykid
05-30-09, 11:58 PM
I didn't know you wanted to be a Mod that badly, well good luck with your efforts in achieving your dream.
:laugh:
KK, when someone mentions an oxymoron they usually mean stuff like "Millitary Intelligence", "Creationist Science" or "President George W. Bush".. Oh wait, that was just a moron. :D
bleacheddecay
05-31-09, 12:06 AM
IMO, it's takes a willingness to read every post, keep your personal feelings out of everything on site as much as possible and listen to every complainer complain.
Which is why I don't want to be a mod!
KasperKristensen
05-31-09, 12:18 AM
:laugh:
KK, when someone mentions an oxymoron they usually mean stuff like "Millitary Intelligence", "Creationist Science" or "President George W. Bush".. Oh wait, that was just a moron. :D
Or Microsoft Works. ;)
I know you said, "In your opinion", but I want to reply . . .
IMO, it's takes a willingness to read every post
I don't think there's a single mod out there that does this. Well, unless their board doesn't get much activity. This board is waaaaay too active for that. Which is a good thing, yep!
keep your personal feelings out of everything on site as much as possible
I'd hope the bulk of the members here would want to know us a little better than that.
Unless I'm taking this wrong.
listen to every complainer complain.
Now this I can do. I have a habit of dissecting certain situations, as well. Now don't I!?! :p
bleacheddecay
05-31-09, 01:11 PM
I know you said, "In your opinion", but I want to reply . . .
I don't think there's a single mod out there that does this. Well, unless their board doesn't get much activity. This board is waaaaay too active for that. Which is a good thing, yep!
I'd hope the bulk of the members here would want to know us a little better than that.
Unless I'm taking this wrong.
Now this I can do. I have a habit of dissecting certain situations, as well. Now don't I!?! :p
Well, that's what I was told on some other boards I am on, when people asked me to mod.
As to your post, I'm probably not in the loop of what you are talking about but in any case I got lost.
I'm saying that I've never witness a mod that's read every last post on a board. I doubt any do. Who has that kind of time? Personally, I could only pull something like that off, if I never did all those things in my signature.
This is what I was confused about . . .
keep your personal feelings out of everything on site as much as possible
I assumed you meant that the moderators shouldn't share their opinions on religion, politics, etc . . . Did you mean something else?
I'm just making sure I understand your list.
KasperKristensen
05-31-09, 03:23 PM
I'm sure he didn't mean personality... You wouldn't be nearly as entertaining. :p
bleacheddecay
05-31-09, 04:40 PM
I'm saying that I've never witness a mod that's read every last post on a board. I doubt any do. Who has that kind of time? Personally, I could only pull something like that off, if I never did all those things in my signature.
This is what I was confused about . . .
keep your personal feelings out of everything on site as much as possible
I assumed you meant that the moderators shouldn't share their opinions on religion, politics, etc . . . Did you mean something else?
I'm just making sure I understand your list.
Most of the forums I'm on, mods (usually 2 per section) are appointed for certain sections and yes, they are theoretically required to read all the posts in that section.
And yes, they have to walk the fine line between posting like anyone else and keeping their personal feelings to themselves during mod decisions or conflicts.
Sir Toose
05-31-09, 06:53 PM
Well damn, I'm just a loose cannon then.
:)
Powdered Water
05-31-09, 07:05 PM
I hear tell though, that you have mellowed in your *cough* advanced age. :D
Sir Toose
05-31-09, 07:33 PM
Nope. The other mods chase away trolls before I have time to bait them. :D
I'm sure he didn't mean personality... You wouldn't be nearly as entertaining. :p
You got that right! My personality is the bulk of who I am, baby!
they are theoretically required to read all the posts in that section.
Are they pop-quizzed, to make sure they're actually reading all of them? :p
Seriously though, I'm glad that's not a requirement for this board. It's filled with way too many trustworthy people. This is the coolest board on the net! :yup:
The mod's on this forum are probably the best I have ever seen. This is not arse kissing as I disagree with most of them some of the time, or is that some of them most of the time? Anyway, there is an eclectic feeling of commradarie that pours forth from "our" mods here. They are, to me, family and they put up with me as such, so yeah, I love our mods.
as I disagree with most of them some of the time, or is that some of them most of the time?
That would be all of us all of the time.
They are, to me, family and they put up with me as such, so yeah, I love our mods.
I'd hope so, as much as you make fun of me! :p
Well damn, I'm just a loose cannon then.
:)
Trying to take my position, eh??? ;)
Sir Toose
06-02-09, 02:05 PM
Trying to take my position, eh??? ;)
We can both run roughshod over this joint. :D
spudracer
06-03-09, 09:51 AM
I assumed you meant that the moderators shouldn't share their opinions on religion, politics, etc . . . Did you mean something else?
I believe it means, you can't let your personal hate for a certain individual drive you to ban them simply because you can. ;)
Iroquois
06-03-09, 09:57 AM
Sure you can. You're a mod, you can let anything happen.
spudracer
06-03-09, 10:05 AM
Sure you can. You're a mod, you can let anything happen.
There have been times when my personal convictions on certain people had my finger on the trigger. However, it's three strikes and you're out (unless you're just glutten for punishment). :D
bleacheddecay
06-03-09, 01:26 PM
I believe it means, you can't let your personal hate for a certain individual drive you to ban them simply because you can. ;)
Exactly!
I believe it means, you can't let your personal hate for a certain individual drive you to ban them simply because you can. ;)
OK, she never corrected it when I said politics and religion.
That is a given. Obviously we don't do that, and anyone who mods should/would know better.
