MMOMaven Admin
07-16-2008, 03:40
MMOMaven is Growing - Seeking Forum Moderator
With the community growing by leaps and bounds, MMOMaven is looking to expand in a number of new directions. Thus MMOMaven is on the prowl for some forum moderators of sorts, gatekeepers to MMOMaven Tower, if you will. Someone who will prowl the threads and posts, weeding out the bad, helping out the conversation, anointing new comers. This job is volunteer, but you do get to wield the mighty banhammer and will be given the key to the Premium gates. If you remain interested, read on.
What does moderation involve?
Basically you check the forums regularly and use the built-in moderation functions to handle any problems that come up.
Your privileges will include the ability to delete, close/re-open, and move threads and posts. You'll also be able to send private messages to members. The forums will require registration with an image-based verification process for all members, so you shouldn't have to worry about automated spam attacks.
Depending on how many qualified people apply to be moderators and how popular the forums become, we could have multiple moderators per forum or multiple forums per moderator. We'll aim to maintain a good ratio that keeps the moderation duties fairly light. On most days moderators shouldn't have any problems to address at all.
If you decide you no longer wish to moderate, you can quit at any time. We just ask that you give us reasonable notice (two weeks would be great) to find a suitable successor.
Why become a moderator?
Anyone who's moderated a forum already knows how rewarding it can be. If your goal is to fill an ego-based need like status or popularity, you probably won't make a good moderator. A good reason to become a moderator is that you love helping people and are looking for an outlet to contribute. Great moderators are active in their forums, and they love seeing their communities blossom. An active moderator has tremendous influence over the type of community that evolves. If there's anything you'll get out of being a moderator, it's that you'll build stronger communication and leadership skills.
A few requirements
Decent English writing skills
Your forum account must be older than one month.
Preferably, a post count above 10 would be nice. (Mostly to check your personality on forums, having 1000+ posts won't help)
Don't be stupid.
How to apply?
If you're interested in becoming a moderator, just send us (administrator@mmomaven.com) the following info:
some basic info about yourself (who you are, what you do, your main interests, your web site if you have one)
your previous history with MMOMaven.com (how long you've been visiting and how often)
previous forum moderation experience you've had (or why you'd make a good moderator)
which particular forum(s) you'd most enjoy moderating
your city and country (ideally I'd like to build an internationally diverse group)
why you'd like to be a moderator
When writing your application, make your subject "Apply to become a forum moderator," so the message ends up in the correct bin. Feel free to ask us questions about forum moderation as well.
Thank You!
Your efforts will not go unnoticed. You will be doing others (and yourself) a great deal of good (and will have the undying gratitude of our overworked founder, editor and forum administrator as well!).
You will be helping us build one of the best and most active MMOG community and information resource web sites for people around the world.
With the community growing by leaps and bounds, MMOMaven is looking to expand in a number of new directions. Thus MMOMaven is on the prowl for some forum moderators of sorts, gatekeepers to MMOMaven Tower, if you will. Someone who will prowl the threads and posts, weeding out the bad, helping out the conversation, anointing new comers. This job is volunteer, but you do get to wield the mighty banhammer and will be given the key to the Premium gates. If you remain interested, read on.
What does moderation involve?
Basically you check the forums regularly and use the built-in moderation functions to handle any problems that come up.
Your privileges will include the ability to delete, close/re-open, and move threads and posts. You'll also be able to send private messages to members. The forums will require registration with an image-based verification process for all members, so you shouldn't have to worry about automated spam attacks.
Depending on how many qualified people apply to be moderators and how popular the forums become, we could have multiple moderators per forum or multiple forums per moderator. We'll aim to maintain a good ratio that keeps the moderation duties fairly light. On most days moderators shouldn't have any problems to address at all.
If you decide you no longer wish to moderate, you can quit at any time. We just ask that you give us reasonable notice (two weeks would be great) to find a suitable successor.
Why become a moderator?
Anyone who's moderated a forum already knows how rewarding it can be. If your goal is to fill an ego-based need like status or popularity, you probably won't make a good moderator. A good reason to become a moderator is that you love helping people and are looking for an outlet to contribute. Great moderators are active in their forums, and they love seeing their communities blossom. An active moderator has tremendous influence over the type of community that evolves. If there's anything you'll get out of being a moderator, it's that you'll build stronger communication and leadership skills.
A few requirements
Decent English writing skills
Your forum account must be older than one month.
Preferably, a post count above 10 would be nice. (Mostly to check your personality on forums, having 1000+ posts won't help)
Don't be stupid.
How to apply?
If you're interested in becoming a moderator, just send us (administrator@mmomaven.com) the following info:
some basic info about yourself (who you are, what you do, your main interests, your web site if you have one)
your previous history with MMOMaven.com (how long you've been visiting and how often)
previous forum moderation experience you've had (or why you'd make a good moderator)
which particular forum(s) you'd most enjoy moderating
your city and country (ideally I'd like to build an internationally diverse group)
why you'd like to be a moderator
When writing your application, make your subject "Apply to become a forum moderator," so the message ends up in the correct bin. Feel free to ask us questions about forum moderation as well.
Thank You!
Your efforts will not go unnoticed. You will be doing others (and yourself) a great deal of good (and will have the undying gratitude of our overworked founder, editor and forum administrator as well!).
You will be helping us build one of the best and most active MMOG community and information resource web sites for people around the world.