Comments on: How to recruit forum moderators

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:37:02 +0000

MOin - Yes, a lot of people are willing to be moderators but just because someone puts their hand up and volunteers, does that mean they should be one? Most of the time, no. You need to pick the right one, not any one.

By: MOin

MOin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:21:54 +0000

really nice walk throughs for the one’s who recently started a forum and need forum faculty, but imo these days gathering moderators is not a big deal anyone is willing to become a moderator i dont know what people think is being a moderator =/

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:49:38 +0000

Smiley – Yup, I agree with you. Moderators should be in the role because they are passionate about the community and want to see it improve. Once you introduce money as an incentive, this passion can then be questioned.

By: Smiley

Smiley — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:53:53 +0000

? You don’t want moderators to come to the forum.. ideally you want popular, responsible, loyal and fair-minded regular posters to be the moderator.

Online communities are supposed to be fun, too. A moderator position within a community, to me, is a position of ‘honour’. A position that is almost impossible to attain giving the person who has it that much more respect, the moderator should moderate for you because they love the site and genuinely want to help out……. if it’s getting to the point where you feel you have to bribe people to moderate for you via cash reward.. in my opinion that’s a sign that there’s something wrong!

But I’m no professional, far from it, so remember that it’s just my opinion

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:25:21 +0000

Dan – Your decision to avoid giving full moderator privileges to people you knew you would be unable to work with was 100% correct. Giving them an ‘advisory’ position instead was a good compromise, but remember – you’ll still need to work with them in this role, too!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:40:32 +0000

I had an opposite problem, so to speak How NOT to recruit a moderator. See, there were two extremely active power-users, who were really at the center of the forum. Loved by many, of not most members. I just knew I couldn’t work with either of those due to incompatible chemistry.. and because it wasn’t a “work” forum, I took the liberty not to get them the moderator job and instead picked somewhat less active members. Of course this upset those two a bit.. So what I did was creating a special “advisory board” of those two and a bunch of other power-users whom I really wanted to get closely involved with our happenings, but not on the official level. On the two sites that I did that it works great

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By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:54:34 +0000

San Diego – If they go on a power trip like they own the site, then quite simply you have either:

a) Chosen the wrong person to be a moderator
b) Not given clear enough guidelines as to their role and your expectations

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San Diego Personal Injury Attorney — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:12:09 +0000

It’s difficult to find good moderators… they always get on a power trip like they own the site.

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:59:41 +0000

Alberghi – You are welcome, I am glad the article was useful to you.