Additions and changes to our Mod team
Hi All,
As the forum continues to grow so do the challenges in keeping this a happy, healthy and positive environment in which to participate. In order to best achieve this, we are expanding the Mod team
Our Global Mods (Meg & Mags) will be promoted to Supervisors and we will introduce a new group of Moderators. Supervisors will oversee things and the Moderators will take over the day-to-day housekeeping of the forum
This is similar to the system we use on other forums.
Ok so how do we choose new mods? This varies from forum to forum. For instance, on a forum dedicated to a particular topic (such as say the official Sony Camera support forums) there would be little or no off-topic discussions (e.g. politics or other divisive issues) and so the personal opinions of the moderators are irrelevant. They just need to be able to moderate the forum effectively and in line with the rules.
However on a forum such as ours, where anything and everything can be discussed, moderator selection is much more involved. As such, the criteria for our Mods will be as follows:
- Must posses the ability to be impartial, fair and consistent
- Must be relatively tech savvy (if you can use the forum then you probably meet this criteria)
- Must have been a member here for at least 6 months
- Must have posted at least 100 times
- Must be a regular/daily visitor
- Must be willing to do their part as a moderator (don't just leave it to everyone else)
- Must be an amiable person
- Must avoid personal relationships with other members that may compromise their impartiality
- Must be committed to treating all members equally irrespective of members' race, nationality, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation and disability status.
With regards to the last three points, these are important because otherwise things can lead to untenable relationships as well reflect badly on the site as a whole - therefore anyone who holds what might be considered hateful or uncompassionate opinions would not be suitable moderator material. Please see
this post for further details.
If you think you would be suitable, please start a thread in the Contact a Mod or Contact Admin section letting us know why you think you would be an asset to the team
Thank you and we look forward to putting our new team together