[Random Inquiry] ~ Site moderation, as a job?

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Do the admins get paid to moderate the site?

I'm just curious. Some part of me wonders if it were an area I could branch into (as a job) ~ in general.
 
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they do it for free
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Lysander_Works said:
Do the admins get paid to moderate the site?
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Most of them are volunteers. There are exceptions when you are hired to moderate something, like if you do so for a company (Gameforge, for example).
But on forums like this one? There is no legal way to get paid. Tony gets all the gold as the owner, and if he is sharing it with someone... that's on him.
 
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NapLovingImmortal said:
The solution was right in front of your eyes the whole time... write smut!
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I doubt anyone would pay for my smut though…
Dec said:
Most of them are volunteers. There are exceptions when you are hired to moderate something, like if you do so for a company (Gameforge, for example).
But on forums like this one? There is no legal way to get paid. Tony gets all the gold as the owner, and if he is sharing it with someone... that's on him.
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Makes us really appreciate the dedication. All hail Tony
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I don't think sites like these make enough money to pay mods :blob_hmm:
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Fr. I hope SH stays on for the long haul though. I like it here. It was a shame what happened to Belletristica…
 
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Like others have said, most mods are volunteers who are approached by the site owners. Small and indie sites like SH don't have the numbers to pay mods for their work and there isn't enough work to warrant paying someone (gotta love the 2-way street on this, no sarcasm, just basic economics which is really cool when you understand it). Big sites will have paid mods who probably also work in various other departments within their respective companies rather than complete outsiders. The reason for the added workload is that they would be the experts who have all the secret knowledge that everyone wants and understand the product so that they can "police" better.

I was a mod for an indie game developer's forum and the way I got it wasn't through a formal hiring practice, but rather building a generally positive reputation within the community to the point where people were making posts saying that I should be a mod because the existing ones were absent. Which gets me to my advice for you or anyone else interested in moderating a forum. Just be a positive and consistent presence. Help people resolve issues when you can or make them feel noticed and that you understand when you can't help. People notice and remember these things.
 
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miyoga said:
Like others have said, most mods are volunteers who are approached by the site owners. Small and indie sites like SH don't have the numbers to pay mods for their work and there isn't enough work to warrant paying someone (gotta love the 2-way street on this, no sarcasm, just basic economics which is really cool when you understand it). Big sites will have paid mods who probably also work in various other departments within their respective companies rather than complete outsiders. The reason for the added workload is that they would be the experts who have all the secret knowledge that everyone wants and understand the product so that they can "police" better.

I was a mod for an indie game developer's forum and the way I got it wasn't through a formal hiring practice, but rather building a generally positive reputation within the community to the point where people were making posts saying that I should be a mod because the existing ones were absent. Which gets me to my advice for you or anyone else interested in moderating a forum. Just be a positive and consistent presence. Help people resolve issues when you can or make them feel noticed and that you understand when you can't help. People notice and remember these things.
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Yeah, I was in a weird situation with one gaming site for a few years - the guys who ran the company asked me to apply to be a mod (they were paid in perks - free/advance stuff, subsidized convention attendance, things like that - not cash), but the actual mods basically said: "no, I don't think you'd be a good fit."
 
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Definitely weird, but when you've got active mods saying "no", they're probably right. In my case, both of our 2 mods had all but left the game because of life stuff and I was doing de-facto modding anyways. Resolved a few issues, told people to stop being d-bags or idiots (whichever fit better and in nicer terms) and even had people making threads saying "make this guy a mod, PLZ". I was still in college and just thought why not.
 
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