MMO-Champion Forum Moderator Recruitment - Q&A Thread

[Nerraw]

Ah, time for fresh meat!

[ToxicFlame]

so... any of you getting payed anything for cleaning up all the trash?

[Deleted]

Please stop hiring condescending mods that ban people for swearing but never give warnings to passive aggressive trolls who hide behind soft language, but are really more toxic and flaming than someone who says "fag".

Seconded. /10char

[Logwyn]

I'm the mod these forum deserve.

You aren't doing a very good job being a silent defender though.

[Zandalariprelate]

You aren't doing a very good job being a silent defender though.

Why you comment this?

[yetgdhfgh]

Pick Me Pick Me!

I promise to be drunk and vindictive and to totally abuse my power to fuel my ego.

[FelPlague]

so... any of you getting payed anything for cleaning up all the trash?

Nope its all volunteer work, I used to want to do it, decided against it now that i have a job.
how can people do dis.

[Relapses]

...not active enough apparently.

Probably for the better. :^)

[Big Thanks]

...not active enough apparently.

Probably for the better. :^)

I bet a dime i spend more hours in MMO-C than any other moderator.
If im wrong....i feel sorry for the ones who do. My situation is already sad

[Relapses]

What's up with people suddenly necroing old threads with aggressive replies like this? Hacked accounts? The reply you answered was from 2017-02-27.

What?

• He quoted me. I replied an hour ago
• Check the front page and you'll understand why the thread got bumped.

[Rolopolo]

hey maybe i should apply ;p

Good God no.....

[Ermelloth]

What benefits do you get from becoming a moderator, except having to spend hours of your free time to deal with different forum issues, handle numerous complaints and accusations?

Being a community forum mod is a highly irritating and unrewarding position, IMO. Therefore, unless mods get paid with real money or at least WoW gold, I don't see any valid reasons why someone would want to literally put an iron collar on his own throat for nothing. Except for those who enjoy having some arguable "power" over other people.

[Flurryfang]

Damm would have loved to appply, but just haven't been enough active in a while

[Lochton]

I wonder if the amount of infractions also counts :P

But yeah, I guess if you keep ignoring people instead of taking it up with them, that makes you prone to bias in punishment. I probably would have to be unemployed or something to consider applying and even then, I am on a different time zone than this site.

Plus: The complaints and criticism (some) mods are constantly getting is just not worth high blood pressure

Sometimes someone has to take the brunt of the work to not see it flooded.

[Daedius]

Wouldn't mind being a janitor type of mod to clear up those frequent spam bot threads you often see left lingering awhile.

[Logwyn]

Does it matter that i"d used a light ban-saber and not a banhammer.?

[MoanaLisa]

What benefits do you get from becoming a moderator, except having to spend hours of your free time to deal with different forum issues, handle numerous complaints and accusations?

Being a community forum mod is a highly irritating and unrewarding position, IMO. Therefore, unless mods get paid with real money or at least WoW gold, I don't see any valid reasons why someone would want to literally put an iron collar on his own throat for nothing. Except for those who enjoy having some arguable "power" over other people.

It's volunteer work 100%. No pay, no perks. I don't get free gold from the game, free subscriptions or anything of the sort. Since the mods work as a collective the perceived power of any single moderator is limited by the moderation group as we all review infractions. We're all human and make mistakes. Other moderators can point that out and we discuss more often than people sometimes imagine.

Sometimes moderation is very irritating. True enough. The reward is in the volunteering. Some people get that, others don't.

We're always looking for good people to help out which is why this thread remains open over the years. It's not really a necro is the thread content remains relevant. My two cents.

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I wonder if the amount of infractions also counts :P

It's a consideration.

But yeah, I guess if you keep ignoring people instead of taking it up with them, that makes you prone to bias in punishment. I probably would have to be unemployed or something to consider applying and even then, I am on a different time zone than this site.

We're a world-wide site. Different time zones are actually a benefit as coverage is sometimes thin in the overnight hours on U.S. time.

Plus: The complaints and criticism (some) mods are constantly getting is just not worth high blood pressure

Fair point.

[jackofwind]

Question to the mods - are you planning on having WoW Classic Class forums? Because I have a ton of experience and would be interested in modding one of those.

Being a Gen-OT mod just seems like asking to be Bruce Willis as the start of Die Hard 3.

[Heladys]

Since the mods work as a collective the perceived power of any single moderator is limited by the moderation group as we all review infractions. We're all human and make mistakes. Other moderators can point that out and we discuss more often than people sometimes imagine.

Start discussing some more then, because JESUS FUCKING CHRIST this place has taken a shit, and from your post you're all directly responsible for the main culprit.

[MoanaLisa]

Start discussing some more then, because JESUS FUCKING CHRIST this place has taken a shit, and from your post you're all directly responsible for the main culprit.

OK. Don't turn this into a discussion of moderation. My bad for bringing it up. Only trying to give a sense to those who think this is something other than what it is. Let's move on and see if we can't turn up a few candidates to be moderators.