Well, I felt like making this, so I did :3 Pretty basic, but whatever
EDIT: well it worked fine for me :c
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Well, I felt like making this, so I did :3 Pretty basic, but whatever
EDIT: well it worked fine for me :c
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This makes me want there to be a REWF for this :POriginally Posted by LARRRg
Yay, I see it now. :3 That's pretty badass.
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Sorry I was exhausted yesterday and forgot to post my question.
What's the difference between being a Moderator and being an Active Member? I'm not going to any deeper with my question, answer it to the best of your ability and understanding. Please answer this question as differently as you can from each other's answer. I don't want to see the same answer over and over.
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I'd say it's the same difference between a professor and a student.
At one time, a professor was a student; similarly, at one point a Mod was an active member. Both the former student and former active member had two things going on for them that helped:
1. They both took the right steps to become a professor/Mod. They had professors and Mods of their own who they learned from, and they both somehow proved that they were capable of becoming equal to their superiors.
2. They had the desire to help others. The professor gained an interest in teaching, and desired to pass their knowledge onto future students. Similarly, Mods are both trusted members of a community and they desire to help keep their community united and enjoyable.
So, in the end, just as a professor is a former student who developed the rights skills and the desire to help others who were once in a similar situation to himself, Mods are former members who have proven their worth and have a mindset in which they want to help foster growth in their community as best as they can.
To explain outside of the whole student-professor/active member-Mod analogy, basically:
An active member is a part of the community, and while they may want the best for the community they either aren't as prepared to be a Mod, or they're content where they are and don't have aspirations of becoming a Mod.
Whereas a Mod is an active member of the community who is not only there to enjoy themselves with others, they are also there to make sure it is a pleasant experience for everyone involved and they have shown that they have the qualifications necessary to becoming a mod (as I've stated in a previous answer, I believe those to be common virtues: kindness, patience, responsiveness, etc.).
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I think it's the case where, ideally, not all active members are moderators, but all moderators are active members. I say that because how do we define active members? As members of this forum who are online daily, who are actively partaking in the threads of this forum, possibly creating their own, and, all in all, being a part of the community that we have here. I'm not saying that inactive members can't be a part of the community, merely that active members can tend to come to the forefront of it, due to often being the ones you see when logging on. They are role models to newer members, giving a template on how to act and not break the rules. We also expect members to help in the upholding of the forum's rules in the ways they can, by following them and reporting the posts that don't, either directly to an online mod or by using the report button.
What do we expect of moderators? Exactly the same, with the only exception being the very last point: The reporting of the rule breaking. They are the ones who take action on these claims, make sure they're legitimate, and then follow through with the correct course of action. While yes, they can confer with other mods if they are uncertain as to how to proceed, for the majority of cases they are able and expected to follow a certain course of action, especially with such common cases as spam bots and the clearer rules such as the porn posting ones. The only other thing that differs from our expectations of moderators and active members, possibly, is the role model stipulation, solely due to moderators being (possibly) held in higher regard with new members, due to their position, meaning a greater burden is put on them to behave well, not that you'd really expect anything less from someone who upholds the rules. Can there be a mod that isn't active? Well, theoretically yes, it is still possible for them to only come on occasionally and fulfill their duties, however this does greatly limit their effectiveness, as for a large amount of the time they reduce the mod staff by one, potentially increasing the time window in which there's no mod online and those who join with malicious intent can strike.
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The way I look at it, assuming the activity is on about the same level for the hypothetical moderator, it comes down to the experience and attitude a good moderator should have. A member can play all of the forum games, speculate on every ERB, sign up for every forum fiction, chat basically whenever they're on, and even be on the lookout for --or just happen across-- rule-violating stuff, (Like that time I just sort of found a triple account while looking through the members list.) but all of this is stuff a newbie that made sure to look over the rules can do to some degree. A moderator is (Hopefully) someone who's given everyone else, particularly the moderators, a reason to trust that they aren't very liable to be breaking the rules anytime soon, and know well enough when a rule's been broken; that they won't just leave the moment they are promoted from "member"; that they care enough about this site and the community hosted by it to contribute to the continued civility and order on it. So, a member can be active, and even contribute in ways to facilitate good moderation by the staff, a moderator is a member who is (Hopefully) active, has earned the trust of members and mods alike through continued good behavior, and shown just how much they care for this community by their participation and desire for modship, enough to be made one by their fellow members/mods.
(I hope that made sense.)
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Just gonna bump this to the new page in hopes of people seeing it. Please note that you do not need to be an active member to vote, as everything you need to know is in this topic.
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Should've stuck with Dion.
