How many moderators is enough?

FullMetalBabe · June 14th, 2009, 02:00 PM

Well some people on Pisoga keep asking me to be mods on the site, though I tell them we have enough [we have 4 mods]. How many moderators would you consider enough on a board with a 400+ member database? Hw many moderators do you have? Where they handpicked by you or did you use user vote as well?

Chris · June 14th, 2009, 02:02 PM

It depends on the size and activity level of the board, to be honest. When it comes to choosing the moderation team, I've always hand-picked em' (by using a combination of both my personal "picks" and the recommendations given by the already existing staff team).

Ryan · June 14th, 2009, 02:08 PM

I would happily take another moderator or two. I am in desperate need of a super mod, but none of the existing mods seem ready for the rank yet... I think as long as the board is clean you have enough.

Soliloquy · June 14th, 2009, 02:08 PM

If you have to personally delete the spam yourself, you might not have enough moderators. (Or you might need better ones.)

FullMetalBabe · June 14th, 2009, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soliloquy

If you have to personally delete the spam yourself, you might not have enough moderators. (Or you might need better ones.)

This is an interesting point of view. If moderators do not delete the spam before you, you need new mods...or...?

TomZilla · June 14th, 2009, 02:30 PM

On Setsou Design, you know how we do; 1 moderator per four thousand posts.

Being that you're redoing Pisoga, I would add one other moderator, a moderator and a super moderator.

FullMetalBabe · June 14th, 2009, 02:33 PM

Well I have me, a super moderator, and three mods. and the site is just slowly rising.

TomZilla · June 14th, 2009, 02:35 PM

Three moderators? And one super moderator, why?

There's nothing to moderate as of yet on Pisoga.

Are you planning ahead; so that once you get the influx you're anticipating, you won't have to go through the trouble of picking moderators?

FullMetalBabe · June 14th, 2009, 02:54 PM

Actually, on the old forum there slow but constant posting. We have spam and people who register with inappropriate names. The smod takes care of them while the others take care of the forum spam

TomZilla · June 14th, 2009, 02:56 PM

Ah ha, makes sense.

Soliloquy · June 14th, 2009, 03:13 PM

I just meant that the mods are supposed to be there to handle spam and other problems, and leave you free to work on the forum itself. If you're so bogged down with spam then you either need more of them or more active ones.

What does smod stand for, FullMetalBabe?

TomZilla · June 14th, 2009, 03:14 PM

Super moderator (even though my alias isn't Fullmetalbabe.).

fattony69 · June 14th, 2009, 04:35 PM

I have 4 super mods and 6 regular mods. I really need to demote some of them.

Green Cat · June 14th, 2009, 05:39 PM

Really depends of the size of your forum, on my current forum I have 2 mods and one smod.

FullMetalBabe · June 14th, 2009, 07:13 PM

Yeah Smod=Super moderator, when do you guys think is a right time to demod some of your mods?

June 14th, 2009, 02:00 PM	#1
FullMetalBabe Zealot	How many moderators is enough? Well some people on Pisoga keep asking me to be mods on the site, though I tell them we have enough [we have 4 mods]. How many moderators would you consider enough on a board with a 400+ member database? Hw many moderators do you have? Where they handpicked by you or did you use user vote as well?
FullMetalBabe Zealot

June 14th, 2009, 02:30 PM	#6
TomZilla Zealot Posts: 1,796 Location: New York	On Setsou Design, you know how we do; 1 moderator per four thousand posts. Being that you're redoing Pisoga, I would add one other moderator, a moderator and a super moderator.
TomZilla Zealot Posts: 1,796 Location: New York

June 14th, 2009, 02:33 PM	#7
FullMetalBabe Zealot	Well I have me, a super moderator, and three mods. and the site is just slowly rising.
FullMetalBabe Zealot

June 14th, 2009, 02:35 PM	#8
TomZilla Zealot Posts: 1,796 Location: New York	Three moderators? And one super moderator, why? There's nothing to moderate as of yet on Pisoga. Are you planning ahead; so that once you get the influx you're anticipating, you won't have to go through the trouble of picking moderators?
TomZilla Zealot Posts: 1,796 Location: New York

June 14th, 2009, 02:54 PM	#9
FullMetalBabe Zealot	Actually, on the old forum there slow but constant posting. We have spam and people who register with inappropriate names. The smod takes care of them while the others take care of the forum spam
FullMetalBabe Zealot

June 14th, 2009, 02:08 PM	#3
Ryan Champion Posts: 481 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Soviet Russia Experience: Advanced Forums Admin/Mod: 10+ Software: vBulletin 2.6.9 Forum: Oyobiia	I would happily take another moderator or two. I am in desperate need of a super mod, but none of the existing mods seem ready for the rank yet... I think as long as the board is clean you have enough.

June 14th, 2009, 02:56 PM	#10
TomZilla Zealot Posts: 1,796 Location: New York	Ah ha, makes sense.
TomZilla Zealot Posts: 1,796 Location: New York

June 14th, 2009, 03:14 PM	#12
TomZilla Zealot Posts: 1,796 Location: New York	Super moderator (even though my alias isn't Fullmetalbabe.).
TomZilla Zealot Posts: 1,796 Location: New York

June 14th, 2009, 04:35 PM	#13
fattony69 Adept Posts: 184 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: USA All the Way! Experience: Advanced Forums Admin/Mod: 1 Software: vBulletin 3.8.x Forum: The Best forum Ever	I have 4 super mods and 6 regular mods. I really need to demote some of them.
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June 14th, 2009, 07:13 PM	#15
FullMetalBabe Zealot	Yeah Smod=Super moderator, when do you guys think is a right time to demod some of your mods?
FullMetalBabe Zealot

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