04-01-2016, 12:32 AM
(04-01-2016, 12:21 AM)Shaadaris Wrote:The problem is that volunteer or no being a moderator is a public relations job in a way. You deal with a large amount of users regularly and everyone involved should expect you to treat them well. When you assume the worst always it will still color your behavior and how you treat those users, and that will wear them out. They don't want to deal with you, you have to put up with even more shit, and whoever owns the forum/chat/whatever looks bad for having moderators who treat their users so poorly. If you find yourself unable to deal with users calmly and politely just because they can't return the favor, honestly you probably aren't cut out for being a moderator and should let somebody take a swing. It is completely possible to continue to come off as being friendly and polite to the average user even when you become a moderator, stick with the things that brought you into that community, continue to engage people as usual, the only thing you have to be careful of is making biased decisions when somebody you know gets into trouble.(03-31-2016, 10:50 PM)Ehksidian Wrote:
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(03-31-2016, 11:48 PM)Surge Wrote: You either step down while you still have any respect for the user base or you live long enough to think you're dealing with the dregs of humanity.
I think to be a mod for any amount of time for any large community, you have to already have the lowest possible expectations of the userbase you're moderating. That way, you're pleasantly surprised by anything that isn't the worst possible. If not, then stuff like this will wear you out.
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