Let's ask early on "just in case" it gets enough votes. Who will volunteer to moderate it? Twelve yes votes and a Moderator are the requirements.
Whats it take to be a moderator? being a mod means that you're on the look out for trouble makers, language and topics that belong some where else right? If it gets enough votes i'll volunteer.
I'd also add that a good moderator should know his topic well. Posters will rely on you for answers, so the moderator should in theory be an expert on his topic.
In addition, a good moderator should be able to bring posters to his/her forum when the posting is down. In other words, when no one has posted on your forum for a few days, the moderator should come up with some good material that brings in posters.
Some people take the job as moderator and then just sit back and wait for posters to come in, but most of the time it never happens unless the forum is extremely popular to begin with. The moderator should take pride in his personal forum and create topics if he/she has to in order to get posters. Some people take responsibility for a forum, then that's the last time you ever hear from them. In other words, the moderator needs to take the biggest interest of all in his/her forum to make the forum a success.
In my view, being giving a forum to moderate is like opening up a little store. You are the manager and it is your responsibility to make that store operate at a profit. When business is up, you keep the momentum going. When business is down, you drum up new ways to get more customers. In the end, the bottom line is the responsibility of the moderator.
Just my opinion on being a moderator.
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