"Community" Admins.
- Thread starter Nuke
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I was guilty of doing that in the past as well. Giving one of my great mods admin rights because he was a just an overall great poster and member of the community. Nothing bad happened because of it, but he never really needed that access, it was more a status type of thing.
Now the way I see it is that there is no reason for me to ever make another user an administrator on any of my forums. Moderators can take care of all of the member duties (warning, banning, post actions) and I can install any of the necessary code/mods needed.
Now the way I see it is that there is no reason for me to ever make another user an administrator on any of my forums. Moderators can take care of all of the member duties (warning, banning, post actions) and I can install any of the necessary code/mods needed.
It depends on the type of forum though. Some forums require a range of different administrators and moderators, whereas others only need one admin and a few moderators.
However, for moderators, it would be different. Genuine contributors who don't break rules deserve to be moderators, if they feel they would like the job.
However, for moderators, it would be different. Genuine contributors who don't break rules deserve to be moderators, if they feel they would like the job.
juststeven
Madly Diligent
I do this sometimes but it's normally because I see that they try very hard as a moderator and try to help with everything. I always try to have 1 community admin and 2 skilled admins.Nuke said:
Always Hope said:
I've actually done this once, but only for the reason you stated. I've also done this after my last forum closed, and I remembered someone who made an awesome moderator on the last site, posting even if I wasn't on, etc. When this new site opened up, I PM'd him on my forum and asked him if he wanted to come back to the team, he said he was too busy and I was a tad disappointed, because he really did well the last time around, and I was really hoping to have him back on the team... 🙁. Ah well, just goes to show you you can't have everything you want in life.
katy perry is hot
Seasoned Veteran
That's not a good idea though. If you have to make someone an administrator to keep him/her at your site, then you're doing something wrong.The Pimped Papaya said:
On my old site, I had a member who was around for months and then I made a mod and then months and months later I made an admin. That's how someone should become an admin. You shouldn't just hand out administrator/global mod permissions to people because you don't want them to leave.
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Deleted member 7467
I agree with this to an extent. Like someone stated, some forums need this type of thing. But for those sites who do need them, they need to be promoted along the lines of how Irviding suggested.
For example, on this video game cheat website I'm on, they're are 4 administrators. 2 of those are root admins and are in charge of the entire site, which includes choosing what content out of the thousands of entries submitted daily to add to the site. The other two admins are in charge of the community. These other two non root admins started out as moderators, worked their way up to super moderator, and were deemed worthy of the admin position.
For example, on this video game cheat website I'm on, they're are 4 administrators. 2 of those are root admins and are in charge of the entire site, which includes choosing what content out of the thousands of entries submitted daily to add to the site. The other two admins are in charge of the community. These other two non root admins started out as moderators, worked their way up to super moderator, and were deemed worthy of the admin position.
fantanoice
Madly Diligent
Sometimes it can be just as an authority figure, or simply somebody that people can go to for help with general foruming stuff, not to set up/modify/maintain the board.
Though tbh, I don't really see the need for them to be an 'Admin.' Staff positions shouldn't exactly be 'rewards,' IMO, because you're hiring somebody to essentially work for you. If they don't know how to do a job, or don't show a willingness to learn, then why are they on staff?
You could probably get away with using a VIP member (definitely a good role to 'reward' people with), or even a Mod with a small role (though probably not a Super Mod), for those types of things.
Though tbh, I don't really see the need for them to be an 'Admin.' Staff positions shouldn't exactly be 'rewards,' IMO, because you're hiring somebody to essentially work for you. If they don't know how to do a job, or don't show a willingness to learn, then why are they on staff?
You could probably get away with using a VIP member (definitely a good role to 'reward' people with), or even a Mod with a small role (though probably not a Super Mod), for those types of things.
Any member that is active, helpful, friendly, and generally loyal to the community is a good member to have on any forum. However, I do not believe they should receive an administration position just because of that.
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