Opinions Welcomed: What Makes A Good Staff Member?
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I always look for a skillset in a particular area, be that a personal trait/skill, or a particular piece of knowledge relevant to that role - such as moderation experience if applying for a community/mod team role.
Secondary to that is just passing the 'vibe check' and fitting well with the culture and ethos of both the team and brand/site
For an inactive or small website/forum is not easy finding the right person who is already a member of your forum. Unless you know other's from another network and or you love what you see from a person form FP maybe that you love to have them working.
But also you have to give someone a try who are learning and new and willing to do their best, expect them to make many mistakes and they will grow and get knowledge as weeks and months goes. I mean they have to start from somewhere right 😛 LIke working as a real job, there is no secret sauce, it's been the same formula forever. A good work ethic, good intent, accountability, trust, intellectual curiosity. All those intangibles have always made a good employee.
But also you have to give someone a try who are learning and new and willing to do their best, expect them to make many mistakes and they will grow and get knowledge as weeks and months goes. I mean they have to start from somewhere right 😛 LIke working as a real job, there is no secret sauce, it's been the same formula forever. A good work ethic, good intent, accountability, trust, intellectual curiosity. All those intangibles have always made a good employee.
For Christianity Haven I look for someone who is trustworthy. Most of my staff have been people I've known from another forum with the exception of one guy who is still with us. As much as I'd love for them to post more and start threads, I'm just happy that they still log in almost every day and take care of spam asap. I appreciate that these guys are in line with my own style of moderation which is not too strict and that we talk it out when there is a question on what step we should take for tricky conversations. When you're dealing with religion, you have to learn the difference between flaming the belief (which is allowed) vs flaming the person (not allowed and is a rule violation). A lot of people cannot distinguish between the two so I'm glad that the staff we have has gotten good at learning.
I can see how running a religious forum can be difficult. Debating with people about their beliefs can get very ugly.
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It definitely gets uglier than it should on a Christian site!! Flaming is our biggest rule violation and the excuses I get are, "But he started it first!" And usually the other guy made a comment about the belief and then the 2nd guy chose to make it personal. It gets rough.
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