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Type of question I hate [re: modding]
I really hate asking these types of questions, since I like threads relating to someone's real life more so than online in Other Voting Polls, but I'm curious to ask.
Can you spot potential moderators? If you see a member who's establishing themselves as a model member, do you see potential in them? Are you one of those people who can call who'll be modded months in advanced? |
Well since I've been a member I have appropriately guessed beforehand nine people who are on the staff right now besides one who left. All of which I guessed weeks to months in advance. So I guess I can spot moderator potential to some extent. Although I have no idea how many people have been modded between now and when I joined so that guessed right amount of people could just be a very small group out of all the moddings that have taken place since I joined.
Yes, being a model member does give me some idea that they could possibly become a moderator, but I think other things go into it too so you can't always just base it on that. |
It's easy to see potential moderators after you've become one yourself at some point. I know back when I was a normal member, I would be like "OMG SO AND SO IS A MOD NOW!" and now it's just "eh, I saw this coming." But nowadays, I try to look for potential mods for my sections, just in case I ever leave or something. I'm picky though.
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Normally I can.
I said Twocows would get Technology and he did. I said Gav would get a section, and he did. And some others I can't remember XD. |
Yes, I see them from a mile away minus the Romming sections cause I never go there.. ever.
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I haven't particularly been on this forum long enough to spot potential mods, but typically I can.
Generally while all the other people are acting like children, the specified mod-worthy member would act mature (obviously). Plus they'd have an overall positive attitude without ever overly trying to be a good member. And usually they'd hang around in the section they're most acquainted with. They wouldn't be asking for a mod position either. =) |
I saw Patchisou Yutohru becoming an S-mod before it happened, but I'm really not social enough with VMing and stuff to have an idea of who will mod each section. That and I've made wrong predictions before, so I don't really speculate on who's going to become a mod.
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I kinda knew Audy would get modded a day before he did. I remember staring at his username on who's online and said to myself "I wonder why Audy isn't modded yet" andddd next day he got modded.
I also was PMing Tara potential mods and one of which was Logiedan who got modded like 10 days later, and Livewire I mentioned would get modded too. Oh and colcolstyles was obvious because I stalk other peoples reports when I'm bored. :D; There's been other times but I cbf'd remembering. |
Lets see I saw
Nica (Forever) Logiedon Cocostyles Kirbychu -hhmmm oh well. Its a bit hard for me to see sometimes, so i cant really tell but its also obvious |
I can't really spot potential mods, but I can tell if someone is making posts that contribute to the discussion.
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I'm far too asocial to really be bothered. With the exception of LiveWire and Kirbychu, I didn't even know any of the recent mods. I even felt bad when Kaori was modded because I didn't recognize her, but we apparently had a sizable VM conversation like a month before. >_<
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Yeah, I can. I mean, besides the obvious I-could-technically-mod-anyone-if-I-really-wanted-to part. After 6+ years (good lord...) of hunting down potential candidates either out of the blue or out of need, I like to think I've gotten fairly good at it. :x
It's disappointing when someone who just screams mod material disappears before we get a chance to mod them anywhere, or if they scream it and there's just nowhere to mod them and they eventually lose interest. But on the other hand, the most fun is when I spot someone early on and think "that person is so going to get banned" and then maybe a year or two later, I submit my vote to mod them. :P It's always so strange. And fyi, I can tell when someone legitimately deserves mod and when he/she is just sucking up so stop it, to the people who haven't figured this out yet. D; |
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But you can normally tell when someone is sucking up because they will normally go along with everything they say, in most cases. |
I have seen some active users who I think would and should get modded soon or eventually. I thought Livewire should and he did :P That is the only user I have guessed, I haven't been here very long.
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I saw some, like colcolstyles and Logiedan. Oh and of course Forever. XD So yeah sometimes I see potential members.
As for myself... I don't... really know honestly. I'm okay-ish I guess. XD |
Uhh, I know that colcolstyles will be a mod someday back when I was just starting out. More likely, I also somehow "predicted" that Yuoaman will become a mod someday and a few days later, he did! xP
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Well I haven't been here long, but I did see Live becoming a mod, I think everyone else did though </3
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I guess its easy enough to spot them; I mean if they do helpful, good things without expecting anything in return; and they are just...great in general, then I'd say that's a good role member. Well, that's what I think anyway.
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Sometimes. Although I'm still often surprised how some people aren't modded, whilst some other people are. Apparently my idea of what would make a good moderator is different from the idea others have.
I always thought Scarf and twocows should be mods, Abnegation getting modded was obvious, and I thought Patchisou would get s-mod. |
Hmm... I don't really know. The only person who I actually know that has been modded since I joined was ColCol, so I don't really have the experience to say whether they will be or not.
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sometimes. I have never guessed someone was going to become a mod and they actually did, though i think it might happen in the future. I don't think anyone has become a mod since I joined, anyways.
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Never on PC because I'm not here enough, but on more frequented haunts, I have predicted it sometimes. (I'm an admin on one site so sometimes I have to pick mods lol)
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I used to be one of those types of members, and have moderated a pretty big forum at one time.
Saying that, I definitely see model members becoming potential moderators, and my hunch has been right a few times in the past, including a somebody on this very website. The big problem is that there are just so many people in this community and others that have this potential, and it is sad that this important job can't be given to everybody. |
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I saw BinaryPaches and Forever becoming mods because I was/am active in the same sections as them. It's kinda hard for me to explain exactly how a person gets on my "potential mod" list; it's a combination of staying active, knowledge of the subject of that particular section, keeping a cool head, and having good interactions with others who are posting in those areas.
On that topic, an admin on another forum thought I was mod material... boy was he ever wrong xD I ended up being the laziest staff member on that site and not doing any moderating, lol |
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