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Offlinehybridphil
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Becoming a moderator?
    #5740236 - 06/11/06 11:53 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

I was wondering what sort of process is involved in becoming a moderator. Not anybody can become a moderator, and fewer are suitable for the job. Not necessarily that I wanted to, as some of the results I found in searching "moderator" returned results that made the position seem quite undesirable, but how are the moderators decided upon and how are the moderators what they are today? I mean, it's just a position, but I'm sure it requires a lot more responsibility than just a regular member of the Shroomery.


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OfflineDobie
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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: hybridphil]
    #5740242 - 06/11/06 11:55 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

i was once a mod i had inside connections :laugh:


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: hybridphil]
    #5740269 - 06/12/06 12:05 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

hybridphil said:
I was wondering what sort of process is involved in becoming a moderator. Not anybody can become a moderator, and fewer are suitable for the job.




the first step is to prove your stupidity in public forums, second is to have
what remaining brains sucked from your skull, scrambled and returned through
any orifice thats 'open for business', last and most importantly, PM thor some
nudie pictures of yourself with small furry animals


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: Dobie]
    #5740270 - 06/12/06 12:05 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

It's like reading the tea leafs,

Ythan, geokills, Anno and others,

They meditate in the Himalayas with the monks,

I have no idea never really though about it, but I assume they know who's who and decide on who would be the best for this site.

Or maybe they just toss the deice  :wink:


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OfflineSneezingPenis
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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: Snaggletooth]
    #5740287 - 06/12/06 12:12 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Actually, all decisions regarding the appointment of Moderators is handed down from the Bilderberg group.

The first step towards modship, as always, looks something akin to this....



but, you aren't the hotdog.....


Edited by psilocyberin (06/12/06 12:14 AM)


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #5740296 - 06/12/06 12:13 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

come on I had to copy paste that link to see it :mad2:


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: Snaggletooth]
    #5740315 - 06/12/06 12:20 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

ahaha yeah probably


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: hybridphil]
    #5740320 - 06/12/06 12:21 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Either move to Arizona... or visibly help a LOT of Shroomerites for at least a year. Explain things which need to be explained, over and over and over... contrbute to the community.

Or, what Pris said.


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: Rose]
    #5740328 - 06/12/06 12:25 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

which really equates to probably the biggest pain of your ass ever.

i used to mod a forum i loved (still love it now that i don't mod lol) and it was really like babysitting 4000 idiotic kids. even if the kids were taking naps when they should be, the teachers were bitching at each other.



unless you're absolutely apeshit about a forum, bcoming a mod will more than likely make u hate the forum.

well modding worldwide made me feel that way and it's peak was 4000. this board has more members than any forum i've ever frequented, and i could not imagine babysitting all you guys

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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: zSDMF]
    #5740334 - 06/12/06 12:27 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Heh,

Modding is like a video game... becoming a Mod is like winning a game... all the fun is in getting your Modship. After that... yeah, there can be a lot of repetition... and little reward. Kudos to the greenbacks here... especially the Veterans.


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: Rose]
    #5740344 - 06/12/06 12:29 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

yeah, or you could be like me and mod a forum that nooone ever goes to :cough: promotions :cough:

although i also mod physical and mental wellbeing :smile:


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"People do it every day, they talk to themselves ... they see themselves as they'd like to be, they don't have the courage you have, to just run with it."


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: hybridphil]
    #5740348 - 06/12/06 12:31 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

The first step to becoming a moderator is not asking to become one.


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: ZippoZ]
    #5740352 - 06/12/06 12:32 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Yeah, creating your own job sure cuts through the red tape. :smile:


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: hybridphil]
    #5740359 - 06/12/06 12:34 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

PM thor some
nudie pictures of yourself




That's pretty much the most important thing in becoming a moderator.

once you have done that, you will have a good chance of getting in.

He needs some time to review and approve them though. Depends on how naughty one appears in the photos.


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: Rose]
    #5740366 - 06/12/06 12:35 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

Cervantes said:
Yeah, creating your own job sure cuts through the red tape. :smile:




ha, i didnt crete it, it was offered to me by Ythan back in the day. Shroomery promotions is about to go big this summer :smile:
you will see our cards around :smile:


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"People do it every day, they talk to themselves ... they see themselves as they'd like to be, they don't have the courage you have, to just run with it."


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: eris]
    #5740372 - 06/12/06 12:36 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

if it werent for the digicam, none of us would be here now


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: Rose]
    #5740376 - 06/12/06 12:36 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

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Cervantes said:
or visibly help a LOT of Shroomerites for at least a year. Explain things which need to be explained, over and over and over... contrbute to the community.




That's a pretty accurate appraisal of the situation.

When I was an Admin, I nominated many Mods for review, and we always discussed their candidacy with the other Mods to see if anyone had objections. I usually nominated people that I had been watching for a long time to evaluate their knowledge of a field, their helpfulness, and/or their people skills. Some forums don't require much, but others require specialized knowledge, and/or enormous people skills to keep things sailing smoothly.

The key thing is to be helpful, and active in the forums. It's always possible that then, you'll get noticed and nominated when there's an opening! :smile:

PS: We severed our ties with the Bildenberg group years ago. I son't know how these rumors start...


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: ZippoZ]
    #5740381 - 06/12/06 12:38 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

I just want to know why you still sent nude shots of yourself to Thor.

Can't wait to see this years cards!


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #5740382 - 06/12/06 12:38 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

:yesnod:

You should have seen how naughty I was in those pictures.. I'll have to PM them because they arent quite pub material. They were meant for Thor's eyes only, but I guess it wouldnt hurt to show you as well.


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Re: Becoming a moderator? [Re: hybridphil]
    #5740410 - 06/12/06 12:44 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

its simple: send a lb of weed directly to ythans house.


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