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Do you even need staff, starting out?
12-06-2005, 05:12 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 26  | Do you even need staff, starting out? I can understand the absolute need for them later, but when you start out and have only a few hundred people, is it even necessary? Also, how many of you pay your moderators? It seems like there are many people on every forum who want the privelige of being a mod, and you can get it done for free.  | ||||
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12-06-2005, 05:24 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,246 Location: Athens, GA   | Yeah, I think that this is something many new admins never know or take into consideration. There are a few very good threads about this in here...here's a summary I made regarding this a while ago Quote:
That pretty much sums up my thoughts on it...and as far as paying moderators, I've never been a huge fan of this either...I feel like mods should moderate your forums because they want to, not for the money...but then again, money can also be a nice bonus which makes your mods happy...and there's nothing quite as good as happy mods
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12-06-2005, 06:05 AM
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Title: Just keeping it real
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kent, WA  
| First off, great read Cadence, I agree with everything said. I believe in not paying mods, I think if you start paying mods they may think that they "run" your board instead of helping you run it. | ||||
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12-09-2005, 12:29 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 58 | We pay our mods, but more on a bonus style scheme. They also get free skins etc. We are a commercial site ergo everyone gets something. Generally you need staff as you need em. If you find you spend more time moderatoring posts than actually adding content to your site then you need staff. Admins shouldn't be moderating imho as your focus is needed elsewhere, marketing, adding new content, thinking about directions etc. We tend to go for older staff who have expierance on a lot bigger boards. Also when appointing staff keep in mind timezones. It's not good having ten great moderators if they are all in the same timezone and your problem members come from other time zones  When appointing a new staff member equally have it on a month's trial basis, if they can't contribute, handle members, etc then you don't need them clogging up your staff forums. | ||||
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12-09-2005, 12:41 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,246 Location: Athens, GA | Excellent insight, Outlander Quote:
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12-09-2005, 02:45 AM
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Title: Dave's not here...
Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 418
| Well, I've been going for almost a year now and do have moderators. I didn't really need them until quite a few months down the line, they are still optional at this point. I do a lot of the work myself still, organizing contests and moderating posts. I have a few moderators which lighten the load quite a bit, since I get many kids plugging their websites outside of the authorized forum, which requires 30 posts. When you get a popular forum, you will definitely need them. When you're just starting out, with few members and active posters I think its kind of optional. But as your site gains in popularty, you will get lots of people looking to promote their website or just post stupid things to make others angry. As for paying, I don't pay my moderators. I do give them some space for their personal galleries though, and free image hosting for whatever they need.
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12-09-2005, 07:37 PM
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Title: Apprentice
Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 172 Location: Wisconsin, USA
| Well, I had one other person help me because I have school. That person can help watch what users say and control behavior if it gets out of hand. I am the only administrator.
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12-14-2005, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 110 Location: Manchester, UK | When starting I don’t think you need staff! I did try it on one of my forums but he just got in the way. When the forum is starting you want to do it your self as its your “baby” in a way. I would only start to get staff if I start to get like 2000 members. | ||||
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