N/A Responsibilities / pit falls of being Moderator.

[bluesideup]

Hi everyone.

What type of issues can you encounter if you become a moderator?

Can you find out if that site has any issues before becoming one?
Thanks.

 

[Sac Arrow]

1. Join the site.

2. Browse the site.

3. Interact on the site.

4. Be observant.

 

[Sac Arrow]

Oh, the pitfalls. Your responsibility is to enforce the ROCs, and the pitfall is that it is a responsibility and you get tired of it after some amount of time. I was an admin level mod on a sportbike forum for years. Power tripping isn't as fun as it sounds like it should be.

 

[TCABM]

Depends on the site and management/moderarion style.

 

[frfly172]

You get the headache associated with the position,I would study the rules that your responsible to enforce,and see if your in agreement . Go for it you can always step down.

 

[schmookeeg]

Hit up pilotspin.com and search for "POA" and just marvel at how Mods are perceived as some combination of Stalin and the Sanhedrin.

"A+. Can Recommend."

 

[Lndwarrior]

First requirement is to be a masochist....

 

[hindsight2020]

The B-fund is kinda weak for the job.

 

[Daleandee]

You'll have to learn to agree with people that you disagree with ...

 

[Clip4]

Hit up pilotspin.com and search for "POA" and just marvel at how Mods are perceived as some combination of Stalin and the Sanhedrin.

"A+. Can Recommend."

I think one of the mods on that site Lucifer.

 

[Bob Noel]

Hit up pilotspin.com and search for "POA" and just marvel at how Mods are perceived as some combination of Stalin and the Sanhedrin.

"A+. Can Recommend."

That forum doesn't moderate... except ubiquitous spammers get tossed.

 

[nauga]

You'll have to learn to agree with people that you disagree with ...

I agree.

Nauga,
the causal observer

 

[Dana]

You'll have to learn to agree with people that you disagree with ...

Or (speaking from experience as a mod on the homebuilt airplanes forum) you have to delete ROC-violating posts you agree with, posted by friends.

 

[bluesideup]

Hi everyone.
Thank you for your input. In the old days of BBS I spent some time doing something similar but I think they were different times and people behaved differently.
Now days you have to spend a lot of time on the Inet to do a good job and I am not sure that is something I can allocate all the resources needed to take on something like this.
Thanks again.

 

[schmookeeg]

That forum doesn't moderate... except ubiquitous spammers get tossed.

I was referring to the shade thrown on POA moderators lobbed from the relative safety of a completely other site.

 

[kath]

You have to be ok with absorbing vitriol, while rarely (if ever) receiving thanks. Because you do a lot of invisible work that no one knows is happening. And have to make hard decisions sometimes.

 

[Sundancer]

Being consistent - that was long a problem here.

 

[Zeldman]

What type of issues can you encounter if you become a moderator?

Not to mentioned all the graft and payola that goes on here...

 

[charheep]

Isnt day drinking in there somewhere?