People who sign up and instantly ask to be a moderator
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Cloverfield
Madly Diligent
Umm, don't think I've asked to be a mod on any forum other than this one. I PM'ed Fowler several several months ago I think :lol:
I'm the same way, I've never asked or applied modship, it's always offered to me, sadly i can't take all offers.
Some people just join a good active forum, and they immediately want to be on the team. Never a good idea to hire them.
It's good to wait and see which members are more dedicated to the forum, and show promise as a MOD and active member.
Some people just join a good active forum, and they immediately want to be on the team. Never a good idea to hire them.
It's good to wait and see which members are more dedicated to the forum, and show promise as a MOD and active member.
Cloverfield
Madly Diligent
Ugh, 2 people just asked to be a moderator on my Futurama forum today. One of them is 10 years old :lol:
Cloverfield
Madly Diligent
I don't care, I'm not having a 10 year old moderate my forum...mature or not. Plus he said he's mod of 15 other boards which he really shouldn't have told me because now I'm definately not making him a mod lol.
I've had a 13 year old moderator on my forum, he couldnt type coorect sentences, and he didnt understand what I was saying. I fired him after a couple weeks..
What annoys me is, they will actually get to that post count that is required to apply, and then they ask, but when you look back on there posts, there all spam.
I dont really care how old a moderator is, if they can get the job done correctly, and act right then I'm fine with it. But a 10 year old moderator is not right. If you have a good forum, you need skills, unless that 10 year old kid stays in his or her room all day and night on the computer.
What annoys me is, they will actually get to that post count that is required to apply, and then they ask, but when you look back on there posts, there all spam.
I dont really care how old a moderator is, if they can get the job done correctly, and act right then I'm fine with it. But a 10 year old moderator is not right. If you have a good forum, you need skills, unless that 10 year old kid stays in his or her room all day and night on the computer.
Cloverfield said:
That alone reflects very badly on you and your forums. Seems to me like you only care about your own opinion.
Bravo...just Bravo ~rolleyes~
It is crazy that a 10 year old would ask to be a moderator on a forum. It's even worse when they mention that they are a moderator on a bunch of other sites.
I was browsing a forum a few weeks ago, and there was a topic to apply for the position. There was actually a 10 year old asking to be a moderator, and he said he was a moderator on seven forums.
Why on Earth would you include something like that in your resume? ~lol~
I was browsing a forum a few weeks ago, and there was a topic to apply for the position. There was actually a 10 year old asking to be a moderator, and he said he was a moderator on seven forums.
Why on Earth would you include something like that in your resume? ~lol~
Hell yes i have.
As soon as i make a forum and advertise it i always get at least one person pming me asking to be staff. They really annoy me because seening ive just opened the forum i dont need staff because its a small forum.
As soon as i make a forum and advertise it i always get at least one person pming me asking to be staff. They really annoy me because seening ive just opened the forum i dont need staff because its a small forum.
Travis said:
Unfortunately though, violation of COPPA isn't really a prosecutable offense. I wouldn't imagine the child's parents taking Cloverfield to court for letting him post on the forum ~lol~
phpBB may as well remove the COPPA information, because nobody looks at it anyway. We've even had 12 year olds sign up and be staff here ~eeeek~ - not that they do their job badly or anything.
Well I was just saying. Anything is possible. Let me make up a hypothetical scenario: Say an overprotective parent found that their son or daughter was on a forum and they didnt like what was being said or what was said to their little boy or girl. Then they find out that the forum knew about their son or daughters age and didnt try to get parent approval. If the parent was upset enough and wanted to contact authorities, hosts and whatnot then actions might be taken.
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