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amother

Sun, Mar 29 2020, 9:47 pm

I've been wondering for a while...

amother

Jetblack

Sun, Mar 29 2020, 9:58 pm

Long time members who post volunteer.

amother

Magenta

Sun, Mar 29 2020, 10:46 pm

I was very active on a certain sub-forum and was upset at the way the moderator was dealing with tough situations. I PM'ed Yael about what was going on, and she knew that things weren't running smoothly for awhile but she didn't have someone else to take over. When I complained, she offered me the job. I felt it wasn't nice of me to complain and not be willing to actually do something to fix the problem, so I accepted.

amother

Gold

Sun, Mar 29 2020, 10:57 pm

Aside from delete posts and lock threads, what else can a mod see or do? Do they see screenames of amother posters?

Rubber Ducky

Sun, Mar 29 2020, 11:13 pm

I suggested some new forums, Hobbies, Crafts and Collections; and most of the subforums in that category. Yael created the forums and made me the moderator. Over time I also became a Mod for the Household Management forums because my professional work falls somewhat into that sphere.

I volunteered to become one of the Mods for Politics because it's a "hot" forum that needed more help — Yael asked for volunteers. And I seem to been made one of the Mods for Coronavirus (didn't volunteer for that!), perhaps because some of threads there really belong in Politics.

Einikel

Sun, Mar 29 2020, 11:15 pm

Rubber ducky how much of your time does moderating take?

Sunny Days

Sun, Mar 29 2020, 11:16 pm

Rubber Ducky wrote:

Thanks Rubberducky!
Do you have to keep on checking in to make sure we’re all behaving? Wink

Rubber Ducky

Sun, Mar 29 2020, 11:19 pm

amother [ Gold ] wrote:

Aside from delete posts and lock threads, what else can a mod see or do? Do they see screenames of amother posters?

Mods cannot see who Amothers are, but that would be a cool perk!

Mods can move threads or split threads into 2. For example, sometimes a topic would better in a forum where only Ima-members can see it. They can edit out disparaging ad hominum attacks or insert comments into a post, like "Let's be nice! — Rubber Ducky as Mod]

Rubber Ducky

Sun, Mar 29 2020, 11:33 pm

gamzehyaavor wrote:

Thanks Rubberducky!
Do you have to keep on checking in to make sure we’re all behaving? Wink

For the most part Mods take care of reported posts.

Einikel wrote:

Rubber ducky how much of your time does moderating take?

Depends. Spam ads are easy and quick to take care of. In Politics there can be a lot of reports and the guidelines there require some thought, but that forum has at least 4 Mods. I take care of Politics reports when I have time. Often my workload doesn't give me time to take care of the reports there even though I read most of the Politics threads and am something of a news junkie.

Unfortunately, with the economy suddenly plunging into recession and being under house arrest (figuratively), I have more free time now than I did even a week ago.

greenfire

Mon, Mar 30 2020, 3:58 pm

if you're as colourful as me ~ never

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