I was just wondering how all the mods and super-mods came to be where they are now. Do you have to get a certain number of posts? Be a member for a certain amount of time? Have a certain rep? I really have no idea...
I belive half of them got the job by acting like morons to get attention then super ub there posts and rep everything with 2 legs. after that get into stupid things about washing machines or birdcages and your in!
Im sure some of them were put in cause of there int and resume rather than there popularity and uber weird post and themes for while...
some.....
What won't help you become a moderator:
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[*]Asking if you can become a moderator.
[*]Raising your post count.
[*]Raising your reputation number.
[*]Posting constantly.
[*]Posting too seldomly.
[*]Hacking VGC.
[*]Being a "backseat moderator," telling all the mods where threads go as if they didn't have the capacity to make that decision on their own. hi junior senior
[*]Tricking newbies into giving you their passwords.
[*]Reminding everyone how much you wish you were a mod every other day.
[*]Disappearing for months.
[*]Being stupid.
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What will help you become a moderator:
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[*]Regularly helping other members with forum-related difficulties to the best of your ability/generally treating other members with civility unless you can justify that they deserve to be dragged out into a pasture and raped with a fence post driver.
[*]Being involved with the community, i.e. offering suggestions for improvements, participating in polls for new forum features, etc., and showing interest in the state of the community.
[*]Demonstrating intelligence and competence through your posts.
[*]Earning the respect and trust of other members.
[*]Posting regularly.
[*]Being a patient member for more than a few months.
[*]Joining a clique. :-*
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And acting like me helps!!!!!!!!!!!
Being a n00bie at first will help you. All the mods were once n00bies!!!!!!!!!
A group of people you hang out with outside of the boards, like the vegans.
Oh, I see. Is this clique mean't to be of vgchat members, or is it just a requirement for mods not to be loners...
1. VGC members. 2. It was a joke... to an extent.
Being in mods' good books does help, though. It's only logical that if people think that you're an intelligent, amiable and respectable guy, you'll be higher up on the "hay, who should we nominate for modtypeguys" list than ol'whatshisface.
The actual system is as follows...
Beneath the introduction board is a hidden "Mod board," which is invisible to everyone except mods, supermods, and Jesse. In this board, the mods discuss... well, staff stuff. If there is any need for a moderator, then one of two things will happen... either a mod will make a "brainstorming" thread, in which everyone mulls over the possibilities for new additions to the mod base, or they'll just make a poll called something like "Whoeverthehell for Off Topic." If Whoeverthehell wins more than 50% of the votes, he's modded to whatever the board was. Only supermods may make polls to elect to demod or mod another supermod.
Oh, and Darth Vader, start posting with substance or get banned.
But I don't understand. There are boards, like the computers board and all those new boards, that don't have mods. Are the mods eventually going to get around to appointing mods to those boards too?
[FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Black]Theres no need really for mods on those boards, they barely get any traffic. You'll usually see mods in really active boards where theres a better chance of spam popping up.[/COLOR][/FONT]
Oh, I see. Thanks for clearing that up Dyers Eve.
[B]Why am I mentioned in Raptor's guide?[/b]
Because u r a n00bie. :bash:
Not to mention, loony, sometimes there are boards which have plenty of traffic, but not enough spam to justify adding a moderator. Or maybe boards which have so much traffic and so much liability for being spammed, they have multiple moderators. The Off Topic boards are good examples of this. I suppose you could say it has elements of demand and supply.
Are moderators in the habit of making a surplus? I mean too many mods in a board with not enough spam?
Not usually, unless a mod asks for another mod to be appointed to his/her board to help out.
Be a n00bies for 90 days, geting band left and right, then shock every one and suddenly become intelligent, and one day ye shall be a mod, just like Amy!!!!!!!!! the n00bie is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!