Moderator Performance, V.2, Suggestions/Complaints/Compliments Options

[*Zatanna*]

Do you have suggestions, complaints, or compliments as to how the moderator staff is performing? Voice your opinions here.

Make this thread helpful for the mods.

Mods are members, also. So member bashing is not allowed, as always. Don't make it a personal vendetta, please. Keep the bashing at 0%, please.

Any moderator has the right to close and unpin this thread at the signs of bashing, pointlessness, and/or any other guideline breaker.

I do hope this works out. I want to stress that this is not the place for personal attacks. If you really have to, keep it in the PM system between you and the mod. This thread is here to help mods work better with members.

So...your thoughts?


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[juliar]

I don't have anyone specific to name, but I think that unless you plan to be active and post on CB everyday, you should not be a mod. If you know that you're going to have so and so things to do regularly (many classes, lots of homework, extra curriculars, long work hours, etc) STEP DOWN. You only make the mod team look worse. Of course, it's not your fault that you have so many things to do, but don't be a mod if you don't have time for it. Don't blame your inactivity as a mod on work, because if you know that you have lots of work to do, you should not be a mod.

That's what I think. :X

[*Zatanna*]

I don't have anyone specific to name, but I think that unless you plan to be active and post on CB everyday, you should not be a mod. If you know that you're going to have so and so things to do regularly (many classes, lots of homework, extra curriculars, long work hours, etc) STEP DOWN. You only make the mod team look worse. Of course, it's not your fault that you have so many things to do, but don't be a mod if you don't have time for it. Don't blame your inactivity as a mod on work, because if you know that you have lots of work to do, you should not be a mod.

That's what I think. :X

I respect your opinion and to an extent, I agree. If you honestly know before you are hired that you will not be able to be active here, don't accept the position. Being a moderator means much more than just having a certain title.

Having said that, I do not believe that if one misses a day (or two) that they should step down. We all have unexpected cirumstances and will occasionally miss a day. I think that the most important attribute of a moderator is effort. Activeness shows that you are making an effort. That's not to say that if you do not see moderators closing, moving, editing, etc all the time that they are not doing their job. Sometimes being a good moderator means keeping up with the forum, responding to posts (with some substance) and contributing to the community in general. Yes, the same could be said for any good member of cB, but it is even more important to do so as a staff member.

Also, the idea of taking a "hiatus" is not one that should be always looked down upon. If we have a good staff member here that needs to go on vacation, needs to work on a research project (as examples), we should be patient with them. This happens in real life job situations and people are not fired or do not quit their jobs because of this. However, when these things happen in excess and is not communicated, people *are* fired and people do resign. So grain of salt here, if someone is repeatedly taking a break, yes, they should step down.

[KissMe2408]

That's not to say that if you do not see moderators closing, moving, editing, etc all the time that they are not doing their job. Sometimes being a good moderator means keeping up with the forum, responding to posts (with some substance) and contributing to the community in general. Yes, the same could be said for any good member of cB, but it is even more important to do so as a staff member.

I couldn't of said that any better.
If everyone could understand this, that would be great.