Moderation!

[Aaryanna]

[COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Alright... Now first off this is a repeat of this thread here: [thread=45377]Moderation[/thread] It's been a while since that though and it was before I became a member of the site so that makes it fair game in my mind. ^_^ Plus I?ve been thinking about moderation related work ever since I applied for the Event Master deal going on here: [thread=58243]Event Master Auditions[/thread] Which by the way? if you?re interested, get over there and get your application in! ^_~

Anyway, on to the questions! [and yes I really did lift them from the previous thread :p]

To Moderators and the rest of the staff:
If you could drop your current post and have someone just as good as you take over, would you?

To Former Staff Members:
Would you return to your post?

To everyone else:
Would you want to become a staff member, and if so, which post would you want?

Now for myself, I have no interest in dropping my current position, well other than the fact that I?m applying to become the next Event Master, so I guess you could say I?m looking to change my responsibilities. But right now, I love coming to this site and I have a lot of friends here so I?ve no interest in leaving that behind.

However, at the same time, if I was asked to step down so someone else could have a go at it, I would not be bothered by it. It?s been fun and though I would miss some of the stuff connected to it? I?d still hang out here with my friends and stalk Des of course. ^_^[/FONT][/COLOR]

[Aberinkula]

[QUOTE]Would you want to become a staff member, and if so, which post would you want?[/QUOTE]

[COLOR="77656"]Well, If I was asked to be a moderator, I'd apply in a heartbeat. Faster than a speeding bullet, faster than a train, FASTER THAN LIGHTING! That's how fast my "yes of coarse I'll take the position" reply would travel.

I'd enjoy modding either the Ampitheatre or the Lounge because they are the best places on OB.[/COLOR]

[Justin]

I can't remember what my former responsibilities were, aside of the Lounge. I was the equivalent of a category moderator at some point, but I couldn't tell you what category and whether or not it still exists.

It was cool, I suppose. But I've always tried to approach positions like that as responsibility first; enjoyment second. That's probably why I had a hard time adjusting and went a back and forth with it a couple of times.

At this point, no. I wouldn't accept it. Simply because my internet connection is far from reliable, and I don't think I could meet the demands. Aside of that, it would depend on whether or not I felt up to the task when asked. I place a pretty heavy weight on things like that, and pay attention to every detail I can, which is kind of taxing.

-Justin

[Raiha]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]For the record, if someone asked you to be a moderator, you wouldn't apply. You'd just have to accept.

To Former Staff Members:
Would you return to your post?

Hell no. God no. Please. No.

I moderated the Poetry forum which is now of course the Anthology thread, and then of course OB revamped again and it got changed and shuffled around but that was years ago. That and I can't remember doing more than dealing with ridiculous questions from newbies and handling a stack of PMs that just made me want to choke myself to death with my power cord.

I hated being in a position of authority and in fact the only nice thing was being able to tell someone to stop posting spam before I closed their thread for ignoring me. Of course, now that Jokopoko and Ikillion are good friends of mine, I can still get that done, just through back channels and AIM. Which I prefer.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[Shinmaru]

[quote name='Aaryanna'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]To Former Staff Members:
Would you return to your post?[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

No. I would be so damn bored moderating again. I'm fine with just coming here and making a post every once in a while.

[The13thMan]

[COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Century Gothic]Would i ever want to be a mod? Uh... no effing way. Hahaha. God, i don't know why anybody would ever ask me, it seems i'm usually on the trouble end of moderation. I try often times to get around the censorship around here and i'm always going off topic. 'Tis my nature, i can't help it. I have gotten better though. I even apologize when i start dickin' off, back in the day i would've gave the person a good shove off and left it at that.

****, i'm getting off topic.

Let's see... if i did mod i'd probably like to mod the lounge. That's the only place i ever frequent. Haha, unfortunately i'd probably end up manipulating my position and just start letting people get away with all kinds of stuff, so long as i thought it was either justified or funny.

I also seem to be an on and off kinda poster. Sometimes i post a bunch in a given week, then i stop for a few and get back on for a few more. I couldn't keep it consistent.
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[2010DigitalBoy]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Ever since I first signed up for OB I've wanted to be a mod. I looked up to them so much and wanted to be like them. I remember when my first account was banned and I resigned as MetalSonic700 I tried to sound smart and spellcheck my posts to try and get the mods to notice me.

