Re: Moderators
 

Good moderators don't need to be necessarely profilic posters, so what about:

- 1 year around, to proof that you have a good perspective.

- 250 posts, enough to tell that you know how a poster feels like.

- 100 Thanks received, so you somehow proof that you have support from a bunch of readers.

- A plan. Why do you want to become a moderator.

- Visible activity and experience in the area or task you want moderate.

For instance, TrueJournals would look like fitting in this profile.

Re: Moderators
 

Wow looking at my profile I didn't notice but I've only been around for just over a year

Re: Moderators
 

Speaking about moderation, what's the rule for posts which are obviously selling something, but which appear in the buying and selling section of the forum? If it's not a tablet/tablet related then delete it?

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I assume your spam filter is able to make the determination. :P Unless I'm not getting it, then do you have a specific example in mind?

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I have called for expansion of moderation at ITT before and would like to volunteer if there is any need. I believe I just crack the thanks posts requirement. I haven't contributed much in the past to the community but I have come to find and believe there are many places where you can do this other than contributing code or apps.

And wow at being on this forum for 2+ years, seems like yesterday I bought my N800 with no idea really what it was and what OSS was capable of, this is where I lurked and did all my product research.

Re: Moderators
 

Perhaps he is talking about individual members using the board for personal commerce.
Hawking wares or e-bay links in signatures, promoting services in posts... etc.

^This is a small problem that has become huge on some forums... without some guidance before hand, opportunists and rude walkers sometimes take advantage of the show.

A typical guideline is:

Re: Moderators
 

Speaking about moderation, you are rising a tangential topic inside this topic, risking to have none of these topics well addressed. ;) fwiw people are reporting spam on that kind of emails and most of them get deleted.

To mobiledivided, Thanks! Let's make the check...

- 1 year around, to proof that you have a good perspective.

Yes.

- 250 posts, enough to tell that you know how a poster feels like.

Yes.

- 100 Thanks received, so you somehow proof that you have support from a bunch of readers.

Yes.

- A plan. Why do you want to become a moderator.

Mmmmissing. For instance, do you plan to focus on a crtain forum, or a certain task...?

- Visible activity and experience in the area or task you want moderate.

Re: Moderators
 

Yeah I was talking about which threads I should delete and block their members, some of them are close to not being all-out sales pitches, not that I actually get to them first much of the time (I do see the emails though)!

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So we have penguinbait, TrueJournals and mobiledivided that have volunteered to become moderators.

The three of them fit in the criteria above and I have no doubt they can be good moderators. So if nobody else has anything against, this is a proposal for Reggie (our dear admin) to consider.

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This is the kind of thing I like seeing. :)

-T.