I’m just curious, what are the positives and negatives with being a moderator.
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I imagine they see a lot of disturbing and weird stuff. Like all the deleted topics we don’t see.
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I’m betting one of the negatives is that you have to read a lot of this forum daily whether or not you are in the mood. Some days I don’t feel like searching the forum much, other days a spend quite a bit of time here.
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Good character, never been banned, very few or next to none selfie pictures. At least a year on the forum. Contribute to the forum. Assist new sz.com forum members.
This is the behaviour and character I have seen from all the moderators so far.
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If I can give you an idea, right now I’ll be here a week or less before the next suspension.
They fight schizophrenia.com crime
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Its hard work. 15
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I actually think, out of all of us, only @Moonbeam meets this criteria. I got suspended once during a manic episode for telling someone nobody cares about their problems. It was really out of line and I had to apologize later. I felt really bad. This was before I became a mod.
Being a mod is mostly good, because instead of feeling guilty for spending so much time goofing about with friends online, I can be like “No, I wasn’t procrastinating. I was volunteering.” But we do see some disturbing stuff for sure. Not often, but it sticks with you. It helps to have a whole team, because we can support each other during the stressful times. I have no idea how @shutterbug managed on his own for so long.
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He wasn’t tolerant.
Back way back we only had to worry about the site going down.
Now I worry about every little thing.
We do see some stuff. It’s been pretty quiet lately. Knock on wood.
I haven’t seen the worst. I feel for the ones who have.
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They get immunity from prosecution?
They get promised rubber duckies for their bathtub for free.
(yeah, that’s funnier.)
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Yeah if I’m being honest, that’s my favorite perk. That and the card we show to get out of traffic stops that says “Sz.com mod”
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15 characters
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lol this is funny and accurate
Badly towards the end.
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I’ve only ever tried to ban myself. It didn’t work.
Moderating can be stressful.
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Honestly. You have to read a hell of a lot of posts you probably wouldn’t. I used to spend way less time here so these days I do a regular cycle and try to skim through every post. It takes time. I used to just come here and read and reply to those threads that strike my interest. It does take a lot of work but it’s a team effort. I know If I miss something another mod will pick it up and visa versa.
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