"Guest"

[Peter_Morris]

@engineer_comp_geek

On a more serious note, you need to have a personality and temperament that are suited to moderation…

How do you explain [deleted], [deleted] and [deleted], then?
Edit - names deleted on legal advice.

[Just_Asking_Questions]

@Procrustus

Don’t discount the advantages of no ads. My membership lapsed once, and OMG, the horror. I don’t know how you guys do it.

Ad block.

The board management should be terminally embarrassed by the ads they force on the unsuspecting. As should the people making those ads.

[Procrustus]

@engineer_comp_geek

You need to be reasonably thick-skinned. Nobody will ever tell you that you are doing a good job. Generally, the only feedback you are going to get is people telling you that you are doing things wrong. If you think the job has a lot of prestige and respect associated with it, think again…

You’re doing a great job.

[kopek]

@kayaker

Yes, sorry. I mistook requirements for US presidency for mod requirements, as the two are fairly similar.

In the type of people attracted to the office/post?
At my age I am mostly thinking Nixon.

In jack-boots.

[Beckdawrek]

@Spoons

And a certain State Trooper.

Beck, I think the reason you got a pass with the squid and the goat is because you didn’t just enter our forums; you took them by storm. We didn’t have time to prepare the squid and the goat. I’m glad you came in as you did; I like your posts.

Why, thank you.

[Atamasama]

@Just_Asking_Questions

Ad block.

The board management should be terminally embarrassed by the ads they force on the unsuspecting. As should the people making those ads.

I’ve always visited the site with ad block, I don’t think I’ve ever seen them. I assume they’re pretty bad based on comments I’ve heard over the years.

I subscribed because I spend a lot of time here and it seemed like the right thing to do.

[ThisSpaceForRent]

@kayaker

Yes, sorry. I mistook requirements for US presidency for mod requirements, as the two are fairly similar.

Except our MODS here seem more “hip” and “with it” than our current POTUS.

cheers…

[Chronos]

For what it’s worth, the Powers that Be have recently cleaned up the ads a fair bit, because word came down from Google that bad ads were one of the reasons we were getting downgraded. In particular, the dreaded “popunder” is now gone.

[EinsteinsHund]

@engineer_comp_geek

You need to have some reasonable computer skills and you need to be accessing the SDMB from a device that can operate the moderator control panel. A reasonably sized tablet can do it, but a small cell phone won’t work.

Now I’m picturing all you mods in a secret, James Bond villain like secret lair deep down in the ground with a gigantic screen above, all trigger happy to push the big red BAN hammer. The “moderator control panel”, you know…

[Beckdawrek]

I like to picture them in a Mystery-type van. With a little control room in the back. Wandering around the world minding their forums and banning bad guys. I think they all dress like hippies and eat fast food. It’s silly I know. It makes me happy. groovy man!

[Walken_After_Midnight]

I like to picture them as Street Judges, patrolling Mega-City One on their “Lawmaster” motorcycles.

[nelliebly]

I became a member today. I have to admit, it was kind of a thrill to see my username with “Member” under it.

[engineer_comp_geek]

@Walken_After_Midnight

I like to picture them as Street Judges, patrolling Mega-City One on their “Lawmaster” motorcycles.

I’m an old-school Harley guy. Dredd can keep his Lawmaster rice-rocket.

[Drunky_Smurf]

@Chronos

For what it’s worth, the Powers that Be have recently cleaned up the ads a fair bit, because word came down from Google that bad ads were one of the reasons we were getting downgraded. In particular, the dreaded “popunder” is now gone.

So the Powers that Be gave zero shits about our computers getting infected from the shitty ads until Google told them they could possibly make more money by not letting our computers get infected from the shitty ads?

Yeah, that’s worth paying for.

[Derleth]

@Chronos

For what it’s worth, the Powers that Be have recently cleaned up the ads a fair bit, because word came down from Google that bad ads were one of the reasons we were getting downgraded. In particular, the dreaded “popunder” is now gone.

So they don’t care that their own users are getting malware, but they do care when Google says that some ads are reducing their ranking.

Good to know.

[Atamasama]

Isn’t that how businesses are though?

“Sir, our product has injured a dozen children this year.”

“Who cares? It’ll build character and think of the thousands of other kids NOT injured.”

“But sir, the media is calling it one of the biggest consumer risks of the year…”

“Good, so more people will hear about our product!”

“…and shares have dropped 15% this quarter.”

“By gum, we need this fixed post-haste! Get manufacturing on the line!!!”