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Posted: 7/20/2008 12:11:17 PM | Ok I guess I'll put my name into the hat as well if a Moderator spot ever opens up or if you need the extra help. I'm decently good at most aspects of computers in general. I'm on here most of the time,I can be very unbiased and divide the obvious trolls from the keepers,I've been a Moderator or Admin on many a forum board in the past so playing in Romper Room is not a big deal as long as we have plenty of milk and cookies stocked up for the chatters.   | |
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Posted: 7/20/2008 1:56:44 PM | Illuminati? Oh ya I shined a flash light through my ex gf's ear and watched her nose light up if that counts? The neighbors thought it was Christmas already and Rudolph was looking out my window.
Well in the case of good ole Al Qaeda and having good intel on where Bin Ladden is hidden I heard he is driving a taxi in down town New York and drives for Dominos Pizza in his off time. Oh and I can smell a forum whore at 1000 pixels,slap forum trolls till they cry for mommy and if all else fails look for the secret code hidden with in the rules that allows us to sneak up into the Admin Panel so we can post funny things in members profiles for a good laugh.
On the evidence part >> sorry but I do not kiss and tell.  | |
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Posted: 7/21/2008 11:30:31 AM | How does one become a volunteer moderator
LOL - I saw a good suggestion on how NOT to become a volunteer moderator the other day.
I actually saw a user publicly question a moderators decision and ability to do his job when the mod deleted the guys posts because they broke the rules. Seems to me that disrespecting the current mods - especially in a public forum isnt the route to go. I dunno but it hits me funny when users break the rules of POF and then scold the mods for apply actual rules to them. Seems to happen when users either don't know the rules or have no regard for them. I dunno but I suspect thats another one to add to the list of "how not to become a moderator". | |
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Posted: 7/22/2008 3:14:52 PM | I think I saw ... early on in the thread ... that the moderators are the ones who make recommendations when the need for more moderators arises. I think I saw that too.
From what I've gathered, from reading this thread, and observing these forums, it's probably pretty pointless for someone to nominate themselves as a moderator.
Whenever a new mod is chosen, it's usually just a regular poster, who's displayed through their posts, an understanding of the rules, as well as certain other qualities.
It doesn't appear that a self-nominated person, who throws his own name into the hat, ever gets to be a mod.
post 104:
I have to say that throughout my years of being on POF, I have never once seen anyone that requested to be a moderator, be made a moderator. Come to think of it, the last person who I noticed regularly proclaiming, throughout the forums, his intentions to be the next moderator, is no longer even here. | |
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Posted: 7/22/2008 3:50:58 PM | It doesn't appear that a self-nominated person, who throws his own name into the hat, ever gets to be a mod.
Whether someone announces he/she wants to be a Mod has no Bearing on being recommended. Not a Pro/Con Criteria.
Nor does any Experience anywhere else make any Difference.
Here, they relearn everything anyways from Square 1.
Long Term User Posting Habits, Observation of the Rules, Character, Contribution, Track Records, etc. is what counts most.
I believe the newest Mod ever put on was 2 Months and he got the Door as quickly as he came in.
 | I am smart, I know the Rules, I know I can do the Job, I have never-ending Patience, I can be tough when need be, People trust me, I am a Man of Vision, I have brilliant Ideas and want to revamp everything ASAP ... go look for a Job, make a Dating Website, etc. |
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Posted: 7/22/2008 3:52:44 PM | Message 124 ...
No fair "Ticket" ... we need that exploding emoticon for the political and current event threads ... 
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Posted: 7/22/2008 4:36:41 PM | | I dont know about the rest of you, but i get a kick out of The MadFiddler. He is funny as hell. | |
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Posted: 7/22/2008 5:00:45 PM |
Whether someone announces he/she wants to be a Mod has no Bearing on being recommended. Not a Pro/Con Criteria
Maybe not but why am I have horrible flashbacks to things like "moderator points" - lol - what can i say... lol - were those the good days? 
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Posted: 7/22/2008 6:37:30 PM |
Maybe not but why am I have horrible flashbacks to things like "moderator points" - lol - what can i say... lol - were those the good days?
Oh my..I thought that one was dead and gone. Thanks Miss Allison for dredging up the old memories. Was funny though. | |
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Posted: 7/22/2008 7:03:28 PM | Whether someone announces he/she wants to be a Mod has no Bearing on being recommended. Not a Pro/Con Criteria. I guess that still confirms my earlier comment that it's probably pointless for someone to nominate themselves as a moderator.
| Pretty well ... / Ticketoride |
why am I have horrible flashbacks to things like "moderator points" Ya know, I had the exact same flashback while reading this page. | |
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Posted: 7/23/2008 2:37:08 PM | | PANDY, HOW DO YOU REPORT SOMEONE WHO IS JUST USEING THIS SITE AT THE SAME VENUE FOR A NICE PROFIT? | |
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Posted: 7/23/2008 3:57:15 PM | HOW DO YOU REPORT SOMEONE WHO IS JUST USEING THIS SITE AT THE SAME VENUE FOR A NICE PROFIT?
click on following link and send an email with the information you have to forum moderators:
http://www.plentyoffish.com/member80.htm
that way which ever of the moderators that signs in there next will get it.
Edit: since you can't click it.....copy and paste into your browser | |
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Posted: 7/23/2008 4:21:01 PM | I guess that still confirms my earlier comment that it's probably pointless for someone to nominate themselves as a moderator.
Joseph Heller couldn't have summed it up better himself.
