More
than doing anything else the Moderator is responsible
for maintaining interest in, and activity on, a
board. You've got to get people to the board
and keep them posting. Boards see ups and downs.
Usually a board will see a flurry of initial activity,
then settle down for while only to go into high-gear
again because of one hot topic. As a Moderator,
you'll need to help with jump-starts during slow
periods.
You will also have the ability to modify, move,
and delete all posts on your board. This ability
must be handled with responsibility. The users and
staff are trusting you with that power and responsibility,
please weild it wisely.
Moderators also have the responsibility to keep
harmful or offensive posts and people out of their
boards and to help keep them out of YaBB as a whole.
Now when we say "harmful or offensive" we don't
mean as judged by any religious or political scale;
we also don't mean the presence of profanity, on-topic
sexuality, or even disagreements between members.
We're all grown ups here, and if we don't want to
read something, we don't have to. YaBB has a stated
policy of non-censorship. What we mean when we say
"harmful or offensive" is material that is unequivocally
an abuse of the system itself, the exploitation
for commercial gain or maliscious intent of the
congregation of the membership general and our ability
to freely communicate. We mean blatant advertisements,
posts about money-making-schemes or mlm's, multiple
posts with identical content ("bombing" or "spamming"
or "cross-posting"), or attacks against members
or YaBB that have been written by individuals whose
only reason for being here seems to be to attack.
Please read Actions A Board Moderator May Take,
which explains everything from how to handle a topic
or post that is better suited on a different board,
to dealing with get-rich-quick spammers and other
jackasses bulletin board systems sometimes draw
and who might appear on your board.
We've tried to prepare you for any situation you
might encounter, but in reality, you probably won't
have to deal with anything more serious than the
occassional fixing of a type-o. The most important
thing to remember is to have fun. That's what it's
all about.
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