How do you recruit your mods?

Elbethil · Posted: 9/20/2005, 8:10 pm Post subject:

Depends on what the community is based around.

Usually, I just let them apply, take my top three and let my more active/regular members vote on it. I find it's a nice compromise between me chosing and my members chosing.
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Teknomancer · Posted: 9/21/2005, 3:53 am Post subject:

Employing moderators is easy for me because in a closed, private group that invitation-only I know all the members personally, but I haven't made anyone mods so far. I'm the dictator Razz

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Garibaldi · Posted: 10/12/2005, 4:25 pm Post subject:

After talking with them a lot via PMs and getting to know them well I will decide to ask them via PM if they would like to become a moderator. I also set up a poll or ask my other mods what they think, so we can combine our opinions of the user to make the best possible decision
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Capmaster · Posted: 10/13/2005, 12:13 pm Post subject:

I haven't needed to "recruit". When I started the forum, I invited my closest, most trusted friends from another forum where we all were members, and I was a mod. I got to know them all pretty well there so I already hade a core mod team before I even bought the domain.

Since those day I have added two more mods. Several members had already volunteered for the job, and I'm constantly getting PMs asking to be added to my "short list" for the next opening. But we're overmodded as it is, and it'll be a good long time before I need to add to the modding ranks.
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Martin · Posted: 11/13/2005, 3:01 pm Post subject:

I recently recruited someone who is one of my closest friends. She has impeccable judgment and I have known her for at least 3 years.

I have the luxury of being able to easily say, "Yeah, she's good for the position."

dojo · Posted: 2/5/2006, 6:29 am Post subject:

I usually get my mods from the most serious posters in the site, who have the patience and knowledge to do this extra work ... I PM them usually and propose Wink

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Recently I was promoted on my hosts site. (Pretty exciting Very Happy

) And I got to see the Moderator forum, and noticed there was a topic about me asking the other support members if I should be promoted. Besides the fact that I was flattered by some of the comments, I was wondering if you contacted your current staff about a new promotion? It seems like a good idea, and I even did it when my site first started. Or would you rather keep it to yourself? Smile

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Alan · Posted: 2/5/2006, 4:51 pm Post subject:

Promotions are up to the administrators as far as im concerned. I might ask 1 or 2 mods, but generall I make a point to ask my other administrator, if he says yes, its done, if he says no its not. Same with the reverse.

I choose members who I know very well and am positive they are capable of doing the job. There is one im uncertain about. But generally, im glad I promoted them all. Very Happy

Less work for me, due to I don't have to baby-sit them. Very Happy

Wouldn't it be a very bad thing. If your members/mods found this site :| lol (well for some ppl)
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Ex0dus · Posted: 2/6/2006, 9:09 pm Post subject:

At some forums where i have been promoted before, i have seen topics like that and it was nice to see what others thought of me. As for at my own site, ill get a general consensus from some of my better admins and see what they think. They are also welcome to nominate people too but so far we havent really looked for staff in awhile since we have plenty ^_>

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Mercury · Posted: 3/28/2006, 4:19 am Post subject: Re: How do you recruit your mods?