Moderator Behaviours

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Moderator Behaviours; Suggestions and some opinions
Topic Started: Oct 5 2008, 03:22 PM (443 Views)
Deleted User	Oct 5 2008, 03:22 PM Post #1
Deleted User	These are now the official guidelines for all moderaters(mods). It is expected that you will all try your best to follow the 5 self rules to being a good mod.Praises FMBAproved by Sephiroth A moderator, often shortened to just mod, is a person granted special powers to enforce the rules of a chat,message board, or electronic mailing list. Almost all moderators can move discussions to different sections of the forum, close discussions, edit the content of individual postings, answer questions (or help people with problems), and 'stick' discussions so they remain visible in their forum section even if no new postings are made to them. Different forums may give their moderators further powers, such as being able to block/ban people from the message board,chat or e-mail list who are trolling or breaking the rules of the message board. Good Moderator: A moderator who listens to everyone, yet making a conclusion of its own. Being consistent is the key to a good moderator. Learning to place your own likes and dislikes in the deep freeze while you are on the chat,board, etc, will help you find the flames easier. You may not like a certain member, but guess what? That member probably doesn’t like you either. Engaging in a power play, singling out this certain member will eventually demean you in the eyes of the others on the team and community. Your job is to keep the chat or forums running smooth and even though you aren’t getting paid for your time, you need to show up for work on a regular basis, otherwise others will have to pick up your slack, creating more work for them. A moderator doesn't lead by emotion, a moderator is an example of what is right, and why he or she was picked was because he or she follows the guidelines, they shouldn't break or make new rules at will. Being a moderator is a thankless job. You even give up your membership to a certain extent, once that decision is made to come on board with the Admin team. It doesn’t matter if you are the most popular member on the planet; once you cross over to that Mod Forum the other members place you on a different level than before when you were one of “them.” It’s sad, but that is just how it works out. A mod doesn't let friends, or even lovers get in the way, and be unfair to others. Self rules may be simple! These are rules you should establish for your self, so you may follow and be a good mod 1. Be a team player 2. Be fair-minded 3. Be diplomatic 4. Don’t let personal issues get in the way of moderating 5. Show up when you can for the job Now, if you miss more than 2 of these you know that you have a problem, and that you may be categorized as a Lazy, or even bad mod. Types of mod: There are MANY types of mods, so i will just post the most frequent: Lurker:These mods often lurk around the chat and/or forums, not posting, just watching. At the time to hand out a warning, they simply erase and expect it to be taken as a warning and such. These moderators are often unapproachable and have overzealous personalities. They ban with out anything said, and only post once or twice, for the month, week, or day. "Oh me! Oh me!!!!": Mods that get chosen by popular demand CAN CONVERT INTO LURKER MODS OR THE MEAN MODS. These mods think VERY highly of them self bc they got chosen by popular vote, or just don't go on the chat or forums bc they think that their persona is too much for it. Popular mods are often very ignorant and get annoyed easily, it can also convert into being inactive mods. Mean Mod: These mods are very feared on the community. Often pointed at and said to be mean by a whole majority of voters. These mods ban with out reason, knowing it's bad, yet still do it. Often chosen by popularity contests. Active mod:This mod in some what of thee part is good AND bad. Sometimes these mods are the ones that know about the community and love to help out the community. Other times it can be a "popularity contest' which brought them into mod ship. Not only this will cause repercussions bc you dun really know how the person words and you are leading by a group, but a lot of the times these mods tend to abuse power and turn into lurkers. Sometimes it MIGHT be a good decisions because he or she knows the chat and will be friendly with everyone which is thee ultimate goal, Have an enjoyable experience? Inactive mod:This is the mod that shows up from now and then. He or she can be inactive for MONTHS and no one would really know that person, therefore this kind of mod is just bad. Still if you have life situations you don't need to moderate a chat my opinion Emotional mods: Mods when are mad ban, or annoyed, not really giving a chance to let people redeem or even talk and say sorry. Other times these mods let their friends go a little too much, letting friendship feelings interfere. Remember!: A mod is to be approached when users have a question. If a mod in unapproachable, communications is failing. a moderator has to do their job regardless of the emotions they have. Fighting on the chat and or forums with another users IS NOT AN EXAMPLE, take it to PM in a diplomatic manner. Thank you.
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Bizarro	Oct 5 2008, 03:31 PM Post #2
#1 mod! Posts: 2,400 Group: V.I.P Member #32 Joined: January 10, 2008	hmm yes this is true and very long lol.



sonic	Oct 6 2008, 11:14 AM Post #3
SUPERSONIC Posts: 323 Group: Members Member #472 Joined: July 29, 2008	ha i had a problem at being mad i mean i never banned anyone for it i dont care what you say lex but i mean i do get mad but i changed that about a month ago when now all i want to do is be better
	HINDU IS SONIC AND SONIC IS HINDU!


Nejiisan	Oct 20 2008, 08:56 AM Post #4
Admin Posts: 1,139 Group: ADMIN Member #72 Joined: January 19, 2008	these points are true and very brief thanks fmb ]thks for the info u given us



gersman	Oct 31 2008, 02:43 PM Post #5
Anime Lord Posts: 679 Group: Star members Member #643 Joined: October 19, 2008	mesa love that post fmb hunni very creative



Draco3073	Oct 31 2008, 11:13 PM Post #6
The Dragon Mod of the Forum Posts: 1,149 Group: Global Moderators Member #476 Joined: July 30, 2008	I must say that was very well thought out and creative good job fmb



Sephiroth	Nov 1 2008, 02:34 PM Post #7
Posts: -8,388,603 Group: ADMIN Member #1 Joined: December 1, 2007	I have an opinon on inactive mod. I see a mod shouldn't be inactive, but if somthing big in their life just suddenly poped up after being a good active mod, I think it is understandable to not label this person as a bad mod. Anways I like how you organized this and explained it. I think it is very good that you have done this. And you probably know their are some exception is some of the groups.



Deleted User	Nov 1 2008, 03:11 PM Post #8
Deleted User	Of course a mod that had sumthing is their life that stopped them from modding tis nut considered bad, das ish wai i say in sum occasions, not in all.
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ssj4xbroly	Nov 7 2008, 08:43 PM Post #9
Posts: 444 Group: V.I.P Member #471 Joined: July 29, 2008	ye.........OH ........i just found out what we were talking about lol.... anyway i could name a few mods who done those at a point but they soon recover from the bad mod status


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