Not that I have any way of knowing, but my guess is that you become a moderator if you are active, helpful, and generally cool. That's what's important.
But that doesn't mean to be hasty, all you need to gain is rep. Rep helps get you recognized, and then if you continue to constantly help, they might pick you. But seriously, don't ask for rep or else you'll get -repped. Or just not repped at all.
This is a big site, like a fancy restaurant, they don't just hand out jobs even if you apply for it.
I would say if you post with the intention of trying to become a moderator, you won't become one.
My story? I was here for about 7 or 8 months ( Not 100% sure ), and I helped a lot in the web design spot. Then, one day TH PM'ed me and asked if I wanted to mod. Then I offered to mod some other places a few months ago, and I got global mod.
It's just overall helpfulness, and ability to handle things in a mature manner.
I got a sig before being a Mod.
I became Mod of the GZ
Later I became a SuperMod
I became un-active - due to the crash
I lost my Mod status
Around 2 months later or so I became Mod of GZ
Now I'm a Super Moderator (Again)
Whether "yourself" qualifies you for a mod position, well, that will be decided in time.
Getting on staff is not the end all be all of being part of a forum.
Enjoy yourself without worrying about becoming a moderator.
That's what I would suggest.
Not that you are worried. Just a general statement.
Really, have you ever seen a mod without gaining rep first?
Well, no.
I guess it is about helpfulness which leads to rep.
But without the rep, some admins can't tell if your helpful unless they view your posts. Some read your rep log, but that probably doesn't apply for moderation.
> have you ever seen a mod without gaining rep first?
FWIW TH bumps rep when promoting to around 700.
Yes, some mods had around 200 rep before being promoted.
No, that doesn't mean they deserved it any less. The fact you thought they got all those green bars before becoming mods kind of proves the point - people can't be judged according to rep.
> But without the rep, some admins can't tell if your helpful
Admins know all. Always.
I think SFilip made it pretty clear that it has nothing to do with post count nor rep. Trust the admins, I have yet to see a moderator which I don't think deserves his title.
lol i remember when i joined i tried to be a mod i tried to help so much in the forum that it caused the opposite reaction and caused spam and i got banned weakly instead from AcHart
after that i cooled down from it and just thought for myself to just be normally active instead of trying to do the best to become a mod....
anyway if you wanna become a mod just be active normally as you want and if you deserve it eventually you will get it..... (try too hard and the reactions will be the opposite )
I will be AFK for a couple of days you guys hold down the fort while I am gone. I will be checking in on my phone but that will severly limit me. Be back saturday!
I just got to watch the video because even though I was there I was trying to work out tech problems with the chat since I was the social media guy so I was distracted but check it out guys the video is super fucking great!
Looks like Google fixed whatever mistake that made the recipes on the site go crazy and we are no longer trending towards a recipe site lol - I don't care though because it motivated me to spend alot of time on the site improving it and at least now the content people are looking at is not stupid and embarrassing like it was when I first got back into this like 5 years ago.
They also were digging threw old shit at the sheriff's office and I tried to get them to give me the old electronic stuff, but they said no. They can't give it to people because they might use it to impersonate a cop or break into their network or some shit? idk but it was a shame to see them take a whole bunch of radios and shit to get shredded and landfilled