A few mods seem to do all the modding. I’ve checked the mod roster http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showgroups.php? and some names never seem to appear. But then I can’t search, so I may just be in the wrong time zone to see them.
Well, the board’s secret police wouldn’t be very effective if you saw them working, would they?
::: shrug ::: From time to time, one moderator or another takes a vacation, or has some family or business activity that takes them away from the boards. Vacations can (obviously) last a few weeks. We usually have someone cover, often behind the scenes, at such times.
And, some forums engender more activity that requires moderator attention than do other forums.
[…drool…] I’m lucky when I get a Friday/Monday combination.
Sometimes a vacation from the board comes about because the staffer is too busy at work to be able to read effectively. Not much of a vacation!
People have also been excused to recover from illness, to bury family members, etc. Not much of a break there either.
Also, not all moderator actions are visible. If a mod posts in a thread to say “Hey, you two, play nice”, everyone sees that (or at least, can). But when a mod unmakes a spammer and wishes all of its threads into the cornfield, there’s no evidence left over for the public eye.
Actually, I think you just entered your own dimension.
Is it a volunteer position, or perhaps it is invitation-only, involving arcane rites of initiation? Are all mods former members?
Both. Some of us applied and some of us were drafted. You can apply by emailing TubaDiva. As far as I know, all mods have been members, except maybe Tuba who I believe has been an admin since the founding on AOL.
Way to call attention on yourself. Now you are banned.
Actually, he was banned because of another of his persona’s faces.
I hate Hydras.
Closed.
samclem