Lex
Administrator
Hello TLS <3
We're recruiting 2 new mods to join the team.
The current forum staff are as follows:
Admin:
- Yop
- X
- Tres
- Myself
Mods:
- Joe
- Force
The process is as follows:
NOMINATIONS
During nom-noms, people can post here who they wish to nominate (and are free to also state why). People may also nominate by PM'ing me or another admin/ mod of their choice. I will then collate a list of all nominated people.
VOTING
We've had various voting systems in the past. The favoured (and fairest so far) method is a points based system, where members are required to append something to each of the nominated people including negatives. The points would depend how many nominees there are. So for example a member vote if there are 6 nominees might look something like this:
The scale can be discussed, but using a points based system is the fairest way to assess who the community wants as a mod IMO. The points scale will differ depending on the number of nominees, and the negative points will not go very low compared to the positive points. Also horrible though it may seem, the negative votes are a way for people to express their opinion in a fairly neutral way (and we've used them in the past).
Voting will be anonymous, verified by several staff and the final totals posted publicly (as much or as little of this data can be shown as the community wishes).
That said, nominations are now open and will close one week from now
EDIT: As per Fangu's excellent suggestion, here are some responsibilities required of a mod (I shouldn't have assumed this was obvious, think I've been on the job too long lol):
- Managing user requests and board requirements re: threads and posts (i.e. renaming, moving stuff, closing stuff)
- Dealing with spambots and the mess they create
- Enforcing our rules, lax though they may be
- Keeping a level head in taxing situations, i.e. someone is Being A Dick
- Being fair and unafraid to take action and get involved in discussions where required
- Be approachable and willing to hear members out in potential disputes
- Above all, respect user privacy
Don't be too worried about the technical side of managing threads and dealing with reports etc., we can show you how. It's a small learning curve <3
We're recruiting 2 new mods to join the team.
The current forum staff are as follows:
Admin:
- Yop
- X
- Tres
- Myself
Mods:
- Joe
- Force
The process is as follows:
NOMINATIONS
During nom-noms, people can post here who they wish to nominate (and are free to also state why). People may also nominate by PM'ing me or another admin/ mod of their choice. I will then collate a list of all nominated people.
VOTING
We've had various voting systems in the past. The favoured (and fairest so far) method is a points based system, where members are required to append something to each of the nominated people including negatives. The points would depend how many nominees there are. So for example a member vote if there are 6 nominees might look something like this:
Code:
Person A -3
Person B -1
Person C +2
Person D +5
Person E +8
Person F +5The scale can be discussed, but using a points based system is the fairest way to assess who the community wants as a mod IMO. The points scale will differ depending on the number of nominees, and the negative points will not go very low compared to the positive points. Also horrible though it may seem, the negative votes are a way for people to express their opinion in a fairly neutral way (and we've used them in the past).
Voting will be anonymous, verified by several staff and the final totals posted publicly (as much or as little of this data can be shown as the community wishes).
That said, nominations are now open and will close one week from now
EDIT: As per Fangu's excellent suggestion, here are some responsibilities required of a mod (I shouldn't have assumed this was obvious, think I've been on the job too long lol):
- Managing user requests and board requirements re: threads and posts (i.e. renaming, moving stuff, closing stuff)
- Dealing with spambots and the mess they create
- Enforcing our rules, lax though they may be
- Keeping a level head in taxing situations, i.e. someone is Being A Dick
- Being fair and unafraid to take action and get involved in discussions where required
- Be approachable and willing to hear members out in potential disputes
- Above all, respect user privacy
Don't be too worried about the technical side of managing threads and dealing with reports etc., we can show you how. It's a small learning curve <3
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. Been relatively peaceful for a while, but we have had previous mods quit during past instances of insanity, so be warned 
. My suggestion is to wield the ban hammer more loosely is all 
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