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I'm sure that @velocio has a few trusted friends on here he could ask to review applications.
they.
This community knows who the good people are, I consciously chose to have very few moderators years ago... just @hippy and I, and then a few people for the Ladies section and Polo section.
IMHO you want as few as possible to satisfy yourself that you never have a gap in moderation (coverage across time and when people go on vacation, etc), and the criteria is something like:
- Kind by default
- Virtually never takes things personal, or at least remains very unbiased despite people being asshats
- Patience of a saint
- No desire for power (I've found the best mods are those who never ask for it, hippy certainly didn't)
- Decisive, even if the decision is not to act
Things like consistency come from experience, but also consistency can be gamed... smart people who are trying to bully someone learn where the line is and go right up to it, I try not to make a fixed line, it moves at times, what is acceptable is a fluid thing... or at least, it was before the OSA, you might all deem it to be a very fixed risk averse thing now.
- Kind by default
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I'm less worried about deletion of things moderators don't like than falling foul of the OSA. I'm confident that common sense would prevail. Perhaps start with applications for moderator posts. Everyone's contribution to the forum over the years is their CV so you know who you are getting. I'm sure that @velocio has a few trusted friends on here they could ask to review applications.
Happy to put myself forward as a potential moderator and won't cry if I don't make the cut