Specialist290 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I've been one for almost 2 years now, ever since October / November 2013. It's been a fun ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technicalfool Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 How long have you been a moderator?Got the congrats email from Rowsdower on 19th June 2014, 00:14 BST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenpeach Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) How long have you been a moderator?I was announced the good new the 11 February at 3h15 pm(EDT)Which mean that as I'm writing thise post, it's been seven months, eighteen days, seven hours and twenty two minutes.yes, telling the hours and minutes was very important.time pass fast: didn't realized I was a mod for this long o.oEDIT: For posterity, I must say that it was the 11 February of 2015. Yes, I found the will to get the moderation time up to the seconds, but I forgot to say which year I joined :/ Edited September 30, 2015 by goldenpeach oops... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovy Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 How long have you been a moderator?I've been doing it for free for around two and a half years.I got a PM from Ted accepting me onto the team on 23rd May, 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 How long have you been a moderator?Since January of this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampa Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Have there been times during your tenure as moderator where you felt like throwing in thr towel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Have there been times during your tenure as moderator where you felt like throwing in thr towel?Not for me, but my tenure has been shorter than most of the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 What has been the most dumbest thing you've had to deal with as a moderator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KasperVld Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Losing six months worth of forum data Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethanadams Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 What? How Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) What? HowThere was a crash, and the most recent working backup was six months old. Edited October 1, 2015 by Red Iron Crown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoonRover Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) Have you never heard of the great forum crash of 2013? Something crashed and made the forum lose all its data. The backup was from several months earlier. There are no users with join dates from about September/October 2012 to March 2013, because literally everything in that window was lost. I don't know the exact details because I wasn't here back then.EDIT AFTER REPLY: Oh, November to March then?#NotAMod Edited October 1, 2015 by TheMoonRover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Huh, I always wondered why it told me it couldn't find my username. I joined the forum originally in December 2012 and simply thought it had been deleted for over six months of inactivity. Guess now I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noname117 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Have you never heard of the great forum crash of 2013? Something crashed and made the forum lose all its data. The backup was from several months earlier. There are no users with join dates from about September/October 2012 to March 2013, because literally everything in that window was lost. I don't know the exact details because I wasn't here back then.But... but... but... MY join date is in October 2012...EDIT: I should probably get to asking a question now...Is it fun to be a moderator for these forums or is it a bit of a mixed bag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 But... but... but... MY join date is in October 2012...I'm betting it's in the first half of October. Is it fun to be a moderator for these forums or is it a bit of a mixed bag?It's fun aside from all the moderating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethanadams Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Do you get paid for being a mod and is it your only job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Do you get paid for being a mod and is it your only job?We get paid in cookies. And no, most of us have our regular "non forum" jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noname117 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) I know in the past some of you have stated that you feel bad when you take moderation action. However, have you ever felt good for taking moderation action before? Edited October 1, 2015 by Noname117 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I know in the past some of you have stated that you feel bad when you take moderation action. However, have you ever felt good for taking moderation action before?Sometimes good in the sense that a mess is now cleaned up, but the cleanup itself is never enjoyable for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 What? HowFound this on the wiki: http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Great_April_Derp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 ... have you ever felt good for taking moderation action before?"Moderation action" includes a lot of things. Examples: approving new members' first 3 posts, banishing spambots to outer darkness, and we have the ability to edit other people's posts, which means we can often fix things like broken picture links. I get a very nice feeling out of doing that. Somebody has a picture of something he/she is excited about, and wants to share it. But something went wrong. And then we fix it! \o/ \o/ \o/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I know in the past some of you have stated that you feel bad when you take moderation action. However, have you ever felt good for taking moderation action before?Yes. Handing out infractions to community members isn't particularly fun. I suppose that comes from growing up as members ourselves, instead of hired monkeys. However, as Van says, there are lots of ways to take positive action also. Personally I prefer to help people out more than anything else, which is why I hang out in the support and questions forums so much.Cheers,~Claw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 While this is already stickied, it's now also featured in this months TOTM, well done Dman979 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman979 Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) Yippe kay yay! My first TOTM! More to come, I hope. :D:D:D:D Edited October 1, 2015 by Dman979 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist290 Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 (edited) Is it fun to be a moderator for these forums or is it a bit of a mixed bag?It has its good days and its bad days. Personally, I think that both the good days and the bond of camaraderie I've grown to feel with my fellow moderators more than makes up for the occasional bad days.Do you get paid for being a mod and is it your only job?No monetary compensation here. It's entirely volunteer work, though I do remember getting a nice KSP-themed Space Shuttle plushie in the mail for Christmas a few years back I know in the past some of you have stated that you feel bad when you take moderation action. However, have you ever felt good for taking moderation action before?As others have said, there's a lot more to moderation action than warnings, infractions, and bans. Quite a bit of the "invisible work" such as zapping spambots and approving new members' posts (which are both handled through the same queue, incidentally) are sufficiently quick and painless enough on most days that they're almost therapeutic once you get into the habit.Also, in line with what Claw has said, I also view some things that wouldn't exactly be considered "moderator action" as an important part of the job, such as making sure that new users with questions get the appropriate help and that our more creative sorts get a few words of encouragement. If anything I say as a moderator is going to get a little extra scrutiny from the user base as a whole, then I want to be seen as a positive source of encouragement to people who are making contributions, not just an endless fountain of citations for bad behavior.While this is already stickied, it's now also featured in this months TOTM, well done Dman979 Yippe kay yay! My first TOTM! More to come, I hope. :D:D:D:DCongratulations, Dman! Edited October 2, 2015 by Specialist290 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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