How many members have to die before the SDMB admins ask you to be a mod?

[Shakes]

Let's see. Currently, about 136,00 members, around 6,000 active (Not sure what that means.)

Assuming active members means members with a recent posting history, I'm going to venture a guess around 5,500 members have to die before they would ask me.

How about you?

[ShibbOleth]

I don't think it works down a list like the Presidency. If you want to be a mod, ask them. You can't hear them <snerking> on the internet anyway.

[billfish678]

All but one before I would agree to do it

[Shakes]

Originally Posted by ShibbOleth

I don't think it works down a list like the Presidency. If you want to be a mod, ask them. You can't hear them <snerking> on the internet anyway.

Really? I always thought they asked you.

I'm not going to ask, but still.

[Gagundathar]

There are local events (usually held in your neighborhood SDMB coordinator's basement) in which you can compete in certain trials. The survivors are allowed to continue to the state and then regional tournaments. Then super-regionals are used to winnow out the weaker contestants so that only a favored few can compete on a national basis.

So, you have to ask yourself, "Self, do I have what it takes to become an SDMB moderator? Well, do I, punk?!?"

Good luck and remember, that waiver will stand up in court. Trust me on this one.

[billfish678]

Originally Posted by Gagundathar

There are local events (usually held in your neighborhood SDMB coordinator's basement) in which you can compete in certain trials.

Do these involve turning liposuctioned fat into designer soaps and high explosives by any chance?

[CandidGamera]

They'd shut the place down before asking me to be a mod.

[DrFidelius]

I was asked, ten years ago or so, before they really knew me all that well. Because I actually like this place I felt obligated to abstain.

[Der Trihs]

Originally Posted by Shakes

How many members have to die before the SDMB admins ask you to be a mod?

Billions and billions [/Carl Sagan]

[Mangetout]

Do I get to choose which ones?

[CalMeacham]

I was asked once, but I had to excuse myself. I really don't have the time.

[Freddy the Pig]

Don't ast, don't tell. They don't ask me, so I don't have to tell them no. I don't ask them, so they don't have to tell me no.

I don't see death changing any of that. Unless it's my death. Then I intend to come back and lock all the zombie threads.

[Czarcasm]

Moderator Tontine.

[Alpha Twit]

I wouldn't want to be on a board that would have me as a moderator.

[etv78]

I don't have a thick enough skin.

[Typo Negative]

I would moderate the fuck out of you people!

So they probably wouldn't ask me.

[PatriotX]

Every time I ask, the only answer is, "More, more, more."

[kayaker]

If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve. Thank you anyway. Seriously, I am honored. Good night.

[Chimera]

I don't think people dying would either increase or decrease my chances.

[Giraffe]

I'm pretty sure I'm at the top of their list.

[Rachellelogram]

Um, all of them? But by then, I won't want to be a mod because every other mod died! It must be cursed!

Besides, if every member were dead, I'd probably have started posting somewhere more happening a long time ago. Don't die, everyone!

[jackdavinci]

How many mods are there anyway? Are there a certain number per forum? Is there a hierarchy?

[Lanzy]

If asked I will not run, if elected I will not serve.

[Morgenstern]

It's quite simple to become a mod here. In fact, it's so simple I'm wondering why no one has done it before. All one must do is buy the Chicago Reader.

[blondebear]

What if you're a rocker? Can you still be a mod?

[Johnny Bravo]

Cecil keeps asking me on our weekly poker night, but I'm like, "Hey man, come on. Stop stalling - I'm not going to forget that you haven't anted up yet."

[TriPolar]

All of them. Including me.

[Tom Tildrum]

One, just to make me prove how bad I want it. Watch your back.

[Dolores Reborn]

I think I'm next in line. I'm not sure, though.

[Taomist]

Originally Posted by blondebear

What if you're a rocker? Can you still be a mod?

I laughed outright.

[Zebra]

Oh the gave me list of who has to die. I'm about half way through it.

[Sailboat]

As many as it takes. *Looms threateningly*

[Loach]

I'm already a stealth Mod with secret Mod powers. So watch your ass.

[kayaker]

Originally Posted by Sailboat

As many as it takes. *Looms threateningly*

Well, then. . .

[Olentzero]

You think the kvetching over in ATMB is bad now? Try installing an unashamed revolutionary socialist as a mod (Great Debates, anyone?) and watch the fireworks.

[RTFirefly]

Originally Posted by ShibbOleth

I don't think it works down a list like the Presidency. If you want to be a mod, ask them. You can't hear them <snerking> on the internet anyway.

If I asked whether they'd like me to be a mod, they'd probably laugh loud enough that I'd hear them in the pre-Internet, pre-telephone, etc. manner.

[GusNSpot]

I am not a moderate, just stubborn.

[Dallas Jones]

Originally Posted by Giraffe

I'm pretty sure I'm at the top of their list.

Two terms and that's it. Just like the Presidency.

So you will have to bask in your former glory.

[Ellen Cherry]

Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS.

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

Originally Posted by Ellen Cherry

Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS.

Don't be all modding our mod thread about mods!

[Doug K.]

I think it works like this:

When there is an opening for a mod, the current mods and admins will select one candidate for the position. That candidate then has 36 hours to submit an application.

Simple enough? Well, here's where it gets tricky. The candidate is not notified in any way, but if said candidate does not apply within the 36 hours, said candidate is placed on the permanently ineligible list.

To further complicate things, if a non-candidate submits an application, that person is also placed on the permanently ineligible list.

And, of course, you do not talk about Mod Club.

[Northern Piper]

:: Piper coughs slightly, sets down the paper he's been reading, gets up and discreetly leaves the room. ::

[Jackmannii]

Originally Posted by Czarcasm

Moderator Tontine.

Yeah, this concept has all the makings of a really dull murder mystery.

Coming to a theater near you - "A Long Line Of Dead Moderators" or "Eight Million Ways To Be A Pissant".

[Freddy the Pig]

Originally Posted by Jackmannii

Yeah, this concept has all the makings of a really dull murder mystery.

Or a comedy.

"Kind Hearts and Jackboots".

[twickster]

Just in case anyone is getting ideas -- the OP asked how many members would have to die, not how many mods.

**sniffs Diet Dr Pepper before taking a swig**

[Spoons]

How many threads must a guest post in
Before you know they're no fraud?
And how many posts must a Charter create
Before newbs are instantly awed?
Oh, how many members must a Doper outlive
Before you can call one a Mod?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

[Jake]

Originally Posted by Typo Negative

I would moderate the fuck out of you people!

So they probably wouldn't ask me.

You must respect my authoriti! (Cartman)