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Old 19-01-2009, 08:14 PM   #1
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There can't be too many mods. Reason is, redundancy decreases reaction time etc. and needn't have any ill efects. It's not that more mods will increase moderating action, instead it would just decrease the workload for each one. If one goes AWOL, no problem.
From personal experience, I've noticed that if theres too many mods, the risk of mod wars increase drastically - I've seen forums fall apart because mods couldn't agree on a ruling (especially if a friend was the 'victim' of a mod action) so there are downsides . I needn't mention some of the recent problems that Abandonia had to deal with.

Also, it's common for people to start slacking off when they think they're not really needed. When you think "there's enough mods anyway so I don't need to check up on the site every day" it may have a cascading effect where every mod starts to feel like that. I've seen this happening on many forums as well.
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Old 19-01-2009, 09:43 PM   #2
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From personal experience, I've noticed that if theres too many mods, the risk of mod wars increase drastically
True, I said "needn't have any ill efects", not "won't have any ill efects". Anyway it's possible for many to live in harmony, and I have (current) experience from a forum with _dozens_ of _global_ mods (really). Many are inactive, then someone who's been off for months reappears... The workload doesn't pile up. The first requirement is not appointing people who look like they might possibly be problematic, and the second is oversight for the problematic cases that may arise none the less (which are rare in my experience if the first requirement is met). For the second requirement we have forum admins. :P
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Old 19-01-2009, 10:51 PM   #3
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I will happily offer my help again as before. (some of the work i was doing before got stuck..... Sebatianos was kind of busy and i had to submit all to him). but I am ready to do again something, mod, reader, what ever of this kind.
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Old 20-01-2009, 11:25 AM   #4
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Added Panthro, Spoonman and Juanca to general staff group.
Read and look how you can help
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Old 20-01-2009, 12:52 PM   #5
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excuse me.... were do I read how to help?
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Old 20-01-2009, 01:19 PM   #6
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Don't you see new forums?
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/forumdisplay.php?f=94
Check this topic:
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=18623

Btw I'm sure you could do well as moderator, into competitions games for example.
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Old 20-01-2009, 02:19 PM   #7
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Great!! sure why not.:thumbs:
What are all the duties for a good moderator?
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Old 20-01-2009, 08:23 PM   #8
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The general staff group?

Gee, I feel kinda special now!
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I'm willing to help with practically anything, as long as it doesn't require me to spend money & keep schedules.

I'm fairly good at proof-reading, by the way. While I may not have the best grammar around here, I can actually even recognize my own mistakes easily!

...Not that I want to join the grammar squad too much.
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Hey Folks, im more than happy to help in any way, it would be a shame to see this site stop operating due to lack of support, give me a yell if you have need of me, TC
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