Moderation?

This could get to be a VERY serious topic, I expect somw Silliness, though

What would YOU consider the job description for a Moderator in Resident Answers?

everything in...

(1) to have been reading & posting in these forums for at least 1 year.

(2) to have an account at least 1 year old.

(3) payment info on file

(4) some experience in other forums with a moderating position (or are currently a Linden Lab employee)

(5) courteous and fair

(6) aware of the TOS and Community Standards

-Move the threads that belong in other areas.

-Lock the threads that get too personal.

-Don't act like a babysitter

There is only one rule - the golden rule. Do as Ordinal would do, in every circumstance.

must have the last name of Linden
must quit their day job as it`s a full time job

have totally lost touch with reality and no sense of humor


ok, that rules out the lindens but was worth a shot

Inflammatory and sisrespectful to Lndens ...This thread will be Locked

Oh wait...can`t do that..Carry on

The abilility to spell might help

Guess I`m out

no spelling needed when just copy&pasting tos sections

Maybe someone who doesn't let power go to their head.

ok, now that rules us all out

The Forums are DAMNED

To moderate

and make cups of tea for us all

I certainly would hope they'd be a troll and be a member of the clique.

Seriously, though, I think any job description is going to be more subjective than objective so it's a toughie. Here's my criteria:

1. Post in the forums a minimum of 6 months
2. Has not been inflammatory, in general, in their posts
3. Has shown an ability to get their point across in a fair objective manner
4. Preferably has experience in other forums, but not required

My HR experience makes me hate all of the ones I listed except #4, but those are the best I can come up with for now.

5) Is a masochist


Seriously- basically you'd be setting yourself up s a target for everyone to gripe about while your juggling dozens of different users and their styles.

Not to mention you might get one, two, or even a handful who make it their personal mission to bring you down. (yeah YOU Joshua and Malachi )

And bring out pie when the time is right.

This is an excellent question, and timely.

But it makes me realize just how much I miss Strife.

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I would think being able to take flak without responding would be a big thing.

I would not wish to attempt to do it. (Moderator)

It would call for the judgement of kings together with a passion for SL, and a degree of detachment from the company line (Linden Labs

Perhaps a retired Judge (UK, US, EU) would be a good solution, together with a job role from Linden Labs guaranteeing a degree of independence.

Also I think the time may have come to put such a job on some type of an earning basis.

By the way, what happened to Strife?

(By way of self-interest my interest in Linden Labs is that of finance and financial services in virtual worlds. For recreation I play WoW, the world of SL holds relatively few attractions for me, although I have made one or two friends here)

Strife is taking a well earned break from his resmod duties Aki Linden has taken over the role but it seems she has a (very) light touch with locking etc.

I would consider it, but I don't think I could do it. I haven't got the detachment needed and I would regret losing the fun. I wouldn't be able to post like I do and I doubt I could be professional about it. I haven't been in the forums or SL long enough. Plus I would feel horrible about locking thread etc if peeps are having fun. Plus I have no experience. I guess it was never meant to be lol. I will leave it for those who know what they are doing.

Considering most if not all questions are answered within the first two pages I think having threads that automatically lock on the third would largely eliminate a resmod. I may be wrong but there's a thread here that has grown another 11 pages since I was last here. If I wanted to read a novel I have one in my cupboard.

Is that possible? That would be a great idea.

I actually own and run a forum. Plus I moderate on two other forums.

This forum would be easy to moderate compared to my others. Seriously...