Democratic Underground is looking for volunteers to serve as moderators

[thundley4]

EarlG ADMIN  (1000+ posts)             Wed Oct-28-09 12:39 PM
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Democratic Underground is looking for volunteers to serve as moderators.
The next moderator term will last three months, from the middle of November 2009 until the middle of February 2010. If you have never served as a moderator before but would like to volunteer some time to help keep Democratic Underground's discussion forum running smoothly, now is your chance.

Here are some things to bear in mind before you apply:
Your political ideology is not important... We need centrists and leftists and everyone in between to serve as moderators.

We prefer people who have been members for a while, and have made at least a few hundred posts. You must be at least 18 years old. You must have donated at least one time to Democratic Underground using your own name.

You must be able to log on to DU regularly, and should not take any long vacations between now and the end of the term.

We prefer people with a generally positive outlook on life, who can be fair and evenhanded, and who don't get easily frustrated. If you sign up to moderate, we expect you to stay as a moderator for the full term. You must understand that it is perfectly normal for the admins to occasionally overturn your decisions, or to make specific requests regarding the manner in which you participate on DU while you are a moderator.

We prefer that moderators avoid highly controversial topics, or at least moderate their behavior significantly when participating in such discussions. If you have a history of rhetorically hot postings on controversial issues, we may not choose you to serve.

If you know that you aren't very good at controlling your behavior or your emotions, or if you know that you can't be fair to a particular group of people, please do not sign up to be a moderator. There is no obligation to serve as a mod, and we won't hold it against you if you choose not to.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6874390

This is only one of sever pleas for volunteers. Come on moles where are you?   

Lasher   (1000+ posts)           Wed Oct-28-09 03:07 PM
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6. Would I be able to find out where members live?
   
Because I would want to kick some asses. Think I might fit in?

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DU AdBot (1000+ posts)       Fri Oct 30th 2009, 08:38 AM
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[The Village Idiot]

That is hilarious. They are so serious too. That makes it funnier. They KNOW their members are insane.

[GOBUCKS]

The DUmp does not have benevolent moderators like this place. An example is the thread commemorating coach's quest for ancient left-leaning nookie. Despite his best efforts to bury it with daily blizzards of new threads, coach's hunt for commie beaver kept bobbing to the top. He threatened murder and mayhem, but with a smile, and with assurances that he would forego the many violent solutions at his disposal. The infamous lib chick thread has finally begun to sink. Unless someone gives it another bump.

[The Village Idiot]

The DUmp does not have benevolent moderators like this place. An example is the thread commemorating coach's quest for ancient left-leaning nookie. Despite his best efforts to bury it with daily blizzards of new threads, coach's hunt for commie beaver kept bobbing to the top. He threatened murder and mayhem, but with a smile, and with assurances that he would forego the many violent solutions at his disposal. The infamous lib chick thread has finally begun to sink. Unless someone gives it another bump.

Frank should try the Bingo Parlor.

Oh wait. Maybe not. There is an obvious flaw in that plan.

[Odin's Hand]

SquirrelG

We prefer people with a generally positive outlook on life, who can be fair and evenhanded, and who don't get easily frustrated. If you sign up to moderate, we expect you to stay as a moderator for the full term. You must understand that it is perfectly normal for the admins to occasionally overturn your decisions, or to make specific requests regarding the manner in which you participate on DU while you are a moderator.

Well, guess they have to outsource this one to India too.

[The Village Idiot]

Well, guess they have to outsource this one to India too.

That preference violates the very basic point of DU