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Why become a moderator at boards.ie?

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    #92
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    jawlie wrote: »
    I've read thisi thread with interest. While many say they want to give something back, or contribute, I also notice that many also seem to be the subject of quite a bit of abuse or at least tiresome needling. I am sure the tas is thankless, but sometimes worthwhile too.

    Well, the thing is someone needs to do it and it can't be a paid role if the site is to remain free to use. It's similar to people who run voluntary organisations and so on. Someone has to do it so inevitably someone will step up to the plate and take on the task.


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    #93
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    RopeDrink wrote: »
    Much like everything, it's a totally individual experience, one that we can't just sum up in a post and no amount of seperate posts from others can really add up to the overall feel it gives as we all think about it in different ways.

    You just had to be there


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    #94
    Terry
    Registered Users Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    I agree.
    As for AH? asked to be removed from there for over a year now I'd guess, in posts and PM :s

    You're not doing it right.
    You have to throw a hissy fit. Guaranteed demodding within a day.


    Note: I can confirm that Tar has indeed asked to be removed from the AH mod list on numerous occasions.


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    #95
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Terry wrote: »
    You're not doing it right.
    You have to throw a hissy fit. Guaranteed demodding within a day.


    Note: I can confirm that Tar has indeed asked to be removed from the AH mod list on numerous occasions.

    For some reason they keep hanging in.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055746735
    (Clique link):D


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    #96
    Terry
    Registered Users Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    For some reason they keep hanging in.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055746735
    (Clique link):D
    I am no longer part of the clique. :)


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    #97
    ConsiderThis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 230 ✭✭ConsiderThis


    For all the blather, I still think it's probably for the hookers and cocaine.


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    #98
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    honest answer: I enjoy posting in forums. Someone has to shape and moderate those forums. Might as well be me.


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    #99
    fozzle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,882 ✭✭✭fozzle


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    I imagine to help out the site that doesn't ask a lot in return

    This.


    Also, as to make contacts for information gathering about Thaed Forget that - just for the being nice thing.


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    #100
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Be not afraid of modness: some are born mods, some achieve modhood and some have modhood thrust upon them. - (Quote Act II, Scene V) Twelfth Night (whoreing for the Admins).

    I'm one of those born to be a moderator. :D

    And the super sekret handshake is a real kick to do, in sekret, in the presence of mere lowlife boardsies.

    As for all this 'giving stuff back' malarky, meh, thats what subscriptions are for. :rolleyes:

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #101
    Jessica-Rabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭Jessica-Rabbit


    do you get paid to be a mod?


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    #102
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    No.


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    #103
    Jessica-Rabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭Jessica-Rabbit


    aidan_walsh wrote: »
    No.
    then whats the point!!!


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    #104
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Jessica-Rabbit wrote: »
    then whats the point!!!

    To thanks whore and abuse power. And post in locked threads. And ban people for no reason.
    You haven't read the thread have you? It's called "Why become a moderator." Some of the posts before your may help to enlighten you. :pac:


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    #105
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    ...or to ban people for calling trolls that starts threads "do you like cock?" a gobshyte..

    *cough*

    *shakes fist*

    :pac:


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    #106
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    To thanks whore and abuse power. And post in locked threads. And ban people for no reason.
    You haven't read the thread have you? It's called "Why become a moderator." Some of the posts before your may help to enlighten you. :pac:

    And the extra rations of sarcasm to dole out liberally amongst the hoi polloi are extra delicious. :)

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #107
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    snyper wrote: »
    ...or to ban people for calling trolls that starts threads "do you like cock?" a gobshyte..

    *cough*

    *shakes fist*

    :pac:

    That wasn't me was it?
    Was that me?
    Heh




    :D


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    #108
    Jessica-Rabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭Jessica-Rabbit


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    To thanks whore and abuse power. And post in locked threads. And ban people for no reason.
    You haven't read the thread have you? It's called "Why become a moderator." Some of the posts before your may help to enlighten you. :pac:
    I have read the thread thank you very much.. and I still dont see the point in being a mod.. tbh I have better things to do with my time..


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    #109
    pleasant Co.
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 7,401 Mod ✭✭✭✭pleasant Co.


    Jessica-Rabbit wrote: »
    I have read the thread thank you very much.. and I still dont see the point in being a mod.. tbh I have better things to do with my time..

