Veemon 1,540 Posted July 21, 2015 So, moderators, what is it like being a moderator? What do you usually do as one? How did you become a moderator? (Please, nobody else post on here other than me and the moderators. I want to know them a little more than I do now. Don't take it the wrong way. Thank you.) 1 CharlesseCe reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xer 670 Posted July 21, 2015 MODERATORS BE LIKE: BAN HAMMER OP 3 Weedanort, Oli and MyDixieRect reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oli 1,679 Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) I don't know since I've never been part of the team, but every now and then, our awesome Moderator Team Lider makes this kind of test where she pm you some situations and you have to answer how would you react to them as a moderator. At least, the last time was like that. Edited July 21, 2015 by Oli 3 Veemon, Weedanort and HarLea Quinn reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weedanort 8,787 Posted July 21, 2015 MODERATORS BE LIKE: BAN HAMMER OP So, moderators, what is it like being a moderator? What do you usually do as one? How did you become a moderator? (Please, nobody else post on here other than me and the moderators. I want to know them a little more than I do now. Don't take it the wrong way. Thank you.) Every now and then we have to ban some spammers, but overall it's a nice experience Sure, there's some sour cases here and there, and you have to know how to deal with each situation, but we're a pretty united team And about how I became a Moderator... I first started off as a Sectional Moderator, which is the same thing as a Moderator, although we were stricted down to one section only. I took care of Forum Games, and it was a very nice place to start: not much fuss going on, and everyone got along pretty well After a while, all Sectional Moderators were promoted to Moderators, and that's where I am right now 4 Veemon, Exiblade7, MickeyTheMick and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nero Kunivas 3,046 Posted July 21, 2015 Every now and then we have to ban some spammers, but overall it's a nice experience Sure, there's some sour cases here and there, and you have to know how to deal with each situation, but we're a pretty united team And about how I became a Moderator... I first started off as a Sectional Moderator, which is the same thing as a Moderator, although we were stricted down to one section only. I took care of Forum Games, and it was a very nice place to start: not much fuss going on, and everyone got along pretty well After a while, all Sectional Moderators were promoted to Moderators, and that's where I am right now I bet that Banhammer is pretty heavy. Unless it works like Thors Hammer, where only the Mods can wield it effectively. ....I'd like to be a mod. X3 I'd be good at it. 1 Weedanort reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted July 21, 2015 It sucked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WakelessDream 2,296 Posted July 21, 2015 So, moderators, what is it like being a moderator? What do you usually do as one? How did you become a moderator? (Please, nobody else post on here other than me and the moderators. I want to know them a little more than I do now. Don't take it the wrong way. Thank you.) It's a pretty fun experience, I'm glad I've been able to do it for as long as I have. What do we do? Well usually respond to reports, make sure everyone's following the rules, monitor the forums, and just make sure it's an overall nice, friendly place for everyone. Like Weed said, there may be some situations that are trickier to deal with than others, but you just have to know how to handle each case. And if we're ever unsure, well we have our fellow teammates to help us out. As for how I joined up, I applied when DC was recruiting Sectional Moderators as well. I was in charge of one of the Kingdom Hearts sections, General & Future Titles--or as it's called now General & Other Titles. The great thing about being a sec mod for the KH sections was, we weren't only limited to one section, rather the entire Kingdom Hearts series board, even though we still had our own designated sections to keep track of. It was a nice place to start out, occasional incidents here and there, but overall an interesting and fun section to take care of. Like Weed said already, we aren't designated one section to moderate anymore, we moved on to being able to moderate across all forums. Side note, I really miss our sectional moderator blue color. 3 Oli, Veemon and Weedanort reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hero of Light XIV 2,381 Posted July 21, 2015 I've never been a mod, but I imagine that it would feel a lot like having to manage a daycare for 24 hours each day and almost all the toddlers are trying to kill each other. Needless to say, it isn't the easiest of jobs. 3 HarLea Quinn, WakelessDream and Weedanort reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Klonoa the Dream Traveler 678 Posted July 21, 2015 I bet it's great, but there's a few problems to deal as mod, as removing inappropriate topics or bot threads. