More than once I got the question: Can I be a moderator in your community? This question surprises me because there are no moderators in my community. I find it strange that this question is asked when people have no idea what the community is or does.

I have raised this issue once before and do it again now with the question: Why do you want to be a moderator? Do you have all the time in the world? Do you like to read and love leaving a comment? Do you like to play the boss and enjoy asserting your power or do you think you will earn fat income?
Maybe this is the case but I have never earned 0.01 Steem with all those hours I spent reading before leaving a report. A report where I have to figure out all sorts of things with all sorts of tools before I can fill out the report something that is definitely not easy with a mobile phone where I have to keep switching screens and waiting for the answer to appear on the screen.

That the average moderator likes to read is not true. The moderator is no different in this from the average Steemian or SC who also don't feel like reading everything they are presented with and certainly don't feel like leaving a comment. That report is already bad enough.

The moderator's Report.

Does this still make sense? What is the added value of something that many Steemians don't even read? After leaving reports, I always look in the notifications to see who has responded and indeed I then reply to these people as well.
As I also noted when I was on a curator team is you can learn a lot from comments and that includes the fact that moderators and SC rarely (never) respond when someone does read and replies.

SCs, I could swear that the Steemit Team said that from October, all teams should not only upvote but leave comments as well. Now let it be that I have responded to several of you but so far I have only received a reply from one SC, all the others keep silent and ignore. It is something that makes me think. My first thought is: Are SCs even fit to set a good example? My second is: Why is it I should go through this trouble, translate and so on if no one care?

The Good Example

Since becoming ‘active’ as a moderator, I noticed a few things.
The moderators I deal with:

• write far from well
• their average text looks poorly edited
• they all calculate club status in their own way
• They rarely/never leave a personal message
• commenting/engagement is zero
  Moderators hosting a contest:
• use copy-paste to quickly post a contest
• the rules are used for a wide variety of contests
• they ask for their names but never respond
• they never give an upvote to each contestant, but demand one back because?
• they don't do reading, commenting, upvoting and replying.

Those who lecture others and think that creationism looks different or that only long texts are ‘good’ should set a good example themselves. The fact that many ADMs, MODs and hosts of contests don't get a moderator report is beyond me. They too are Steemians and if they post in a community where a moderator report is used then the same rules apply to everyone.

Are reports still needed?

Shouldn't the ADM and the MOD be the host of a community? Shouldn't they welcome those willing to share their content with them?
A community is nothing without the members and it's good to keep that in mind.

If it comes to me, I believe moderator reports are not necessary. I don't see any point value or progress and it's a waste of time. It would be a good to ask mods if they want to work 24/7 to check on others without being able to connect.
A good moderator's time would be better spent writing comments, maintaining contacts and offering help.

Moderators, do you know the members? Do you know what their interests are and whether they are going through a difficult time, need a little help? Perhaps if you invest in engagement it's also possible to address someone on plagiarism or AI generated text and as we all know, a tag can be made and a post can be muted as well to fight that.

Given that there are no more SEC contests and SCs have to check if a text is AI generated, plagiarism, the account is in power-down, what club status etc, I wonder why the moderator is still working on a report and pretends this is a big deal. Who is it that all those moderators do this work, most of them unpaid? The administrator/owner of the community or their own glory?

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20-10-2024

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