I was never a well-known member of OB so I always knew I wouldn't get noticed, so I let my posting slack a lot in the middle. However, when I abandoned Tical Blue to become F.O.Y (AKA this account) I once again wanted to try for modship. If you look at my first posts with this account, all of them are rediculously long and spellchecked XD. I had started typing my posts up in Word before transferring them here.

Of course, by the time I got into my first stupid debate with DeathKnight I thouht my chances were shattered for sure with my ratboy reputation and all. However, I think that over the past however many months I've more than made up for it by being the most awesome dude evar >_>

I honestly do think I could do a better job than a lot of mods, no offense. It's simply for the 2 reasons that 1.) I'm always here and 2.) I have a craving for order. Mind you, I'd make a bad mod because I'd be modding posts in all forums, being the first one getting to them, lol. That's why I made that post about wanting to be an admin, though I'm pretty sure that's not what thy do ^^;; Also, if I were a mod, all of the goddamn thread directories would be organized. [/COLOR]

[Horendithas]

[COLOR="Indigo"][quote name='Aaryanna'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]To Moderators and the rest of the staff:
If you could drop your current post and have someone just as good as you take over, would you?[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]Well if I actually wanted to do that I would, however, I'm still enjoying it so I have no plans on it anytime soon. Though it wouldn't bother me if I wasn't a staff member either. I didn't join this place with the intention of becoming staff. I joined it because I wanted some questions I had in regards to myOtaku answered. Though that just lead to me sticking around and doing more over here since I enjoy this place more than I do myOtaku. I still do stuff over there as well, just not as much as I do here.

I can certainly understand why people wouldn't want to return to it since it's often more work than people think about. If anything I can certainly appreciate the work that goes into maintaining a place like this even more than I did before. Anyway, for now though, I'm perfectly content sticking around and as Aaryanana said, stalking Des is a must so I plan on staying for a while. :p[/COLOR]

[Desbreko]

[quote name='Aaryanna'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]To Moderators and the rest of the staff:
If you could drop your current post and have someone just as good as you take over, would you?[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE][color=#4B0082]That would be impossible because there isn't anyone as good as I am. ;)

But seriously, I like being an admin and I wouldn't give it up. Though, on the other hand, I wouldn't want to go back to being a moderator either. I enjoy working on the higher up stuff a lot more than dealing with spam, and after having already modded for years it would be terribly boring to go back to only that. Organizing and sending out minions to do the dirty work is so much more fun than doing it myself.[/color]

[Aaryanna_Mom]

[quote name='Aaryanna'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]To everyone else:
Would you want to become a staff member, and if so, which post would you want?[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]Absolutely not! As much as I enjoy this site, my values are far too outdated and I'd dread being required to keep up on threads like the self-pleasure one that I wish I had never read. I like visiting and checking out what interests me and to be frank there is a lot that I'm happy to simply stay away from. This is definitely a case where the child is far better suited for the task than the parent when it comes to being the responsible one. Being a moderator would take the fun out of things in my opinion. Well at least for me that is.

[Allamorph]

[quote name='Aaryanna_Mom']Absolutely not! As much as I enjoy this site, my values are far too outdated and I'd dread being required to keep up on threads like the self-pleasure one that I wish I had never read.[/quote]
[FONT=Arial]Actually, I think it'd be really freakin' hilarious to see A_M with a mod rod. Every time another thread popped up that reeked of immaturity, she'd smack it down face-first on the floor. :p

For myself, I'd have to say no. Not yet. Haven't been here long enough, and I have too much other stuff that I need to focus on. As for the perceived status thing, I could really care less.[/FONT]

[DeathKnight]

[quote name='Aaryanna'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]To Former Staff Members:
Would you return to your post?[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

[color=crimson]I'd be on it like white on rice.

They'd be all "Ken, there is a problem that only you can fix!"

And I'd be like "I know. I already fixed it."

"Hurray!"

And then there would be much rejoicing with both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. [/color]

[quote name='Deus ex Machina'][COLOR="DarkOrange"]Of course, by the time I got into my first stupid debate with DeathKnight I thouht my chances were shattered for sure with my ratboy reputation and all. However, I think that over the past however many months I've more than made up for it by being the most awesome dude evar >_>

I honestly do think I could do a better job than a lot of mods, no offense. It's simply for the 2 reasons that 1.) I'm always here and 2.) I have a craving for order. Mind you, I'd make a bad mod because I'd be modding posts in all forums, being the first one getting to them, lol. That's why I made that post about wanting to be an admin, though I'm pretty sure that's not what thy do ^^;; Also, if I were a mod, all of the goddamn thread directories would be organized. [/COLOR][/QUOTE]


[color=crimson]I don't really think you understand why I attack you. I sincerely hope sometimes you are being witty, but I think you really do have the opinion that you are quite significantly awesome. It's not good self esteem, but more like "Trust me, I know that my awesomeness is THISSSSS big".

