Moderator Requests Q&A

Dynamite I have one question, how do I know if the application went through?

Dynamite It's ok, Thank you for the response though.

Anonymous Reborn There's no harm in mentioning any other experience that you have elsewhere which you think is relevant. Primarily though we're looking for what you've done for our communities in your time here.

Hey Anonymous Reborn.

Actually, I didn't misunderstand at all and attempted to address those points. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough in my reply and I apologize if that was the case.

Essentially what I am saying is that we take all factors into consideration and showing us you have experience elsewhere would be of interest to us. It isn't likely to sway a decision from a "no" to a "yes" though. As I said, primarily we are focused on your posts and conduct on Neoseeker and that is what we'll be going by when taking a decision. Anything else like experience elsewhere is only of cursory interest to us.

Ultimately we're looking for the right person for the particular forum we're reviewing. In order to gauge that a heavy focus is placed on your posts within the community you're applying to moderate and your general site conduct. These are the factors that make up our minds ultimately and anything else aside from these factors are just seen as bonuses, but unlikely to sway the decision heavily or even at all.

I hope this elaboration more fully answers your question. Feel free to ask for further clarification if needed.

Dynamite How many times can you request?

Thank you Dynamite

I only have basically two forums that I've requested for, not really thinking I will get a place though.

Thanks very much.

Whelan: Moderators retain their positions based on their performance. We're not going to start removing moderators that we're otherwise happy with purely to "make room" for new ones, no. We're not limited to a set number of moderators in total and we're not concerned regarding the number we have at this time.

That said we do not particularly envisage a spike in the number of moderators promoted as a result of this new system compared with previous methods. It certainly would be big leap even to "hypothetically" assume all of those expressing interest in applying and doing so would all be promoted. Reality is so far away from that scenario that basing concerns off of it isn't something I recommend.