| Oh, I've actually seen some of these ones before! They seem like good people, so hopefully they'll do a good job too. Congrats. |
worldeditor11 said: Isn't this the first time ever that a new mods announcement thread not filled with loads of complains and criticisms? Well, in the past, it was more 'elite' members of the community that were being recruited, in a way. These last few recruitment runs, however, brought more or less unknown people to the team, hence there would be little to no people to complain about it as you cannot really complain over someone you don't know. The only one I would call a community image from this recruitment would be RedTie, due to his work performed in the MAL Interviews club which happened to be a site-wide success, at least in the circles of regulars. I also know Soul; but I wouldn't really call any a community powerhouse, which is not a criticism from my side of any kind, just the aspect of looking on the matter. But at any point, congrats to the new recruits! I wish you all the best :) |
| Good Luck To All Of Them!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Devotion said: Subpyro said: Well, in the past, it was more 'elite' members of the community that were being recruited, in a way. These last few recruitment runs, however, brought more or less unknown people to the team, hence there would be little to no people to complain about it as you cannot really complain over someone you don't know. The only one I would call a community image from this recruitment would be RedTie, due to his work performed in the MAL Interviews club which happened to be a site-wide success, at least in the circles of regulars. I also know Soul; but I wouldn't really call any a community powerhouse, which is not a criticism from my side of any kind, just the aspect of looking on the matter. But at any point, congrats to the new recruits! I wish you all the best :) Wouldn't it make a lot of sense to nominate users who are known and active on the forum to get a better impression of them in terms of their ability to communicate with users and their personality? What kind of metric did they go with when they nominated the more unknown users? Were they good friends with someone who could vouch for them? This is not criticism. It's just questions because I don't know how the nomination process works. Mhhh... Isn't being assassin better? I mean, on the process, Forum Mods will learn how to deal with users in a way because the "operators" saw something to their potential( the resume and their attitude towards the community as a whole). Besides, some users have their own boards that they check anyway... |
Devotion said: Subpyro said: Well, in the past, it was more 'elite' members of the community that were being recruited, in a way. These last few recruitment runs, however, brought more or less unknown people to the team, hence there would be little to no people to complain about it as you cannot really complain over someone you don't know. The only one I would call a community image from this recruitment would be RedTie, due to his work performed in the MAL Interviews club which happened to be a site-wide success, at least in the circles of regulars. I also know Soul; but I wouldn't really call any a community powerhouse, which is not a criticism from my side of any kind, just the aspect of looking on the matter. But at any point, congrats to the new recruits! I wish you all the best :) Wouldn't it make a lot of sense to nominate users who are known and active on the forum to get a better impression of them in terms of their ability to communicate with users and their personality? What kind of metric did they go with when they nominated the more unknown users? Were they good friends with someone who could vouch for them? This is not criticism. It's just questions because I don't know how the nomination process works. I guess it about the answer they gave in recruitment questions. Also there is a second part after that if I am not wrong. |
Devotion said: Nomination process is solely dependent on us mods as a team (Forum mods). If a forum mod has a suggestion, he posts their name and says why they might be a good candidate. We then go through their posting history, reporting history if any, and just generally history on the site on what kind of user they are and if they're fit as a Forum Mod, etc. If the mods agree, then the guy can go through other parts of the tests. Subpyro said: Well, in the past, it was more 'elite' members of the community that were being recruited, in a way. These last few recruitment runs, however, brought more or less unknown people to the team, hence there would be little to no people to complain about it as you cannot really complain over someone you don't know. The only one I would call a community image from this recruitment would be RedTie, due to his work performed in the MAL Interviews club which happened to be a site-wide success, at least in the circles of regulars. I also know Soul; but I wouldn't really call any a community powerhouse, which is not a criticism from my side of any kind, just the aspect of looking on the matter. But at any point, congrats to the new recruits! I wish you all the best :) Wouldn't it make a lot of sense to nominate users who are known and active on the forum to get a better impression of them in terms of their ability to communicate with users and their personality? What kind of metric did they go with when they nominated the more unknown users? Were they good friends with someone who could vouch for them? This is not criticism. It's just questions because I don't know how the nomination process works. This is totally different than from the ones where you send in a bunch of answers to be a Forum Mod through the new thing Kineta posted months ago. I believe all the new mods were from the question stuff and then we looked at them more in depth. |
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Devotion said: Wouldn't it make a lot of sense to nominate users who are known and active on the forum to get a better impression of them in terms of their ability to communicate with users and their personality? What kind of metric did they go with when they nominated the more unknown users? Were they good friends with someone who could vouch for them? This is not criticism. It's just questions because I don't know how the nomination process works. Recruitment of 'champions of the community' does make a lot of sense in way, as they could spread the ideals of the staff across a big part of the community and by that influence the general behavior seen around. However, the issue is that MAL is not really that standard of a community. A lot of known and influential regulars are a core of controversy themselves, which can ignite a lot of drama on their promotion and then throughout their moderation. Make no mistake, if one is to make a name for themselves and would end up cooperating with the staff as well as would display a positive behavior, it is very likely that a forum mod would take the initiative and contact you regarding the matter, telling you to then further contact Kineta if you were to be interested in the position. But the issue is that many aren't like that. And those that are have some sort of a sense of righteousness all around and after being recruited don't see eye to eye regarding some matters with Kineta. An example would the general openness of the staff and cooperation as one united whole, not the staff and the rest of the community being two poles. One other factor one also has to note is that the staff, or Kineta specifically, strongly dislikes any form of drama and will do what can be done to avoid it. In a sense, that is a smart approach on a wide scale, as being too lenient could make things go out of control. With the community this big and active, and staff being limited, things mustn't go out of control (too much). Therefore, as an ending result, an ideal person to be recruited at this point, is an unknown member of the community that does see eye to eye with the rest of the staff and is a dedicated member, willing to spend his or her time to moderate the website. Basically, a hidden gem. However, there is one other issue that has to be noted. The less known the member, the more chance it is that they simply want to become a moderator to make a name for themselves and be acknowledged as an 'elite' member quickly. Sure, nothing is wrong with that if they were to turn out helpful, but the difference in mentality between such a person and someone who actually wants to help MAL and contribute to it and its userbase is evident. I'm sure Kineta and the rest of the staff are aware of the situation. But the issue is, and has been for a long time now, that there aren't many people they can find that would potentially be fitting and do a good job, or that they do find some of them which in the end turn out as uninterested. After all, this is something that requires a lot of will and dedication, so one must truly love the community to be able to hang around as a moderator for a longer period of time. |
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worldeditor11 said: We're just being fake, you know.Isn't this the first time ever that a new mods announcement thread not filled with loads of complains and criticisms? For Tyrel we lull them to slaughter. |
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| Congrtaz on becoming new mods.We all are expecting great things of y'all.MAL RULZZZZZZ!!!!! |
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