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I think that to become a nominee, you have to pass a test on moderating made by the Scratch Team, mainly on how you would react in different situations. Those situations would be put in a form that the soon-to-be-nominees would have to edit it. There would be "posts" on the forms that would have something wrong about them and the soon-to-be-nominees would edit those out and reply to those "posts" saying what's wrong what to do next time... basically what moderators are already doing. I think that would help people decide because then they would know how they would actually act in service.

Last edited by TorbyFork234 (2012-04-05 22:56:03)

TorbyFork234 wrote:

I think that to become a nominee, you have to pass a test on moderating made by the Scratch Team, mainly on how you would react in different situations. Those situations would be put in a form that the soon-to-be-nominees would have to edit it. There would be "posts" on the forms that would have something wrong about them and the soon-to-be-nominees would edit those out and reply to those "posts" saying what's wrong what to do next time... basically what moderators are already doing. I think that would help people decide because then they would know how they would actually act in service.

The ST chooses a few from the nominees based on past activity though.

Interesting.
I just noticed we have more retired moderators than we do currently active ones.
And I've been here for every one.

Nevertheless, I'm sure a great new moderator will be picked.

Chrischb wrote:

Time to start guessing the final list of nominees 

If I chose 2 out of the 4 current hopefuls I would say Getty and jji7skyline.

hey could i run in this election

Could i qualify? 

Cool! I'm not sure how happy my parents are going to be about the phone call, but I can talk them into it. I think I will run this year while I'm still a freshman and I don't have too much work to do yet for school.

Just as a curiosity though, how will the phone call happen and what will be asked?

RedRocker227 wrote:

SilverDomination wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

XenoK_Studios wrote:

oh ok sorry

It's fine. ^^


If they don't care, why wouldn't they want you being a mod? :p

My parents can be strict. I'm 12 (one year from being able to run), but my parents think its too big of a responsibility for someone under the age of 18. 
Edit: Yeah, I know. It's confusing.

Oh, I see.

My parents don't even know I post here, so it'd be a bit of a surprise if I asked them if I could be a mod :p

lol same

LS97 wrote:

Cool! I'm not sure how happy my parents are going to be about the phone call, but I can talk them into it. I think I will run this year while I'm still a freshman and I don't have too much work to do yet for school.

Just as a curiosity though, how will the phone call happen and what will be asked?

Well, we ask the winner to have their parents contact us by email, and then we set up a time to talk. We basically confirm the age of the winner, describe the role, make sure it's clear that it's totally voluntary and that there are no required number of hours (school and real life come first). The CM role isn't about "protecting Scratchers from evil!" - it's more about helping other Scratchers and keeping discussions on track. But we do mention that the site does get trolled from time to time. Drama happens.

It's basically just a chance for us to answer any questions they may have and check in, so they know they can reach us if they have thoughts / concerns.

technoboy10 wrote:

Another question - Should I put my age in my nomination post?

Nope, don't need to. In fact, no one really is supposed to. If you want, you can say "I'm over the age limit" - but it's kind of assumed by the fact that one is nominating themselves that they are. 

RedRocker227 wrote:

Mokat wrote:

puppymk wrote:

Why would they hate you? I,v never seen or heard of you being the least bit inappropriate.

You haven't done anything (from what I know)

Okay not hate but dislike.

And uh sometimes I can be kinda (really) aggressive and rude.

It's funny, P2S mentioned that you seemed to think we didn't like you during a conversation we had yesterday, and we were like, why wouldn't we?   

Nobody's perfect, and we don't expect perfection from anyone. Good faith and a little empathy for others will do.

Lightnin wrote:

technoboy10 wrote:

Lightnin wrote:

Nope, don't need to. In fact, no one really is supposed to. If you want, you can say "I'm over the age limit" - but it's kind of assumed by the fact that one is nominating themselves that they are. 

Cool, thanks. 
Oh, and how do you select the final list of nominees?

Well, mostly point 3. on "how are moderators chosen" here:
http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Community_Moderators

Okay, thanks a bunch!