The moderator is one of users of a forum, (a chat or the website), given a certain authority. Among the moderator's duties, generally to enter on a forum daily and to check all new messages for existence of violations – offensive language, messages of conflict contents. The moderator can remove the message or replace with synonyms its part (if the message has semantic value). Besides, the moderator can contain balls for violation and as a result remove the user.
Today we will tell how to become the moderator and also who approaches for a role of the moderator.
Responsibility zone
Usually, when the website and a forum were hardly created, functions of moderating are performed by the administrator. Further, when volumes increase, there is a question of appointment of the moderator. What turns out as a result:
- is responsible for a form – the administrator;
- are responsible for a subforum – moderators/moderators.
Ideal candidate
Before asking a question how to become the moderator at a forum, answer yourself a question – whether there is in network such forum where I am a frequenter?. Statistics shows that at forums where moderators – users skilled and famous to forumites, arises much less the conflicts, controversial issues, the forums prosper, and all beginners receive competent answers to the questions. It is explained by the following:
- to the formuchena respect user with an experience;
- the moderator user will really understand scope of a forum, but not just to delete offensive language;
- the moderator knows the forumites, he is some kind of psychologist and will always find a way to extinguish ardent and furious disputes.
Way to moderating
Each website has the conditions and requirements to candidates, but nevertheless, there are main points:
- to understand subject;
- to come on a subforum daily;
- to answer and help users;
- to delete or correct messages.
For example, interests you how to become the moderator in contact. Usually on pages of groups where moderators in comments are required it is necessary to answer the following questions:
- age;
- for what purpose you wish to become a moderator;
- why you consider that you are worthy this position;
- to express readiness to fulfill all requirements of forum/group.
Anyway, if you not just want to become a moderator that someone to become, and really the expert in this industry, you will be surely given a chance to show the skills.