Question for the moderators, and for moderators at other forums

[Gnome Berzerker]

Well, I'm a mod at a baseball related website right now. I noticed you're from NYC, is yours a Yankee or Met related site? If so, which one?

I can tell you from my experience at www.nyyfans.com that it all depends on the site administrator. The owner/operator of my site is an awesome guy, and makes our jobs as Moderators a lot easier to deal with than they have to be. Also, the committment you're asking about, all depends on what they're asking of you. Jim, the owner/operator i spoke of, didn't ask me for any specific time committment. I just offered what I have. Some of the mod's there aren't even officially listed as mods, even though they do the work.

If you've got a good administrator, and also a good supporting crew of mods around you, it will help your transition into being a mod a lot easier (like asking questions about how to deal with certain situations or certain people).

Overall, it's been a great experience for me, even though it's been tough at times.

Whoa! I'm a mod on www.themofo.net! Let's keep this civil, now.

 

[jerichothebard]

I mod a yahoo group with around 1800 members. we get a fair amount of traffic, up to 2k messages/month.

The most important thing I have found is to have a set of community rules, to which everyone, including other mods, is consistently held. Ours are: No flaming, no swearing you can't hear on network TV before 9pm, no spamming, no trading of copyrighted work.

I find it is worth it most of the time, although I have actually had to back off and nominate a new mod in my place while I finish grad school.

 

[Bozidar]

Whoa! I'm a mod on www.themofo.net! Let's keep this civil, now.

LOL!!