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[SimonH]

Stop questioning why he became a moderator. It was the Admin's decision many years ago and Joe has been here in the forum for 7 years. If you have all your free time, go and search joe's posts for the past 7 years to know why he became a moderator.

Am I as a member of this forum, am I not allowed to question those who have been here longer than me

As an Admin's Assistant I would hazard a guess that you assist in the administration of the forum, and it's very much appreciated

As a moderator of a forum, I would have guessed that the role would involve some sort of moderating forum members rather than antagonising them, hence the question


This isn't meant to be an argument, and I'm trying not to turn it into one, but it's beginning to feel like I'm the new boy who should keep his mouth shut and accept what the established members say without question

[raynaputi]

Am I as a member of this forum, am I not allowed to question those who have been here longer than me

As an Admin's Assistant I would hazard a guess that you assist in the administration of the forum, and it's very much appreciated

As a moderator of a forum, I would have guessed that the role would involve some sort of moderating forum members rather than antagonising them, hence the question


This isn't meant to be an argument, and I'm trying not to turn it into one, but it's beginning to feel like I'm the new boy who should keep his mouth shut and accept what the established members say without question

You don't know the work that moderators here do. That involves not just being in the forum but monitoring whatever is happening in the forum and helping the admin. Do you have time to monitor the spammers, new sign ups, etc.? Do you have time to approve moderated posts? Do you have time to delete inappropriate posts? Can you give appropriate advice to the members, especially the new ones, with regards to visas and such? Can you commit to be in the forum every single day and see to it that the forum is not dead? Now, if someone can commit to that job, then he/she can be a moderator. Remember, they don't get paid doing these things.

I don't think Joe has antagonised the members here. He is expressing his views. Just like everyone else. If you really want to know why he became a moderator, do as I told you. Read his posts from the start he became a member here. You would see why.

By the way, my husband, Win2win, is the owner of the forum. Hence I'm the assistant.

[SimonH]

You don't know the work that moderators here do. That involves not just being in the forum but monitoring whatever is happening in the forum and helping the admin. Do you have time to monitor the spammers, new sign ups, etc.? Do you have time to approve moderated posts? Do you have time to delete inappropriate posts? Can you give appropriate advice to the members, especially the new ones, with regards to visas and such? Can you commit to be in the forum every single day and see to it that the forum is not dead? Now, if someone can commit to that job, then he/she can be a moderator. Remember, they don't get paid doing these things.

I don't think Joe has antagonised the members here. He is expressing his views. Just like everyone else. If you really want to know why he became a moderator, do as I told you. Read his posts from the start he became a member here. You would see why.

By the way, my husband, Win2win, is the owner of the forum. Hence I'm the assistant.

I'm well aware of who the founder and his wife are, thank you

Maybe a more appropriate term for moderator as you've described it would be monitor, then I would get confused as to what the role was

As far as reading Joe's posts from the beginning, that would be rather futile as I imagine a lot of those posts involve members no longer here, and therefore I wouldn't want to read anything out of context or misinterpret a response.

Thanks again for clarifying what the role of moderator is