[wp-forums] Being a moderator

[Half-Elf on Tech]

You don't need to be a mod to do that. A lot of the best people in the 
community, who are helpful and communicate wonderfully, aren't.

I mean ... Are you sure? Being a moderator means you have more 
responsibility, more work, and more grief slung at you. It doesn't 
magically change your standing in the community, it just means we expect 
you to be kind and friendly and welcoming AND clean up spam and stop 
fights. You'll also be expected to know when and how to ask for help, to 
not get into arguments yourself, and above all, be a good person in a storm. 


It's a volunteer job, you may never EVER get thanked, ever, by anyone 
other than other mods. You may get 'followed home' by people angry you 
deleted expletives from a post.

Being a moderator is work, plain and simple, and it's not for everyone. 
Even if you're not a moderator, if you're answering questions and 
helping people, then YOU are a valued member of the community, and we 
love you already.

People who want to be a mod just because they want to help are kind of 
missing the point. You're already helping :) There's nothing magical 
about being a mod that changes that, it just changes the level of abuse 
people give you :/

Vinod Dalvi wrote:
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> I want to become mod because i think i have abilities to become mod and
> using that abilities i can help community better way.
>
> I also support on the following forums.
>
> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/vinoddalvi
> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/profile/mozillavvd
> http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/users/14347/vinod-dalvi
>
> Cheers,
> Vinod Dalvi
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Half-Elf on Tech<ipstenu at halfelf.org>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> It's cool to say you're interested, but it doesn't necessarily mean we'll 
>>
>> tap you right away :) It lets us know you're interested, and we'll 
>> see what
>> we see.
>>
>> Out of curiosity, why do you want to be a mod?
>>
>> Vinod Dalvi wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Jan,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your reply.
>>>
>>> I read the documentation on the page
>>> https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/ and found
>>> the
>>> following information on it therefore i sent this mail.
>>>
>>> That means you should join the WP-Forums email list
>>> <http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-forums/>  first. 
>>> It’s low
>>>
>>> traffic, and we’re really pretty chill there. Raise red flags there, and 
>>>
>>> keep on doing what you’re doing. It’s okay to mention ‘I’m interested in 
>>>
>>> being a moderator’ and include your forum ID. We’ll check you out, see
>>> your
>>> history, and if we think that’s a good fit, we’ll tap you. Sometimes we
>>> spot you first and ask you instead. It’s not an exact science.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Vinod Dalvi
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 3:32 AM, Jan Dembowski<jan at dembowski.net>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Vinod,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your interest and support in the forums. There's not 
>>>> really a
>>>> process for becoming a moderator but as Mika once posted (I can't find
>>>> the
>>>> link now)
>>>>
>>>> "Post regularly, help people, solve problems, one day we'll start to
>>>> notice you and secretly tap your shoulder to ask if you're interested.
>>>> It's shrouded in mystery ;)"
>>>>
>>>> Just keep providing the great support you've been doing already.
>>>> Eventually someone may tap you on the shoulder and ask you. ;)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Jan Dembowski
>>>>
>>>> Vinod Dalvi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I’m interested in being a moderator. My forum id is vinod dalvi
>>>>>
>>>>> Forum account link : http://profiles.wordpress.org/vinod-dalvi
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Vinod Dalvi
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