Moderators

Flippyfloppy

Just thought of this the other day. I think moderators do a fine job, and though they're unpaid they behave very professionally and put a lot of time & effort into the communities they moderate. They put up with a lot of cr@p from posters and constantly need to be on top of everything.

That said, has anyone ever met a moderator in real life? Has anyone you know ever said to you that they can't meet up after all.....they're busy with the forum?

Is moderation and internet activity in general something people like to keep private from others in their life, perhaps in order to retain a degree of anonymity ?

Mr Simpson

I met a moderator once....

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Go to a Beers and you will meet plenty of them.
They're a sound enough bunch apart from ***** and *** *******, them two are mad altogether

Flippyfloppy

Bah Feckin Humbug! wrote: »

Go to a Beers and you will meet plenty of them.
They're a sound enough bunch apart from ***** and *** *******, them two are mad altogether

Interesting I'll have to use my imagination on who you're on about there!

Seachmall

I've met Boards mods, gotten drunk with Boards mods, and slept on the couches of Boards mods.

Genuinely cool people in real life, don't know why they're such bums on here though :P

The Backwards Man

I saw one in a supermarket once. Picking up groceries and putting them in a trolley and everything.

Flippyfloppy

Mr Simpson wrote: »

I met a moderator once....

And how did that go mr Simpson....wait, were you having a chat with yourself

Flippyfloppy

Seachmall wrote: »

I've met Boards mods, gotten drunk with Boards mods, and slept on the couches of Boards mods.

Genuinely cool people in real life, don't know why they're such bums on here though :P

I actually did not know boards folk hung out with eachother or slept on eachothers couches

Flippyfloppy

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I saw one in a supermarket once. Picking up groceries and putting them in a trolley and everything.

So they're just like the rest of us....shock

dodderangler

Sucking up much?

wexie

Is there a yearly moderator awards ceremony?

Where the Golden Ban Hammers get awarded? (most imaginative ban, funniest putdowns etc. etc.)
And if there isn't why not? I've seen some real crackers around here, especially in the prison forum.

Flippyfloppy

wexie wrote: »

Is there a yearly moderator awards ceremony?

Where the Golden Ban Hammers get awarded? (most imaginative ban, funniest putdowns etc. etc.)
And if there isn't why not? I've seen some real crackers around here, especially in the prison forum.

Poll for a yearly mod award ceremony!! With a view to a worldwide competition!!

dodderangler wrote: »

Sucking up much?

How very dare u!! 😌

Banjo String

A moderator ate my baby one night

Sarky

Met one? I've been molested by several. Some of them are admins now.

Grayditch

Some are great, keep the peace and are credit to the sub boards they help keep running smoothly. Some are sad individuals, but in those cases, I guess you get what you pay for.

John Mason

married to an ex-mod - he is a bit of a bollox tbh

dodderangler

John Mason wrote: »

married to an ex-mod - he is a bit of a bollox tbh

Is he a doctor too??

McChubbin

I met The Master a couple of times but it was at various beers. I'm pretty sure he was too pissed to remember me.
Even so, he seemed like a nice chap.

oldyouth

I heard one of them got her baps out for charity last Christmas and is going the Full Monty this year

wretcheddomain

Thickly veiled I want to be a mod thread

wexie

oldyouth wrote: »

I heard one of them got her baps out for charity last Christmas and is going the Full Monty this year

what hussy was that?

was she hot?

Howard Juneau

oldyouth wrote: »

I heard one of them got her baps out for charity last Christmas and is going the Full Monty this year

Whoopsy?

131spanner

Still not loving police mods - Dr.Dre, PhD

dodderangler

They're mods not gods folks.

Flippyfloppy

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Thickly veiled I want to be a mod thread

Lol a very thick veil alright, I think you're really missing the point of this thread

MadsL

Mods are overrated, Admins hold the keys to the coke and hookers cabinet.

Turtwig

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Thickly veiled I want to be a mod thread

I want to be the very best mod,
Like no one ever was.
To catch dem trolls is my real test,
To ban them is my cause.

I will trawl across the words,
Censoring far and wide.
Teachin boardsie' to understand
The power that's inside

Moderator, (gotta ban them all) its you and me
I know its my destiny
Moderator, oh, you're my best friend
In a forum we must defend

Moderator!

Every challenge along the way
With courage I will face
I will battle every day
To keep trolls in their place

Come with me, the time is right
There's no better team
Arm in arm we'll win the keyboard fight
It's always been our dream

Moderator, (gotta ban them all) a heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you
Mod-er-ator,

MODDDDEERRATORR!
gotta ban 'em all
MODERATOR!


Living the dream bitches, living the dream.

Legs.Eleven

Lick arse.

mattjack

MadsL wrote: »

Mods are overrated, Admins hold the keys to the coke and hookers cabinet.

I hear that cabinet is more like a safe , a safe buried in old house.

Femme_Fatale

"Has anyone met a moderator in real life?"
Jeez, moderators are really treated as a big deal here. They're just ordinary people who action reported posts when they're available to do so!

