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.
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven]
Vacations can (obviously) last a few weeks.
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[…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.
[QUOTE=Toast Museum]
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.
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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?
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Is it a volunteer position, or perhaps it is invitation-only, involving arcane rites of initiation? Are all mods former members?
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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.
[QUOTE=Toast Museum]
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.
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Way to call attention on yourself. Now you are banned.
[QUOTE=Sapo]
Way to call attention on yourself. Now you are banned.
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Actually, he was banned because of another of his persona’s faces.
I hate Hydras.
Closed.
samclem