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Subject: Why I(and should also be you) Don't Want To Be A Moderator

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Posted by: Achilles1108
How come stuff like this wasn't in the handbook?!?!?!?

Oops. Nevermind. I thought that Cat in The Hat was our handbook. Silly me.


wait, so your telling me I have spent 100's of hours reading that book (currently on page 2) and it's not even the moderator handbook.

blasphemy.

  • 03.14.2007 9:02 PM PDT

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I do not have the patience to deal with such tasks. Never wanted to be one, and never will.

  • 03.14.2007 9:13 PM PDT
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I think most people are capable of deciding for themselves if they desire to become a mod and don't need a thread telling them otherwise.

  • 03.14.2007 9:14 PM PDT

You say tomato; I say potato.

Posted by: Captain K Mart
I think most people are capable of deciding for themselves if they desire to become a mod and don't need a thread telling them otherwise.
Back in your cage, freedom fighter!

  • 03.14.2007 9:25 PM PDT
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No they're not. I remember a thread in here asking how one becomes a mod. No, people can't decide for themselves. Hence anchronos's little rule. Blarg.

  • 03.14.2007 9:30 PM PDT
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I would love moderating here. I honestly already spend alot of time on these forums and feel that the position could definately be rewarding. I have had alot of experience on other forums being in moderation positions, even administrative ones, and they all present great opportunities other than just staring at threads all day, which is what is being assumed.

Moderators do alot more on this site than just look for wrongdoers, or else they would post ALOT more actively on these forums then they currently do.

  • 03.15.2007 12:36 AM PDT

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You forgot that they don't get paid much, if at all.

People want to be mods for the white text: the ladies love it.

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  • 03.15.2007 1:24 AM PDT
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DON'T DO IT.

AAAUH IT'S AWFUL.

IT HURTS.
-TGP-

  • 03.15.2007 2:11 AM PDT
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I believe mods arn't chosen for what they do on the forums ALL the time. I think they met Bungie on Halo and got close to each other and learned to trust them.

  • 03.15.2007 7:09 AM PDT
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lol this should be turned into a sticky just to stop the constant "can i be a mod"

  • 03.15.2007 8:51 AM PDT
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i wouldn't mind being a mod: death threats,screaming, hate mail, BRING IT ON! =) i would probably laugh at the hate/death mail and probably put it up on photobucket and show ppl some of the mail (names would be covered of course) ok time to go to work.........

  • 03.15.2007 9:00 AM PDT

Posted by: Achronos
Hence the number one rule in becoming a moderator - no existing moderator ever asked to be one. You hear the mods say it all the time... but I don't think some of you realize that they aren't joking - if you ask to be a mod, you aren't the type of person we want.

People who PM me (I've gotten three just today) who inform me they would be good moderators almost automatically exclude themselves - you don't ask for it, you rise to meet the challenge asked of you.

When we do look for mods (and we're not right now), we ask people who we think (through their actions) would be a good fit, not people who ask to for the responsibility. Given the somewhat anonymous nature of the forum, that seems to be the best policy.


Seems like this thread is weeding a bunch of people out for the position.

  • 03.15.2007 9:04 AM PDT

cockburnicus@live.com
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Posted by: WIZ16
i wouldn't mind being a mod: death threats,screaming, hate mail, BRING IT ON! =) i would probably laugh at the hate/death mail and probably put it up on photobucket and show ppl some of the mail (names would be covered of course) ok time to go to work.........

Everyone says that.

Until they see the hippo and realize that the stories were actually true.


See the hippo? The stories about hippos must be true at least.

People want the power to ban people they don't like or that annoy them and the white text: thats what the ladies like.

  • 03.15.2007 9:08 AM PDT
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People who wants to be moderators just for power and to see their posts in a different color they are just in the wrong way (and its really pathetic) and stay here several hours just checking those treads who insult them... must be very frustrating, specially if you do it for free (they must getting paid at least for the electricity they use).
Conclusion...be a moderator should be fun... only 1 day.

  • 03.15.2007 11:39 AM PDT

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Posted by: Cockburnicus
You missed the point like Vader missed the banshee, your whole argument is covered in bees.
Stop sending me group invites -blam!-s!

The mod initiation ceremony seems like an S & M orgy... beatings, hippos, chains...?

SOUNDS LIKE FUN!

  • 03.15.2007 11:47 AM PDT
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lawl i r be gud mod cuz i now secretz and has conectshuns. i r c poepl on street and demnd they feer my ninja hax. i r proactive and bust int to twn metings demndng a mor secur form of protectshun to gard against trollies, sapmmers, and baitrs. i r able to distngush beteen fuuny guys nd jerkfases. mak me a speshul persun.

  • 03.15.2007 12:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: Crimson Kenny
lawl i r be gud mod cuz i now secretz and has conectshuns. i r c poepl on street and demnd they feer my ninja hax. i r proactive and bust int to twn metings demndng a mor secur form of protectshun to gard against trollies, sapmmers, and baitrs. i r able to distngush beteen fuuny guys nd jerkfases. mak me a speshul persun.


that is.....quite possibly.....the most eye-hurting post I have ever read.....whoa.....imagine that post in CAPS!

Recon, you are SO not the high school janitor.

You're his assistant.

  • 03.15.2007 12:30 PM PDT

01.09.2012 - Never Forget

Posted by: Krazehawk
I do believe they said 1061. You know, the most ultimate page in the history of ultimate pages.


Posted by: thebrutenextdoor
I can tell you what you're doing wrong. You're wearing pants.

The entire concept of being a moderator is ridiculous. Why would anyone want to spend hours on end doing a job without pay? There are some times I -blam!- about not getting paid when I watch TV.

Besides, a message board is a place is have fun in conversations with people you don't know. Why take that seriously and spend your time dealing with the issues of it?

So yeah, moderators have to be either:

A) Insane
B) Extremely bored
C) Under lock and key and litterally tied to the computer
D) Ungodly patient

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  • 03.15.2007 12:36 PM PDT

It was a cold day near the southern base in Blood Gulch. Cortana and I were relaxing over a game of Go Fish, WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE 700 BANSHEES CAME FLYING IN!!! I GRABED MY SPARTAN LASER AND LET HELL REIGN DOWN UPON THEM. I HOPPED IN THE NEAREST WARTHOG AND TOLD CORTANA TO GET IN.

Posted by: xRUSxGreenChief
i want 2 be a mod. they r like celebs here and they get to play halo 3 they r sooo lucky. i would be the greatest mod ever. id totally banhammer all the noob spammers.

lol ya u wud definatly b gud mod greenchef i wud vote 4 u in like a secund lol. ya greenchef for mod greenchef for mod totally dood lol u rock (lol jusr remmeber dat i voted 4 u wen u r mod LOL go eezy on me dood tanx lol)

  • 03.15.2007 1:42 PM PDT

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