I've been a moderator - people have met me. I think they'd all agree, even if they enjoyed my company, that it wasn't life-changing for them. :pac:

wexie

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I've been a moderator - people have met me. I think they'd all agree, even if they enjoyed my company, that it wasn't life-changing for them. :pac:

Really?

cause that's not the impression I get

Flippyfloppy

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

"Has anyone met a moderator in real life?"
Jeez, moderators are really treated as a big deal here. They're just ordinary people who action reported posts when they're available to do so!

I've been a moderator - people have met me. I think they'd all agree, even if they enjoyed my company, that it wasn't life-changing for them. :pac:

I don't think you bothered reading the end of my post. Try again dear?

Ah no, I'll spell it out for you. I asked do moderators like to keep their internet business private. I.e. Do they 'admit' to their friends that they have a whole other internet life going on.

kowloon

Mods are pretty normal people, after you've followed a few home and gone through their bins the lure reduces somewhat.

lkionm

I met sparky the admin out last week week. We got drunk together and I told him I was going to burn down boards.

The most handsome man in the world though. A sauve aura just emanates from him .

Femme_Fatale

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

I don't think you bothered reading the end of my post. Try again dear?

Passive-aggressive use of "dear" always means the person who's saying it is absolutely raging.

I asked do moderators like to keep their internet business private. I.e. Do they 'admit' to their friends that they have a whole other internet life going on.

But some of your friends could be from the online community where you moderate, so they'd obviously know.

CrazyRabbit

I hate mods...which is a shame since I'm a Mod Manager on another forum.

Seriously though, there are great mods, and there are terrible mods. I've seen both here. I've also met 2 of the mods from boards. 1 of them is a real nice guy to talk to, but a real Nazi as a mod. The other was a decent guy on & off boards.

batistuta9

do they've to read every thread or what?

how do they manage it at work, etc.

BillyMitchel

Anyone say a rockers joke yet?

awec

Have I ever met a mod in real life? Other than at beers I have absolutely no idea. The guy who sits beside in work could be a boards mod for all I know.

Do I tell people I am a boards mod? No, I don't see how that could ever come up in any conversation.

Femme_Fatale

batistuta9 wrote: »

do they've to read every thread or what?

Just reported posts, but not all of them unless they have no co-mods, which would only be the case on an extremely quiet forum.

smashey

Ye should see the shít the admins get up to when we get together.

Mint Aero

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Just reported posts, but not all of them unless they have no co-mods, which would only be the case on an extremely quiet forum.

But what if no one reports a post? Who mods a bad post then. I never report, couldn't be arsed no matter what the post was i'd never think to report, this is a mad concept to me, posters report posts but why? What are they getting out of it?

Femme_Fatale

Mint Aero wrote: »

But what if no one reports a post? Who mods a bad post then. I never report, couldn't be arsed no matter what the post was i'd never think to report, this is a mad concept to me, posters report posts but why? What are they getting out of it?

Annoyance by people acting the dick, spoiling a thread by being needlessly inflammatory, trying to wind others up etc. I know you're probably an "It's only the internet" kinda person (I don't mean that as a criticism) but I'd say most people aren't.
If people don't report a post I guess it slips under the radar, unless the moderator is viewing the thread and spots it of their own accord.

batistuta9

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Just reported posts, but not all of them unless they have no co-mods, which would only be the case on an extremely quiet forum.

right, so whenever they 'step in' and tell people to cut it out or whatever they've just happened to be reading it anyway

do they've hours to be online or go by email notifications?

Femme_Fatale

batistuta9 wrote: »

right, so whenever they 'step in' and tell people to cut it out or whatever they've just happened to be reading it anyway

Or it was reported.

do they've hours to be online or go by email notifications?

Jeez, this isn't a serious job we're talking about! No they don't have hours to be online by, and they can set up email notifications for themselves if they wish.

batistuta9

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Jeez, this isn't a serious job we're talking about! No they don't have hours to be online by, and they can set up email notifications for themselves if they wish.

:pac::pac::pac: you're really embracing the dark side

Femme_Fatale

batistuta9 wrote: »

:pac::pac::pac: you're really embracing the dark side

It's yonks since I did it. All it is is a look at things from the other side, not really much to it, unless a person is moderating Soccer or somewhere else mental, but they'll have a good few co-mods.

Turtwig

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Or it was reported.

Jeez, this isn't a serious job we're talking about! No they don't have hours to be online by, and they can set up email notifications for themselves if they wish.

Sorry, come again?

Frank Garrett

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

It's yonks since I did it. All it is is a look at things from the other side, not really much to it, unless a person is moderating Soccer or somewhere else mental, but they'll have a good few co-mods.

What forum did you mod and why did you step down/lose you position?

dodderangler

Anyone slept with a mod?
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Micky Dolenz

McChubbin wrote: »

I met The Master a couple of times but it was at various beers. I'm pretty sure he was too pissed to remember me.
Even so, he seemed like a nice chap.

I can confirm, he is lovely.

And I can also say he always remembers, no matter how pissed he is. He isn't sure if this is a blessing or a curse though.