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dont worry, I'm not about to rant at y'all

just want to know how you got your jobs as mods as I would like to give it a try.

An application was opened, when mods were needed, and interested applicants applied. This is one way, but not necessarily the only way.

Jack wrote:

The Reaperman wrote:dont worry, I'm not about to rant at y'all

just want to know how you got your jobs as mods as I would like to give it a try.

They generally pick their friends

From having 'inside access', I would generally disagree.

yea if that were true there is no way freespirit or Digi would have been mods after last month lol.

I applied when the first set of applications were opened awhile ago. Didn't get in. Later, the market section head spoke to me and offered me a spot there. It wasn't part of any official, posted process, and I am not privy to whether there was any 'competition' for the spot. Was he a friend prior? Yes. But in that time, he learned about my past forum staffing experience and more about my personality. I like to think it was on that that I got the spot, and that the friendship only guided him to a suitable candidate. And while he recommended me, I still had to do an interview with the head admin to secure the spot.

the process of mod recruitment by public thread, is not often used, since there isn't that often it is needed to recruit more than a couple of mods...

and when those topics are made, there appears far too many good candidates...

friendships are only used at times because those a person knows, are easy to know whether are good mods or not...


*NOTE: the above isn't fully official, just what our impression of it is...*

even if one chooses a friend, baszy/smooshable still have to approve of the appointment...

Response formulated by Spacey
Agreeded upon by Supersquish, Rienna, and Lore
Confirmed by Smoosh

Admin does the searching, makes a list of candidates, the candidates are discussed amongst all mods, the admin makes final decision.

It is not likely that a friend of admin or mods will be put in. The users post history, among other things, is considered. If someone is x mod's friend it does not mean they will be a good mod.

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Additional Spacey point: the process for moving from section mod to global mod is a little different.

Spacey wrote:====
Additional Spacey point: the process for moving from section mod to global mod is a little different.

Always wondered how that happens?

that is usually only done on an basis of need...a few times in the past, it has been the promotion of a current mod...

Like Reaperman and Auriel.


Might i ask why we've Made Elladan a mod?

OMG! I just have a psychic connection with the forum users today!

That was exactly what I said to smooshable about 12 hours ago!

me and apadamek always wanted to but he is just to far away...