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Thread Title: Just curious-- is the forum moderator position a full time job?
Created On Wednesday October 18, 2006 11:05 AM


Longacre
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Although I love the PCGS message boards, even I would probably go nuts if I had to moderate everything that goes on here, read every thread, edit or delete things that are not allowed, move treads that are OT, etc., etc. Does anyone know if the moderator position is a full time gig? What type of employment background should a moderator candidate have? I assume that there must be several moderators who monitor the boards on a 24 hour basis, or maybe PCGS outsources the position to a center in India. Does anyone know?

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pm CarolJ and she can tell you.

Looking for a moonlighting opportunity?

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I bet sportsmoderator1 would know!

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Longacre
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<< pm CarolJ and she can tell you.

Looking for a moonlighting opportunity? >>





Nah. PCGS already pays me to post here, and I doubt that I could get double pay for the moderator position.

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As I sit here in my squalid office in Calcutta, alternating between moderating the CU boards and answering the phone as a Dell technical support specialist (Is the power plug in the wall?), I will be happy to answer your question. There are but two of us defending the gates against the barbarians. We don't sleep, have no personal lives, and the rewards? Pfft!

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Wednesday October 18, 2006 11:18 AM

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It has to be part time, cause the moderators

need time for therapy sessions.

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I am not a barbarian. I am a very dignified

and for the most part, refined bear.

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Edited: Wednesday October 18, 2006 at 11:26 AM by Bear

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Wednesday October 18, 2006 11:32 AM

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SM1:

My Dell computer will not work. What is this "plug" thing of which you speak?

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Wednesday October 18, 2006 11:34 AM

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Once upon a time (actually yesterday); I attempted to be "moderator of the day"

It's a job I can now say with experience that I wouldn't want

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Even being equipped with a whip, chair and a gun

might not be enough for this coin crowd.

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<< Just curious-- is the forum moderator position a full time job?
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No. It just feels like one and pays like you never show up.

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<< Just curious-- is the forum moderator position a full time job?
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No. It just feels like one and pays like you never show up. >>



That about sums it up

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I am THE moderator for about a dozen differnt metalworking discussion boards and astronomy groups. Most of these boards need moderator action about 1x/month and that generally has to do with booting off a pornspammer. Generally I don't have any problem with controlling language, topic, or content...I guess those guys are just boring compared to (us) coin geeks.

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<< I am THE moderator for about a dozen differnt metalworking discussion boards and astronomy groups. Most of these boards need moderator action about 1x/month and that generally has to do with booting off a pornspammer. Generally I don't have any problem with controlling language, topic, or content...I guess those guys are just boring compared to (us) coin geeks.

--Jerry >>



Golly. For me, it was no less than 25 hours a week, every week, for three years. And that was only one sub-forum, and there were two mods for it.

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