What makes a good Moderator? (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter bianconero
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Nothing personal to those who think otherwise, but IMO, in my experience, the best mods have been those who never asked to become mods.
More often, they seem to recognize that being a mod isn't some promotion or elected office. Rather, that there's a responsibility involved where you can no longer pick sides among forum members the way you could as any non-mod forum member. And you can't be joining in flame wars or insults of other posters. And that you have to show restraint when others do things that might personally piss you off. And you have to be willing to bust the people who were/are your best friends here should they cross the line.
Too often I've seen posters here treat the idea of becoming a moderator like "Cool! I want to be a police officer so I can carry a gun wherever I want and get to shoot stuff. Wheee!
" When the reality is completely the opposite.
More often, they seem to recognize that being a mod isn't some promotion or elected office. Rather, that there's a responsibility involved where you can no longer pick sides among forum members the way you could as any non-mod forum member. And you can't be joining in flame wars or insults of other posters. And that you have to show restraint when others do things that might personally piss you off. And you have to be willing to bust the people who were/are your best friends here should they cross the line.
Too often I've seen posters here treat the idea of becoming a moderator like "Cool! I want to be a police officer so I can carry a gun wherever I want and get to shoot stuff. Wheee!
" When the reality is completely the opposite.
Nothing personal to those who think otherwise, but IMO, in my experience, the best mods have been those who never asked to become mods.
More often, they seem to recognize that being a mod isn't some promotion or elected office. Rather, that there's a responsibility involved where you can no longer pick sides among forum members the way you could as any non-mod forum member. And you can't be joining in flame wars or insults of other posters. And that you have to show restraint when others do things that might personally piss you off. And you have to be willing to bust the people who were/are your best friends here should they cross the line.
Too often I've seen posters here treat the idea of becoming a moderator like "Cool! I want to be a police officer so I can carry a gun wherever I want and get to shoot stuff. Wheee!" When the reality is completely the opposite.
More often, they seem to recognize that being a mod isn't some promotion or elected office. Rather, that there's a responsibility involved where you can no longer pick sides among forum members the way you could as any non-mod forum member. And you can't be joining in flame wars or insults of other posters. And that you have to show restraint when others do things that might personally piss you off. And you have to be willing to bust the people who were/are your best friends here should they cross the line.
Too often I've seen posters here treat the idea of becoming a moderator like "Cool! I want to be a police officer so I can carry a gun wherever I want and get to shoot stuff. Wheee!
" When the reality is completely the opposite.
