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I want to be a mod.

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    #92
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    freeze4real wrote: »
    Nicely said should I guess that you were a mod before.
    I was a hmod on this site and an Admin on another site.
    freeze4real wrote: »
    After in becomes a mod must they actively be online for a minimum of 2hrs each week or so or make certain amount of corrections. ?
    No. There is no amount of time they should be online. Usually they are chosen if they know the forum they post in and if they have time to mod that forum. You could be a very reg poster but if were asked to mod you might not have the time as you only post a few times a day and cannot give up much time to mod. Being a mod does take some amount of your time between dealing with reported posts and posters who pm you about queries. For the likes of AH, i'd say a lot of the mods time is taken up with reported posts. If you log on for an hour you could spend that whole time looking into reported posts.
    freeze4real wrote: »
    I saw that in after hours. :)
    Saw what?
    freeze4real wrote: »
    You also mentioned that when one wants to become a mod they don't choose what forum they would like to mod,bDon't they have a say in this?
    No that's not what i said. If you "want" to becaome a mod, it might not happen that you will become a mod. The way it works is:

    You post a lot in a forum.
    You have general cop-on in that forum.
    The mods are looking for a new mod - they see someone who knows the way the forum runs.
    They like how that poster conducts themselves on that forum.
    They ask the poster if they will take on a modship of that forum.
    The admins look into it and either agree or disagree.
    Poster becomes a mod of that forum.

    You do not choose what forum you mod, it chooses you ;)


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    #93
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    freeze4real wrote: »
    You also mentioned that when one wants to become a mod they don't choose what forum they would like to mod,bDon't they have a say in this?

    You don't choose where you want to mod. You might be asked if you will mod a particular forum based on the criteria mentioned already. You can say no. If you do say no you won't be offered an alternative forum to mod. It's not an auction.

    As regards your question about 'ranks'.
    • Mods mod individual forums.
    • CMods mod Categories and adjudicate on DRP posts in those categories. The are the first port of appeal on mod actions.
    • Admins mod the site and are the final arbiters on DRPs after Cmods have ruled. They also have input into site policy.
    • Founders hog all the coke and hookers. The bastards.


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    #94
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    They ask the poster if they will take on a modship of that forum.
    The admins look into it and either agree or disagree.
    Poster becomes a mod of that forum.

    The way it stands, atm:

    The Mods will put forward names.

    Admin will look into and consider all names.

    Only when someone has been approved,will the mods ask that person if they are intrested.

    So,names first,then admin check,then a Pm to ask if the poster would like to accept.

    It's a better approach,as the only one to know they were being considered is the one that got the all clear.

    If they say no,then it's back to the list of names and it starts all over again.


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    #95
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Zaph wrote: »
    There are plenty of older posters who are far more immature than some of our younger mods and haven't a snowball's chance in hell of ever being asked to mod a forum.
    /Sneekin' under the net.
    Some of us bypassed immaturity and went straight to senility.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #96
    That_Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    I think I should be a mod because I have loike soooooooooo many posts. It sickens me to the core that some peasant with a handful of posts has become a mod ahead of me.

    :pac:


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    #97
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Zaph wrote: »
    ...There are plenty of older posters who are far more immature than some of our younger mods and haven't a snowball's chance in hell of ever being asked to mod a forum.

    :(

    *sniff*

    :D


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    #98
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    OldGoat wrote: »
    Some of us bypassed immaturity and went straight to senility.

    You can still be senile and immature.

    So I am told.


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    #99
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    You can still be senile and immature.

    So I am told.
    One can only hope. Can't be doing with all this 'reality' and 'living in the here and now' malarky.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #100
    Morag
    Registered Users Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭Morag


    OldGoat wrote: »
    One can only hope. Can't be doing with all this 'reality' and 'living in the here and now' malarky.

    There's a cure for that, it's called beer and there's even stronger stuff for those who are acute cases :D


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    #101
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    Could this be why my blood appears to be about 75% scotch?


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    #102
    Ken.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,898 ✭✭✭✭Ken.


    Sarky wrote: »
    Could this be why my blood appears to be about 75% scotch?
    Only 75%. Amateur.


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    #103
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    lucyfur09 wrote: »
    Only 75%. Amateur.

    I've been on a bus all day. Hipflasks aren't bottomless, alas.


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    #104
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    I'd love to be a mod... who do I PM my CV to? :)


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    #105
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 46,103 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    sunflower27 wrote: »
    I'd love to be a mod... who do I PM my CV to? :)
    Victor


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    #106
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    muffler wrote: »
    Victor

    Seriously?


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    #107
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    no not seriously :pac:


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    #108
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    tbh wrote: »
    no not seriously :pac:

    So who do I PM if I'd like to be considered for a particular forum that I post a lot on? Category mods?


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    #109
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    sunflower27 wrote: »
    So who do I PM if I'd like to be considered for a particular forum that I post a lot on? Category mods?

    well...the mods suggest replacements to the cmods, so I'd pm them. but in fact i wouldn't pm them, generally they ask you, you don't ask them. If you want to be considered on a forum, the best advice I could give you is keep your nose clean and report any posts you think are problematic - it's all there in the OP.


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    #110
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,775 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    It is more of a "Don't call us - we'll call you" scenario.


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    #111
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    OK, thanks for the info. :)

    I shall bide my time... (for the next week or so....) ;)

    This offer comes but once a decade...:p


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    #112
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    sunflower27 wrote: »
    OK, thanks for the info. :)

    I shall bide my time... (for the next week or so....) ;)

    This offer comes but once a decade...:p

    trust me - it's not nearly as much fun as you think, if you do it right.


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    #113
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    tbh wrote: »
    trust me - it's not nearly as much fun as you think, if you do it right.

    Fun?

    It is a serious commitment!!! :)


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    #114
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    sunflower27 wrote: »
    So who do I PM if I'd like to be considered for a particular forum that I post a lot on? Category mods?

    You might want to read the OP again. ;)


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    #115
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    Beruthiel wrote: »
    You might want to read the OP again. ;)

    Don't have to now.:p


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    #116
    Taltos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,830 ✭✭✭✭Taltos


    tbh wrote: »
    trust me - it's not nearly as much fun as you think, if you do it right.

    Wish someone had warned me of this a few months ago :(
    <sniff, wiping tear from eye, remembering the good old days, like 2 or 3 months ago>


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    #117
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Pffft. And you mods think you have it hard? Don't get me started.....


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    #118
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    Taltos wrote: »
    Wish someone had warned me of this a few months ago :(
    <sniff, wiping tear from eye, remembering the good old days, like 2 or 3 months ago>

    :D:D

    Ah, it wouldn't be the same without you Taltos. :D

    Keep up the good work :D


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    #119
    Taltos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,830 ✭✭✭✭Taltos


    Tom - should I do a Mrs. Doyle here???? :)
    Seriously though, admin role - figure either you have to have a god complex or just enjoy the persecution of the damned ;)

    Cheers SF. To be honest, the others are not kidding, way I approach the threads now is very different to when I could just post without having to triple check each post. But that's just me.


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    #120
    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    I want to want to be a mod again, they were fun days :/

    Seriously, it's an awful slog once the honeymoon is over and you've read the gossip in the mod forum.. there are good days as well, sometimes, once in a blue moon, you get thanked for helping someone out and that little nugget makes it all worthwhile. :)


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    #121
    stevielenihan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 320 ✭✭stevielenihan


    I would love to become moderator because I am very responsible and |I would eb good at the job and I would enjoy it.


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