nsx on vacation; call for moderators-in-training
Mar 29, 2007 | 12:28 pm
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nsx on vacation; call for moderators-in-training
I would like to thank everyone here for your cooperation in improving the signal to noise ratio on this forum. I'm impressed. And I'm honored by your trust.
I'll be on vacation (award stay and award tickets, naturally) through next weekend.
If any problems arise, please make the Report Bad Post button (the exclamation point outlined with a red triangle at the lower left corner of the post) your first resort. This will shoot an email to the SuperMods will be handling things in my absence unless I happen to get to it first.
When I return I plan to mentor one or more future moderators here. Please give some thought to whether you'd like to be an unpaid volunteer working for the good of this community.
Moderating requires a significant commitment of time. FT frequently loses moderators due to this time factor, which may not be a huge burden in the JetBlue forum but which does grow as FT grows or if you moderate one of more crowded or contentious forums.
The other reason FT loses moderators is that they aren't naturally calm and patient (pretty much a job requirement) and/or they can't handle the abuse, which they attract more of the less calm they are.
I can briefly summarize what's required for moderating as follows. In my opinion, moderating is not primarily about policing the forum for violations of the Terms of Service. It's about convincing members to post thoughtfully and respectfully, so that violations don't occur in the first place and so that the forum becomes a civilized virtual neighborhood rather than a food fight.
The idea is to persuade, if at all possible, rather than knocking heads together. PM is your first and most valuable tool. A good moderator should be able to write polite, concise, diplomatic, and persuasive private messages to members. Failing that, it takes very little skill to write a convincing threat, which is the lowest common denominator of moderation.
If you're not sure whether you can do this, don't worry. If you have the desire and the time, that's enough to begin training. If you don't like it, you can get your money back.
Please PM me if you are interested, and let me know what other forums you would like to help out with if the need arises.
Edited to add:
It turns out that RBPs will not be copied automatically to the Senoir Moderators while I'm gone. Therefore if you need to RBP during the next 8 days, please also PM either SanDiego1K or gleff.
I'll be on vacation (award stay and award tickets, naturally) through next weekend.
If any problems arise, please make the Report Bad Post button (the exclamation point outlined with a red triangle at the lower left corner of the post) your first resort. This will shoot an email to the SuperMods will be handling things in my absence unless I happen to get to it first.
When I return I plan to mentor one or more future moderators here. Please give some thought to whether you'd like to be an unpaid volunteer working for the good of this community.
Moderating requires a significant commitment of time. FT frequently loses moderators due to this time factor, which may not be a huge burden in the JetBlue forum but which does grow as FT grows or if you moderate one of more crowded or contentious forums.
The other reason FT loses moderators is that they aren't naturally calm and patient (pretty much a job requirement) and/or they can't handle the abuse, which they attract more of the less calm they are.
I can briefly summarize what's required for moderating as follows. In my opinion, moderating is not primarily about policing the forum for violations of the Terms of Service. It's about convincing members to post thoughtfully and respectfully, so that violations don't occur in the first place and so that the forum becomes a civilized virtual neighborhood rather than a food fight.
The idea is to persuade, if at all possible, rather than knocking heads together. PM is your first and most valuable tool. A good moderator should be able to write polite, concise, diplomatic, and persuasive private messages to members. Failing that, it takes very little skill to write a convincing threat, which is the lowest common denominator of moderation.
If you're not sure whether you can do this, don't worry. If you have the desire and the time, that's enough to begin training. If you don't like it, you can get your money back.
Please PM me if you are interested, and let me know what other forums you would like to help out with if the need arises.
Edited to add:
It turns out that RBPs will not be copied automatically to the Senoir Moderators while I'm gone. Therefore if you need to RBP during the next 8 days, please also PM either SanDiego1K or gleff.
Last edited by nsx; Mar 29, 2007 at 8:48 pm Reason: RBPs do not automatically copy to Senior Mods