It isn't. Calm down. If you're awesome, people will notice. If you have to tell people you rock, then the predominant theory is that you don't rock. You might not suck, but you aren't the hottest thing on the block.

If you don't think you're all that, then you are the next Stephen Colbert. You can consider me your perennial "You've been punk'd!" victim.

Also, perineal and perennial would be a very great typo.[/color]

[Nerdsy]

[quote name='Aaryanna'][COLOR="goldenrod"][/COLOR]To Former Staff Members:
Would you return to your post?
[/QUOTE]

[color=deeppink]No, no, a thousand times no.

First off, there's no Pokemon forum anymore, and I'm really not active enough in any forum to effectively moderate it. Plus, I didn't really like being a mod... I never felt like I was doing it right, and I [i]hate[/i] that feeling.

Not to mention I'm no longer bothered by random people on AIM.[/color]

[Allamorph]

[quote name='DeathKnight][color=crimson']I don't really think you understand why I attack you.[/color][/quote]
[FONT=Arial]I am laughing [I]so hard[/I] right now.

DeathKnight, you are amazing.

(Ohh, breathe.)[/FONT]

[SunfallE]

[COLOR="RoyalBlue"][FONT="Lucida Sans Unicode"][quote name='Aaryanna;796010][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Alright... Now first off this is a repeat of this thread here: [thread=45377]Moderation[/thread] It's been a while since that though and it was before I became a member of the site so that makes it fair game in my mind. ^_^ [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]Hehe, reading that thread just makes me laugh. It was started just before I joined and my one post in it cracks me up to no end. But then I was still driving at the time and sneaking online at truck stops when I had the time. Heh Still it's amazing how much is in there that at the time I had no clue what people were talking about, but now makes perfect sense. XP Anyway...[QUOTE=Aaryanna'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]To Moderators and the rest of the staff:
If you could drop your current post and have someone just as good as you take over, would you?[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]Well I really have no interest in dropping things at the moment. Like others have said, it wouldn't bother me if I was asked to give it up. But to be honest, I like doing it. Here at OB and over at theOtaku as well. :catgirl: I still find it ironic since it never occurred to me that I would be asked so that pm from Des was a total surprise. Though I understand that's the standard reaction. Personally, I think Des gets a kick out of essentially sneaking up behind an unsuspecting member and going POW! It's as if you wake up later only to realize that you've been turned into one of his personal slaves! :p

Anyway, right now it's too much fun to quit, even with some of the more annoying things I deal with over at myOtaku. But then for every member who's a pain to deal with I have far more who are not. And I've made quite a few friends here, including some that I've finally gotten to meet in real life. In all honesty, it's hard to imagine not coming here since I enjoy it so much. [/FONT][/COLOR]

[James]

[color=#606060]Most people find, once they become a Moderator, that it isn't fun. It's like a job - it's a responsibility. It's a service to our community.

So I think it's sort of odd when people think being Moderator would be totally amazing. I don't think it really gives you that much more visibility or anything...it just means you are basically volunteering to help the community out.

And as Ken said, the worst thing you can do is proclaim your awesomeness (unless you're Desbreko). The truly awesome people never proclaim it - they are known as awesome because they are intelligent or funny or they're simply a nice person. The most famous people in OB's history are typically the quieter, more thoughtful and creative people.

In other words, it's best to just be yourself and to do your best. You'll be noticed more that way than by jumping out there and selling yourself.[/color]

[Justin]

Is it really fair to hold people to standards you, your[i]damn[/i]self, don't meet James?

You talk of 'not selling yourself.' Well, I say you're the biggest sell-out here! You..you and your plush world of secret lounges, immaculate posts, and super secret projects. How could you--you, of all people--play with us like that, James?


No, but really, Deus. I don't even know you that well, but I have noticed you tend to market yourself like cheap sex: Far from the best choice, but always available.

And that, my friend, is a poor marketing strategy.

-Justin

[Gavin]

[quote name='Kam']No, but really, Deus. I don't even know you that well, but I have noticed you tend to market yourself like cheap sex: Far from the best choice, but always available.[/QUOTE]

[SIZE="1"]Ouch, and if that doesn't find it's way into someone's signature I'm going to be really, really surprised. :animesmil[/SIZE]

[Aberinkula]

[COLOR="77656"]I think DB has a dog complex or something. He is great though, you just don't see his brilliance. As for me, my brilliance is a different story.