    Clearly ;)


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    #110
    Jessica-Rabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭Jessica-Rabbit


    Mactard wrote: »
    Clearly ;)
    no need for sarcasm it is after all the lowest form off wit


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    #111
    pleasant Co.
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 7,401 Mod ✭✭✭✭pleasant Co.


    Jessica-Rabbit wrote: »
    no need for sarcasm it is after all the lowest form off wit

    Yeay! cliché! ah you're probably too busy for originality.


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    #112
    Jessica-Rabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭Jessica-Rabbit


    Mactard wrote: »
    Yeay! cliché! ah you're probably too busy for originality.
    What do you mean by that remark..


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    #113
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    fozzle wrote: »
    This.


    Also, as to make contacts for information gathering about Thaed Forget that - just for the being nice thing.

    That's quiet the crush you seem to be developing.
    Jessica-Rabbit wrote: »
    then whats the point!!!

    Altruism.


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    #114
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,868 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    Thaedydal wrote: »
    Altruism.

    Just to point out-

    If you think that everything everyone does is purely selfish, that you can't ever do something which doesn't directly benefit yourself immediately, save for the satisfaction of doing it well, the problems with you.

    Sorry if that offends some people.


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    #115
    Thanx 4 The Fish
    Registered Users Posts: 15,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Thanx 4 The Fish


    Jessica-Rabbit wrote: »
    then whats the point!!!

    I like to help out and maybe give a little something back for all the enjoyment boards has given me over the years.


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    #116
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    Jessica-Rabbit wrote: »
    What do you mean by that remark..

    I have no idea. This sarcasm and irony thing goes right over my head too.


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    #117
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    That wasn't me was it?
    Was that me?
    Heh




    :D

    No, frada.

    All i can say to that really is.. now that the motorway is opened last friday from athlone to Galway.. its only 45 mins away for suprise buttsekz.


    Joking aside, rules are rules - im long enough on boards now to know better.


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    #118
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    ConsiderThis wrote: »
    I'm curious to know why anyone would want to become a moderator at boards.ie? While I'm obviously grateful to those who have done so, I'm told it's an unpaid position and a pretty thankless task at that. For me, I imagine it would also interrupt the pleasure of boards.

    Would any moderators care to comment why they decided to become a moderator?
    I haven't read through the rest of this thread but I assume my position is pretty similar to others. I took up the offer of moderating the Bands & Musicians forum as a way of giving something back to the Boards.ie community which has been helping me to avoid work since 2004 :).

    Also, it's not unpaid. There are certain benefits which you'll find out about if/when you become one of us. As for being a thankless task, I certainly don't envy the mods of the Soccer forum. The Bands & Musicians forum is nice and quiet in comparison.


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    #119
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    Malice_ wrote: »
    I haven't read through the rest of this thread but I assume my position is pretty similar to others. I took up the offer of moderating the Bands & Musicians forum as a way of giving something back to the Boards.ie community which has been helping me to avoid work since 2004 :).

    Also, it's not unpaid. There are certain benefits which you'll find out about if/when you become one of us. As for being a thankless task, I certainly don't envy the mods of the Soccer forum. The Bands & Musicians forum is nice and quiet in comparison.

    Speaking of the Bands & Musicians forum... can I kick this suggestion your way?
    Pre-fixes for Bands & Musicians thread suggestion, Development thread


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    #120
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    Red Sleeping Beauty wrote: »
    Speaking of the Bands & Musicians forum... can I kick this suggestion your way?
    Pre-fixes for Bands & Musicians thread suggestion, Development thread
    I tried to address the problem of uninformative thread titles by posting up a template that posters could use. Sadly, I could count the number of times I've seen the template used on the fingers of one hand and that includes the test thread I put up for myself :). From what I've seen of the Bands & Musicians forum, there are a lot of posters who simply post there looking for band members. There's no reason for them to stick around as there are very few discussion threads. As a result there's not much of a community in comparison to other forums.

    I reckon that implementing a prefix system might be a whole lot of work for not a whole lot of reward. With that said, I'm not against the idea at all and, if you like, PM me and we can discuss this more.


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    #121
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    We got a prefix system put into one of the poker subforums recently, and it is not much bother from an admin side to implement, and it is handy for looking at threads. IMO though, it should be forced to be used for all threads or else it will be ignored.

    Then again, I have never been in that specific forum so don't know what the need for it is, but just thought I'd throw my tuppence'orth in on the topic anyhow.


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