darkSpyro

i think I'll apply when the next round of hunters come along. But is the job hard to do? And what happens if a post was in a grey area? What's happens then?

you just straight up ban the individual so you dont have to worry about it. thats what they did to big bubba

It depends on the animals you are hunting. Be very careful of what game you choose to pursue. What is a grey box? The box you are holding your tools in should be a camouflage stylized box so you can hide from what you are hunting.

You've got to work as a team, I generally don't make decisions by myself unless the rest of the team agrees. For example, suspending someone who was talking badly about a fellow moderator. They got suspended, after I asked CAV and Trix if they thought it was suspension worthy.

A big part of it though, is making smaller decisions by yourself, like is this reported message MM worthy? You do have to be careful, though. Someone might not think it's fair, in this case you'd have to talk to talk to the person about it. What I usually do is look at the context of the topic first, if it's just a joke I normally just let it slide. If it's context is serious, that person gets an MM.

This is what it's like to be a huter for me anyways. :P

It seems like too much work and stress just for a fansite imo. I respect y'all for being able to do it though, good work!

It's easier than modding a Twitch.tv chat. >.>

Quote: aran

i think I'll apply when the next round of hunters come along. But is the job hard to do? And what happens if a post was in a grey area? What's happens then?

Yeah I'd say it's pretty difficult, especially when a section you moderate is active. Considering all things a mod has to put up with. idk what you mean by grey area though.

It depends on the section and what kind of day everyone else is having. It isn't usually that hard but sometimes there's some kinda difficult choices to make. You both have to work with other mods and get their opinions on matters and at the same time work as an individual and make your own call, especially if you're the only one in the section at the time (which seems to happen a lot with me).

Quote: aran

And what happens if a post was in a grey area? What's happens then?

I weigh the options, context, and if it can lead to more trouble later on. But I'm not perfect and I admit I've had a couple of mistakes where I didn't delete posts that should have been, and vice versa.

EDIT: I also have to constantly remind myself how MMs aren't supposed to be seen as a big thing by either the mods nor the users. I still treat MMs (and especially suspensions) as a big deal, almost as if it goes on some sort of permanent record. And seeing how there has been a couple of times where people would run complaining to me about how their post was deleted I'm clearly not alone on that.

But in the end an MM isn't a strike on your account and while it's not an excuse to hand them out like candy they also shouldn't be seen as the end of the world. Honestly the same applies to suspensions under 2 hours, as I think I recall Dark once saying that such things are essentially timeouts and could be used if someone's being rowdy at the moment.

Quote: Big Green

you just straight up ban the individual so you dont have to worry about it. thats what they did to big bubba

RIP big bubba