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DragonMaster 1,166 Posted July 21, 2015 Like Wakeless and Weedanort, I joined the team when Sectional Moderators were a thing. (I was also one of the people who supported that change back then, but I guess it didn't work out too well. ) I was one of the first few Sectional Moderators that was hired, and I was in charge of the Media section with another user named dusk (he's not here anymore, unless he came back and changed his username and I just don't know about it). Media was a real mess back then; tons of repeat threads had to be merged together, so many bad titles that didn't tell what the thread was about, people posted random pictures and videos that should've gone in the Random section, and the thread tags (TV, Film, Anime/Manga, etc.) were a new thing around that time, so I was adding tags to threads all the time. Thankfully it's much better now. I do still have to merge threads and add tags quite a bit, but not nearly as often, and most of the time thread titles are okay. I think I'm not quite as active as other moderators (hence why I'm not as well known as say Weedanort or Flaming Lea), but so far Shana hasn't told me there's any issues with my performance so I think I'm good! Most of my time is spent in the Media section still, but I also respond to reports, slay spam bots, and just generally keep a look out when I browsing other sections. Overall, I like being a moderator. I get to help improve a community that I love and I get to work with some awesome people. I do have some problems when I send PMs to people, though. Most of what I send are just informative about something I did to your content (I merged/removed your thread/post) and an explanation why. I'm rarely the one coming down on people when they're in trouble. Yet a lot of responses I get are apologies and "it won't happen again!" responses, when most of the time you're not in trouble when I'm contacting you. There are times where I get frustrated, sure; sometimes people might hate each other and start arguing, so we have to try to make them stop, or someone will intentionally try to screw with the moderators, or sometimes people get mad at us for just doing our job. It's all to be expected as part of the job, but it can get exasperating. Luckily, though, the community here is pretty great, so problems like these aren't too common. 5 Oli, Weedanort, Veemon and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake 1,488 Posted July 21, 2015 News Team and Social Media Team is better than Moderators, totally. Weedanort criiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 1 Weedanort reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HarLea Quinn 26,501 Posted July 22, 2015 News Team and Social Media Team is better than Moderators, totally. Weedanort criiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Hahaha how cute Nopennopenope @topic I like being a mod bc we can help contribute to such a great site and community and make this place a friendly forum to enjoy and visit. Yes we have to deal with drama and some unruly members once in awhile but most members are great and entertaining and make it all worth it. 3 Nero Kunivas, Robbie the Wise and Blooming Marluxia reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake 1,488 Posted July 22, 2015 Hahaha how cute Nopennopenope @topic I like being a mod bc we can help contribute to such a great site and community and make this place a friendly forum to enjoy and visit. Yes we have to deal with drama and some unruly members once in awhile but most members are great and entertaining and make it all worth it. If only more people cared about us News Team members cri. We make this site just as good! I bet being a mod is great, getting access to secretly ban us all with Thor's ban hammer, haha. Nah on a serious note i'm sure being a mod is awesome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HarLea Quinn 26,501 Posted July 22, 2015 If only more people cared about us News Team members cri. We make this site just as good! I bet being a mod is great, getting access to secretly ban us all with Thor's ban hammer, haha. Nah on a serious note i'm sure being a mod is awesome Don't get me wrong the News Team is awesome! 3 Robbie the Wise, Blooming Marluxia and Toominator reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aru Akise 2,540 Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) #BANALLTHEDOUBLEPOSTERS #FLAMINGLEAMASTERRACE Edited July 22, 2015 by Aru Akise 4 Blooming Marluxia, Weedanort, Nero Kunivas and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weedanort 8,787 Posted July 22, 2015 News Team and Social Media Team is better than Moderators, totally. Weedanort criiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii pls jake, we rek u gais all the time cri so moar Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toominator 916 Posted July 26, 2015 Don't get me wrong the News Team is awesome! Chyeah we are! 1 HarLea Quinn reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
