Question

[Albel the Wicked]

I have just thought of a question that I just had long ago. I have kind of wondered this a little. How DOES one become a moderator for the Otakuboards? I meam, is there like a certain number of people to get picked, or is it like the best people of the Otakuboards, or were you just picked at random? If there is a way to become a moderator, I would like to know, so that I may study to become one and uphold the rules. In real life, when I TRY to uphold the rules, I just get harassed, but here, you can't harass the mods or you get banned. This question is mostly for moderators and the site director.

[Kei]

[color=darkblue]Rule #1: Don't ask.

Now that that little long running bit is out of the way...

In my eyes, in order to become a Moderator, one must know the rules and follow them, have good posting quality, be able to keep their wits (and tempers) about them, and have some sort of leadership potential. Not as if I know about this in depth, but Jeh keeps his eye out for this sort of thing and has grown quite a keen sense for it. Being a stand-up member and all those other such things is what it's mainly about, but in the long run, it's all up to Jeh.

Now, keep in mind that this is my take on it and some may not exactly fit with Jeh's ideas, but as I said, that's just my take.[/color]

[Albel the Wicked]

[QUOTE=Lady Katana][color=darkblue]Rule #1: Don't ask.

Now that that little long running bit is out of the way...

In my eyes, in order to become a Moderator, one must know the rules and follow them, have good posting quality, be able to keep their wits (and tempers) about them, and have some sort of leadership potential. Not as if I know about this in depth, but Jeh keeps his eye out for this sort of thing and has grown quite a keen sense for it. Being a stand-up member and all those other such things is what it's mainly about, but in the long run, it's all up to Jeh.

Now, keep in mind that this is my take on it and some may not exactly fit with Jeh's ideas, but as I said, that's just my take.[/color][/QUOTE]


Then I shall try my very best to be a moderator! I will uphold justice! I will the best member that I possibly can! JUSTICE! Although being a moderator might be a real hassle. I don't know, but I'll still try really hard to be a moderator. Is there like a moderator in training program? I'll take it!

[Solo Tremaine]

[quote name='Sword Demon Karel']Then I shall try my very best to be a moderator! I will uphold justice! I will the best member that I possibly can! JUSTICE![/quote][COLOR=#503F86]Yeah, but don't play mod unless you are one. That's almost a surefire way of not becoming a Moderator, heh. The best thing you can do is Report a post, or tell someone if there's a serious case of spam going on. But most of the time we already know.

It's also about whether there's a need to take on more Staff or not- it's not just a question of 'If you're good, we'll hire you', else we'd have far too many Mods already ^_^;.[/COLOR]

[James]

[color=#707875]Yeah, playing mod will really get you on my bad side. There are a few members here who would make wonderful Moderators -- and I've considered hiring them -- but they play mod and that just ruins it for me. I don't want people who run around telling others what to do when they're members. I try to choose people who are simply "good members" and I base my decision on that primarily. Knowing the rules like the back of your hand -- and being able to snap at members -- is definitely much lower on the list as far as I'm concerned.

The rules themselves are incredibly simple, so I think that anyone can understand them, even if their post quality is poor. It's not so much the technical rules, as much as it is things like post quality and behavior.

So yeah, I tend to look for Moderators specifically, when I need them. If your post quality is outstanding and if you're a nice, courteous member, you will have the best possible chance of being hired. It all comes down to your behavior and whether or not I need more staff. So I never actually have public announcements about hiring.[/color]

[Albel the Wicked]

Well, I'm not trying to play moderator. I just barley reported something to the mods, but I won't tell ;) I guess then I'll still just have to do the best that can. Which will be reporting it.