Look how long Vertical Gunn lasted. Not because I wanted him to. ;)
bleacheddecay
06-03-09, 08:07 PM
Let me officially say that I think mod duties and being a regular poster should be separately compartmentalized. Which means, sure you can give your personal views as a mod. You just can't get all bent out of shape then and use your mod powers when you are disagreed with.
Of course this is likely to be disagreed with. It seems my ideas of good mod-ship from other boards is off base but I am trying to be clear. A lot of my views are not popular here. I seem to get picked apart often for expressing them. LOL.
Nope! I agree with you now. Now that I get what you're talking about. :p
Well, I still wouldn't read every post, but that's just me.
See, we were just lost on what each other was talking about . . .
Me:
Unless I'm taking this wrong.
You:
As to your post, I'm probably not in the loop of what you are talking about but . . .
Me:
Did you mean something else?
I don't think anyone would disagree with that, bleached; mods can and will behave like normal posters and only intervene when actual rules are broken.
It's all out in the open, so it'd be pretty hard for any of us to ban someone for merely disagreeing without people realizing it. 99% of our actions as mods are related to spam, anyway, so there's usually not much potential for a conflict of interest.
Sir Toose
06-03-09, 11:09 PM
I certainly can't remember a time when anyone was banned over a disagreement on this site.
As a general rule, unless you are a blatant spammer it takes real work to get banned from this site.
I think disagreement and blatantly "being a jackarse" can be mixed up sometimes. Posters can disagree all they want, it is when it gets a bit heated and then turns into personal insults that it progresses to that level, not just here exactly, in general when talking about any type of moderating. FTMP most everyone here, mods and otherwise, all seem to be a cool bunch of folks - even the "unpopular" viewpoints out there.
bleacheddecay
06-03-09, 11:35 PM
Nope! I agree with you now. Now that I get what you're talking about. :p
Well, I still wouldn't read every post, but that's just me.
See, we were just lost on what each other was talking about . . .
Me:
Unless I'm taking this wrong.
You:
As to your post, I'm probably not in the loop of what you are talking about but . . .
Me:
Did you mean something else?
I think we mostly understand each other now.
However, when I said, I'm probably not in the loop, I mean you not minding the PM's with people complaining. You mentioned that you handled that sort of thing well or enjoyed it or something. I didn't think I'd had any part of such goings on (thankfully) and was therefore out of the loop on them.
:)
bleacheddecay
06-03-09, 11:41 PM
I don't think anyone would disagree with that, bleached; mods can and will behave like normal posters and only intervene when actual rules are broken.
It's all out in the open, so it'd be pretty hard for any of us to ban someone for merely disagreeing without people realizing it. 99% of our actions as mods are related to spam, anyway, so there's usually not much potential for a conflict of interest.
That's the way it should be but I've seen a lot of things go down on many other sites that are just mind boggling.
However, when I said, I'm probably not in the loop, I mean you not minding the PM's with people complaining. You mentioned that you handled that sort of thing well or enjoyed it or something. I didn't think I'd had any part of such goings on (thankfully) and was therefore out of the loop on them.
:)
OK, no I didn't mean that. I don't receive PMs with people complaining. In all honestly, I wouldn't consider it complaining, anyway. If a situation happens, or something bothers someone, I wouldn't/won't mind them coming to me about it. I've always liked helping people.
When I joked about dissecting things, I was referring to how I "usually" make damn sure I'm making the right decision. I can be a tad anal about it.
Shut-up Spuds!
bleacheddecay
06-04-09, 12:01 AM
OK, no I didn't mean that. I don't receive PMs with people complaining. In all honestly, I wouldn't consider it complaining, anyway. If a situation happens, or something bothers someone, I wouldn't/won't mind them coming to me about it. I've always liked helping people.
When I joked about dissecting things, I was referring to how I "usually" make damn sure I'm making the right decision.
Ah! Well that's understandable except the part about not minding if people complain. I only say that because I hate complaining. I am on some boards where people are always complaining for no good reason and also trying to stir up things through PM's behind folks backs.
It doesn't usually have anything to do with me because I don't play games like that. When it does have to do with me I usually remain blissfully unaware. LOL.
Sir Toose
06-04-09, 02:19 PM
That's the way it should be but I've seen a lot of things go down on many other sites that are just mind boggling.
Okay, but with regard to this site you have none of these complaints... correct?
I think the institution of the Rep system at this site is great as it allows for users to register direct complaints/praise with the person making the disagreeable/agreeable post.
We don't generally get involved in board 'drama' between posters unless it becomes a hindrance to the site. Personally I can remember maybe 4 posters who were shown the door because of their own actions... certainly none because they took an unpopular view about something.
Anyway, I'm going to have to assume that your observations center around events at other sites versus this one.
Used Future
06-04-09, 02:37 PM
Re: What exactly does it take to become a mod?
A scooter, a parka coat, and a collection of The Who albums;)
http://modaction.com/images/MODS-2.jpg
Sir Toose
06-04-09, 02:41 PM
Say, that's a nice scooter.
http://www.topnews.in/files/Robert-patrick.jpg
bleacheddecay
06-04-09, 03:34 PM
Okay, but with regard to this site you have none of these complaints... correct?
I think the institution of the Rep system at this site is great as it allows for users to register direct complaints/praise with the person making the disagreeable/agreeable post.
We don't generally get involved in board 'drama' between posters unless it becomes a hindrance to the site. Personally I can remember maybe 4 posters who were shown the door because of their own actions... certainly none because they took an unpopular view about something.
Anyway, I'm going to have to assume that your observations center around events at other sites versus this one.
Yep, yep, I was just giving my understanding on what a mod does, or should do, generally speaking.
:)
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