Anyone who has a desire to be a moderator should automatically be excluded from having their ambition fulfilled. | |
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Posted: 7/23/2008 7:20:50 PM | Why restless_native just because they might have time to spare,love to help others or just as something to fill the dead times of the day and want to put past experience to good use in helping others they have come to find a pretty nice crowd to be apart of or maybe they have never been a Moderator on a forum board,have been here along time helping and want to experience that learning experience as well. Do you really think being a Moderator on this size of a forum is easy? I can tell you for a truth it is not by far.
It is pretty funny how alot of people are so quick to the trigger not even being able to see the forest through the trees or knowing the entire story.
I am sure I will get flamed for my comment some how by somebody but i trust our Moderators will see it for what it is,but this is not the only forum rodeo I ride daily and all have different rules,different ways,different groups but at the end of the day it is just a forum board and it is just another post or opinion . | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 3:37:56 AM |
Why restless_native just because they might have time to spare,love to help others or just as something to fill the dead times of the day and want to put past experience to good use in helping others
Such selfless people as the ones you describe tend to do something more worthwhile such as charity work. | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 9:12:27 AM | You might actually be surprised restless_native as alot of people can do both and more in their daily lives.
I do alot of volunteer work for alot of people on a daily basis due to I am disabled and my disabilities keep me from gaining reasonable work with reasonable accommodations so I do volunteer charity work just on 7 days a week as a way of paying back to the community for my monthly disability income. I have tons of time and to be honest I probably get more done by accident in an average day as far as work and helping others than most do in a planned work day.
The only reason I put my name up on this thread was because I have past experience and often the time available around my busy days of volunteering and doing charity work which alot of times involves alot of computer time. All I did here was put my name into the hat and got flamed for it but a Moderator took care of that in a complaint I filed through the system here.
It is not hard to check threads and complaints at all. It is not rocket science. All you gotta be is be fast and abide by the guidelines the Owner/Admin have laid out,do the job the job the Admin/Owner expects and head back to life in the real world when you are done. | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 9:21:46 AM | Anyone who has a desire to be a moderator should automatically be excluded from having their ambition fulfilled.
I will say this, based on my long time being here (3+ years) and my previous assistance on this site, I will say I do think this sentence has merit. Too often have I seen people doing their best to prove themselves to the moderators in an attempt to show they may be potential moderators. I've seen users try "moderating" other users and make up silly things like rumours about moderator points, etc. and more often than not, the people doing all this are just trying to further an agenda. I've also seen these same users make frivolous complaints in the report thread. Not once have I ever seen any of them promoted to moderators. In fact, more often than not, the same users usually end up getting lifetime bans from the system. Frankly I think each and every person that has ever been made a mod they were requested to do so by admin and/or current mods and didn't approach admin to volunteer. I dunno though, Ticket was before my time. I highly suspect though he didnt volunteer for the job.
I think the best thing I can recommend for anyone wanting to be a moderator on this site is LEAD BY EXAMPLE. By example I don't mean telling others what they can do (as I see users frequently do under the guise of being "helpful". What I mean is read the rules and follow them to a T. Be mindful of your wording when offering assistance. Follow a good code of ethics. Lead by example. | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 10:05:54 AM | this is not the only forum rodeo I ride daily
The only reason I put my name up on this thread was because I have past experience I think it's been pointed out numerous times, by the mods of this site, that experience on other forums is irrelevant.
So I don't know why you'd continue to refer to it.
It is not hard to check threads and complaints at all. It is not rocket science. All you gotta be is be fast I can't actually speak for the mods on this site. But I will point out what I've noticed about them:
They appear to be more dedicated to being thorough to avoid mistakes. Rather than moderate with haste.
Perhaps you'd prefer to moderate your other forums as fast as possible? I believe that method would conflict with the prefered methods of some of the long-time mods of this site. | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 10:34:59 AM |
They appear to be more dedicated to being thorough to avoid mistakes. Rather than moderate with haste.
I second that! Now how many "points" do we get for kissing up? j'k guys..y'all know that we appreciate all the VOLUNTEER time that all of you put in to keep this site as free of the riff raff as possible, and enjoyable for everyone. | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 3:18:09 PM | It is not hard to check threads and complaints at all. It is not rocket science. All you gotta be is be fast
| Would be nice if it was that simple. What we have to know to assist Users to debug innumerable varieties of Problems could fill a Year-long |
Course. I would rather train somebody from the Ground up who has been on Site for a couple of Years than some burned out Mod with Tons of Baggage from previous Forums where Trolls who have climbed too far up their Butts has gotten the best of him. The "Know it all" Complex brought over from other Mediums is almost a sure-fire Guarantee your Stay will be relatively short. |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 7:21:17 PM | True that Ticketoride and as I posted all I did was put my name in here nothing more and nothing less but to see alot of other members who may have never Moderated on a forum of this size or one as busy trying to tell somebody how a job is to be done is rather funny imhoand I am not talking about the present Moderators at all but it takes all kinds to make the world go around.
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Posted: 7/24/2008 8:59:52 PM |
who may have never Moderated on a forum of this size or one as busy trying to tell somebody how a job is to be done
some of us have......well not on a forum such as this...but for a chat venue, and can appreciate what the mods here go through. But you don't see us throwing our names in the hat. As ticketoride stated, it is so much easier to train someone from the ground floor up, than to take someone who has "bad habits" and preconceived conceptions from other places. It is done that way even in the work force. And why would you even want to? Its a very thankless job. Plus, no finge benefits
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