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I do not know about the others but, I do not mind working if it on such a fun forum like this. I do not get much thanks or respect anyway so I do not mind not being appreciated and I would not mind doing it for free if it is to help keep such a wonderful forum site clean.
Well i hope who ever is chosen can take that hit. If it wasnt for all the great mods..... I dont want to imagine what would go on on these forums. So thank you Cent for being a mod, you make this community a whole lot better :3
Thanks, I suppose. I don't do as much as Kaiaa or Thunder. They're the real power behind this forum.
PaperLuigi3
CCR
What Cent is saying really rings true for any online area. I'm a moderator on a fairly large Minecraft server and I also used to moderate various websites, and people can be nasty on the internet. If anything, they're even more nasty on the internet than they are in person. Aside from technical issues like bugs, the hardest part of moderating is not biting off someone's head just because you can. It's a skill that needs mastering.
kittenrobotarmy
JOLLY COOPERATION
This is pretty much all you need to know. I used to moderate many forums, and people do think you're just being mean because you're staff or because you want to. I think most people want to be mod because they like the idea of being a respected member of the community, and the mods make it look easy.
It's not.
Being a GM in RO was the best. I was GM'ing a decently populated server at one point, and the admin's were pretty lax. We always had the @nuke command for whenever someone couldn't get take a hint. But no, I'm lying, it was terrible at times too. We had a lot of people who didn't speak English, or spoke very broken English in the community. More often than not, we had to ask for someone to come to the help desk and translate for us. When we didn't understand them, sometimes they'd get a little frustrated. Players could be very demanding, and when you have a minimum requirement for your unpaid for volunteer job, it could become a little mentally taxing. While there is fun to be had, at the end of the day, people are people, and people can be unpredictable.
I know it must be taxing in situations like that but you gotta think on the good side. I have done a little Moding my self and sure some people are rude but you just gotta tell them that up front or they will never know. I am really excited to see who it though, I know a lot of great candidates~
Box9Missingo
RIP Robin Williams
Exactly. It takes work and effort. But for the most part it's worth it. Cent hit the nail on the head by saying that it's a thankless job and that it is work.
Prof Gallows
Retired Staff
Nobody is winning anything. =/
Adding onto what Cent said, this job is not only thankless but it's stressful. It takes time out of your schedule. You guys seriously have no idea the amount of work we've had to do sometimes. Even recently. And while I agree again that Thunder and Kaiaa are the backbone of doing reports we still do a lot of other work that takes as much effort.
And what a lot of people don't think about is meshing. By joining the staff you're going to have to join our circle. All of us are really close with each other and at this point we have a lot of inside jokes and problems and our personal lives come into the picture a lot. If you've only been here for a few months don't expect you're going to get the position. Because we don't know you and we won't be able to know you by going off of a few months worth of posts.
Just like any group of friends that work with each other, we have good times and bad times. We don't always agree on everything and situations come up where things get heated.
You're signing up for more than just helping police a site.
Adding onto what Cent said, this job is not only thankless but it's stressful. It takes time out of your schedule. You guys seriously have no idea the amount of work we've had to do sometimes. Even recently. And while I agree again that Thunder and Kaiaa are the backbone of doing reports we still do a lot of other work that takes as much effort.
And what a lot of people don't think about is meshing. By joining the staff you're going to have to join our circle. All of us are really close with each other and at this point we have a lot of inside jokes and problems and our personal lives come into the picture a lot. If you've only been here for a few months don't expect you're going to get the position. Because we don't know you and we won't be able to know you by going off of a few months worth of posts.
Just like any group of friends that work with each other, we have good times and bad times. We don't always agree on everything and situations come up where things get heated.
You're signing up for more than just helping police a site.
Box9Missingo
RIP Robin Williams
Very understandable, Prof Gallows. And you bring up a good point.
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