How to become a mod?

[junii]

How do people become moderators on here? Just curious

 

[4745454b]

It's one of those don't ask us, we'll ask you. Knowledge is one requirement, personality is another. If you are someone who is constantly yelling and swearing at people you don't agree with, we aren't going to ask. In general if you provide help, are polite, and seem to have a good knowledge then you might get it. We aren't always looking for mods however.

"Funny" story about my asking, I was somehow marked down as someone who was asked and said no. No clue how that happened, but it stopped me from becoming a mod. I don't know for how long but I suspect years.

 

[k1114]

It's like fight club. You don't ask to be in it.

 

[mrmez]

Easy. Check the moderator's profiles.
Once you get to that level there's a chance of an offer.

 

[USAFRet]

It's like becoming a Hell's Angel.

You don't ask, we recognize the relevant qualities.

 

[ARICH5]

http://www.tomshardware.com/community/profile-276663.htm

sr-71 has badges ive never even heard of. but having 22 thousand plus answers should be a requirement. lol

 

[lakimens]

http://www.tomshardware.com/community/profile-276663.htm

sr-71 has badges ive never even heard of. but having 22 thousand plus answers should be a requirement. lol

Not sure if that would be the best requirement

 

[Colif]

http://www.tomshardware.com/community/profile-276663.htm

sr-71 has badges ive never even heard of. but having 22 thousand plus answers should be a requirement. lol

Not sure if that would be the best requirement

He would not get any sleep if it was, since no one else has that many, he would be only mod. That would be too much work, even for him.

 

[ARICH5]

http://www.tomshardware.com/community/profile-276663.htm

sr-71 has badges ive never even heard of. but having 22 thousand plus answers should be a requirement. lol

Not sure if that would be the best requirement

He would not get any sleep if it was, since no one else has that many, he would be only mod. That would be too much work, even for him.

he already is senior moderator.

 

[Rogue Leader]

I met most of these guys in prison. They invited me to become a mod to get the chain gang back together.

 

[junii]

Lmao its kinda like we know, we like you, you're hired, not like here apply done. I see I actually kinda like that system.

 

[COLGeek]

The moderation team vets each potential candidate...vigorously. It is something we take very seriously.

It should be noted that we also hold each other accountable and discuss a great deal within the team when dealing with issues or problem children. With great power comes great responsibility.

To become a potential candidate in the future, keep your nose clean, help others, demonstrate both technical and communications maturity, be a productive member of the community, and who knows what the future may hold.

 

[Colif]

To become a potential candidate in the future, keep your nose clean, help others, demonstrate both technical and communications maturity, be a productive member of the community, and who knows what the future may hold.

All of these should be how you act on the forums anyway, regardless of ambitions. I didn't even think about being a mod here when i joined up, I just wanted to help people fix their PC.. still do

 

[COLGeek]

To become a potential candidate in the future, keep your nose clean, help others, demonstrate both technical and communications maturity, be a productive member of the community, and who knows what the future may hold.

All of these should be how you act on the forums anyway, regardless of ambitions. I didn't even think about being a mod here when i joined up, I just wanted to help people fix their PC.. still do

Same here. Was never a thought.

Other mod considerations....we are free labor. Also, performing mod duties limits how much actual helping others gets performed.

 

[4745454b]

I still don't understand that list of threads for review. They are nearly all good, and the list is usually 200-300+ Going through that is a pain.

 

[junii]

To become a potential candidate in the future, keep your nose clean, help others, demonstrate both technical and communications maturity, be a productive member of the community, and who knows what the future may hold.

All of these should be how you act on the forums anyway, regardless of ambitions. I didn't even think about being a mod here when i joined up, I just wanted to help people fix their PC.. still do

Same here. Was never a thought.

Other mod considerations....we are free labor. Also, performing mod duties limits how much actual helping others gets performed.

You guys make it sound better than being the president LMAO

 

[USAFRet]

You guys make it sound better than being the president LMAO

Yeah....
herding cats, enduring a continual stream of abuse, unpaid slave labor.

Come be a mod, they said.
It'll be fun, they said.

 

[junii]

You guys make it sound better than being the president LMAO

Yeah....
herding cats, enduring a continual stream of abuse, unpaid slave labor.

Come be a mod, they said.
It'll be fun, they said.

If you think about it though, you guys are slaves to this forum. You work real hard for nothing. I bet you that we all here are failing school and throwing are lives down the drain but laugh at it.

 

[USAFRet]

If you think about it though, you guys are slaves to this forum. You work real hard for nothing. I bet you that we all here are failing school and throwing are lives down the drain but laugh at it.

No, not slaves.
If I were not a mod, I'd be doing exactly the same as I do now, just without the extra moderator duties.
Helping people fix their stuff. And learning a bit along the way.

 

[k1114]

It's a hard knock life swinging the hammer.

 

[ARICH5]

ok, ok the OP has his answer. start a thread elsewhere about gloating.

 

[lakimens]

You guys make it sound better than being the president LMAO

Yeah....
herding cats, enduring a continual stream of abuse, unpaid slave labor.

Come be a mod, they said.
It'll be fun, they said.

If you think about it though, you guys are slaves to this forum. You work real hard for nothing. I bet you that we all here are failing school and throwing are lives down the drain but laugh at it.

There are many people that are very active on this forum, helping people when they can. The mods were those guys and now they can close and merge threads. What's so slave about that? They're doing it voluntarily.

 

[Rogue Leader]

ok, ok the OP has his answer. start a thread elsewhere about gloating.

Thanks for your input but the OP is still asking questions, why don't we let him decide when his thread is done.

 

[Colif]

You guys make it sound better than being the president LMAO

Yeah....
herding cats, enduring a continual stream of abuse, unpaid slave labor.

Come be a mod, they said.
It'll be fun, they said.

If you think about it though, you guys are slaves to this forum. You work real hard for nothing. I bet you that we all here are failing school and throwing are lives down the drain but laugh at it.

There are many people that are very active on this forum, helping people when they can. The mods were those guys and now they can close and merge threads. What's so slave about that? They're doing it voluntarily.

Merging was one of main reasons I got the job, it meant all the merge requests i gave them I could do myself instead. I would be here answering questions anyway, probably more than I do now.

 

[4745454b]

Merging is only one part of the job. A tiny part. Fighting spammers is another. We had a rash of spam posts early in the morning that somehow got passed our spam detector. For a week or so we were deleting spam and members en mass. Things have been fixed now but it could always happen again. I think I spend most of my "mod time" keeping the forums looking good. Removing bad words, deleting duplicate posts, fixing quotes and other code for members who can't figure it out, etc.