Oh, I meant god complex. Dog complex just sounds like a mental disease where you think you're the best bounty hunter around.[/COLOR]

[Rachmaninoff]

[quote name='Aaryanna'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]To Moderators and the rest of the staff:
If you could drop your current post and have someone just as good as you take over, would you?[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]Well I haven't been doing it very long so I'm not really interested in dropping it and yet it's not why I joined so it wouldn't matter either way really.[quote name='SunfallE'][COLOR="RoyalBlue"][FONT="Lucida Sans Unicode"] I still find it ironic since it never occurred to me that I would be asked so that pm from Des was a total surprise. Though I understand that's the standard reaction. Personally, I think Des gets a kick out of essentially sneaking up behind an unsuspecting member and going POW! [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]That's putting it mildly. My first reaction was to wonder what the hell I had managed to do that required an administrator to pm me directly. And then when I realized what it really was that reaction turned to a 'what the hell?' response. I would have never guessed that I was even being considered for a staff position. But then there's been a lot of things about joining this place that I never saw coming.

Anyway, for now I'm happy to help out. But then if I had realized what fun this place is, I would have joined a lot sooner. :)

[TheShinje]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff']I would have never guessed that I was even being considered for a staff position. But then there's been a lot of things about joining this place that I never saw coming.[/QUOTE]

I saw it coming, you're a natural choice ;)



I would accept the opportunity to mod. It'd be kinda cool to give something back to the community that I have been a part of for the great majority of my time online.

If I were to moderate a forum, it'd probably be The Lounge or the Art Studio, since they're the two forums I most frequent. They've both got really great moderators though, so I'm not seeing a shortfall any time soon, lol.

It'd be like OB: Remix, I guess. Same original flavour with a few little goodies thrown in. New challenges, more responsibility... Yeah, I'd be up for that.

[Aaryanna]

[COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][quote name='Desbreko;796047][color=#4B0082]That would be impossible because there isn't anyone as good as I am. ;)[/color][/QUOTE]Guess that means you have to stick around! :catgirl:[quote name='Nerdsy;796065][color=deeppink]Not to mention I'm no longer bothered by random people on AIM.[/color][/QUOTE]That was one thing I did not count on. XP Though I use an undisclosed AIM name just to avoid that now. [QUOTE=Rachmaninoff;796103]I would have never guessed that I was even being considered for a staff position. But then there's been a lot of things about joining this place that I never saw coming.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Jeremiah'']I saw it coming, you're a natural choice ;)[/quote]I didn't see it coming either, but once it was done I wasn't surprised, since I agree with Jeremiah. ^_^

Also, for some reason I thought you had to be sixteen so when James asked me on AIM I immediately protested and explained that I wasn't sixteen yet! Since I thought he had my age wrong or something! lol Of course then I found out that being sixteen was not required so I then pm'd Des the next day after talking to James.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[The Spectacular Professor]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]Ouch, and if that doesn't find it's way into someone's signature I'm going to be really, really surprised. :animesmil[/SIZE][/QUOTE]

I'm sorely tempted, but no. I'd run out of room.

I don't think about it much, but I suppose I would at least give it a shot. If the position was offered, I would accept, at least for the time being. I have plenty of time on my hands most days, and a lot of it is spent here. I would probably want either the Lounge or Arcade. The Lounge is my main haunt, but I'm also a big time gamer. I sometimes find myself wishing the Arcade was more active.

[Panda]

Well, it's about time I responded to this thread. I've been thinking about it for a while. I would not step down if there was someone "just as good", I would want someone better than me to take over my watch since I want the site to continue to grow versus just stay the same. Hopefully that makes some sense.

As for my old job as Lounge Moderator, well, as Moderator of The Square it doesn't really feel like I've given that old job up. That along with the fact we've got great mods in the Lounge there is no reason for me to go back to my old mod job. :catgirl:

[2010DigitalBoy]

[quote name='Kam']No, but really, Deus. I don't even know you that well, but I have noticed you tend to market yourself like cheap sex: Far from the best choice, but always available.

And that, my friend, is a poor marketing strategy.

-Justin[/QUOTE]

[color=darkorange]Well, like any good prostitute, I'm going to claim inability to escape and live on in shame :p[/color]