Scratch

Well, a Community Moderator does a lot of things, really    Here's some of what we do:

-Opening/Closing topics for people. If someone reports that they want a topic opening or closing, we'll do it for them.

-Cleaning up spam. If we see spam, we get it out of the way, to keep the forums clean and tidy.

-Answering questions. Just to be helpful 

-Dealing with arguments and trolling. Not my favourite part of the job    It's sometimes quite hard to think of how to stop an argument, while being respectful.

-Greeting new members. It gives the community a nice, friendly atmosphere, I think 

-Giving positive, friendly feedback. This could be on projects, galleries, suggestions - anything really   

-Flagging mean/inappropriate things on the main website.

There's a lot more, but I can't remember it now...

To become a community mod, you can take part in the mod elections that happen every four months (take a look in the "Announcements" forum to see some threads behind the previous one    ) From memory, a mod must have been active for six months on the website, and have been quite well-behaved and helpful for that time. 

I shouldn't be replying...    ^_^
Meh: I think another part of it was to be a role model for the community... 

Wolfie1996 wrote:

Well, a Community Moderator does a lot of things, really    Here's some of what we do:

-Opening/Closing topics for people. If someone reports that they want a topic opening or closing, we'll do it for them.

-Cleaning up spam. If we see spam, we get it out of the way, to keep the forums clean and tidy.

-Answering questions. Just to be helpful 

-Dealing with arguments and trolling. Not my favourite part of the job    It's sometimes quite hard to think of how to stop an argument, while being respectful.

-Greeting new members. It gives the community a nice, friendly atmosphere, I think 

-Giving positive, friendly feedback. This could be on projects, galleries, suggestions - anything really   

-Flagging mean/inappropriate things on the main website.

There's a lot more, but I can't remember it now...

To become a community mod, you can take part in the mod elections that happen every four months (take a look in the "Announcements" forum to see some threads behind the previous one    ) From memory, a mod must have been active for six months on the website, and have been quite well-behaved and helpful for that time. 

Thanks 

helltank wrote:

Inspiring other Scratchers. I was inspired by coolstuff to make some projects that I'm now very proud of.

I'm quite honestly flattered!

Apparently I also influenced Wolfie1996 into being helpful O_o

coolstuff wrote:

helltank wrote:

Inspiring other Scratchers. I was inspired by coolstuff to make some projects that I'm now very proud of.

I'm quite honestly flattered!

Apparently I also influenced Wolfie1996 into being helpful O_o

*applause*

It's true, though - I started out helping people, and you were one of the others who was always helpful... moreso than myself... And I'm a competitive person 

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

I'd answer, but I think Wolfie did a pretty good job in doing so already 

I'm surprised....It seems like you're always the first one to reply to suggestions. 

This wasn't a suggestion, but I understand what you mean - I generally try to respond as fast as I can.

How do you become a mod?

If you run and win a community moderator election (held thrice a year), you become a moderator for at least one term. I think there was something where moderators could go for another term without need for reelection, but I'm not sure. 

If I were you I'd ignore this post and wait for a moderator to come. ^^

Oh, and if you have more questions: This thread is specially designed for questions of this topic. 

EDIT: Outposted by markyparky56.

Last edited by Chrischb (2010-08-14 08:17:28)

markyparky56 wrote:

Chrischb wrote:

If you run and win a community moderator election (held thrice a year), you become a moderator for at least one term. I think there was something where moderators could go for another term without need for reelection, but I'm not sure. 

If I were you I'd ignore this post and wait for a moderator to come. ^^

Oh, and if you have more questions: This thread is specially designed for questions of this topic. 

EDIT: Outposted by markyparky56.

Ha! jk.    I didn't now about the mods only having a term, I thought it was a permenant post.

xP The previous mods are permanent though. 

EDIT: Well, not entirely permanent - until they leave Scratch or resign.

Last edited by Chrischb (2010-08-14 08:29:46)

coolstuff wrote:

helltank wrote:

Inspiring other Scratchers. I was inspired by coolstuff to make some projects that I'm now very proud of.

I'm quite honestly flattered!

Apparently I also influenced Wolfie1996 into being helpful O_o

You influenced me into being helpful, but I can´t, I´m always too late to All About Scratch 
Also, nobody seemed to have answered this...

illusionist
Dazachi
coolstuff
Wolfie1996
cheddargirl
MyRedNeptune

(If I missed any, tell me.)

Last edited by DaGamez (2010-08-14 09:55:21)

Wolfie1996 wrote:

Well, a Community Moderator does a lot of things, really    Here's some of what we do:

-Opening/Closing topics for people. If someone reports that they want a topic opening or closing, we'll do it for them.

-Cleaning up spam. If we see spam, we get it out of the way, to keep the forums clean and tidy.

-Answering questions. Just to be helpful 

-Dealing with arguments and trolling. Not my favourite part of the job    It's sometimes quite hard to think of how to stop an argument, while being respectful.

-Greeting new members. It gives the community a nice, friendly atmosphere, I think 

-Giving positive, friendly feedback. This could be on projects, galleries, suggestions - anything really   

-Flagging mean/inappropriate things on the main website.

There's a lot more, but I can't remember it now...

To become a community mod, you can take part in the mod elections that happen every four months (take a look in the "Announcements" forum to see some threads behind the previous one    ) From memory, a mod must have been active for six months on the website, and have been quite well-behaved and helpful for that time. 

including explaining about moderator! 

A few questions:
1. Where can I find elections?
2. How do I get in the election?
3. Can a mod still post projects?