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| Title: Lurker Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 12 ![]() | Rogue Admin/Mod Just wondering if there are any board owners that have had bad experiences with people they made Admins or Mods? I recently had an experience with someone who I made Admin that tried to steal my board.......it's a long screwed up story. I was told by my server that this is a fairly common occurence......anybody else experience this? Salveregina | ||||
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| Title: Rookie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 18 ![]() | I've never experienced this, but I have moderators that have been around in some form or fashion for 5+ years, but I will say that it is hard to keep and find good moderators who don't go power hungry. Find active members, someone that is well articulated and has a cool head, and its a good start. | ||||
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Title: Apprentice Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 483 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Quote:
Go with your friends, they are the ones you trust, and the ones who importantly won't screw you over. After all, it's just a forum. A friendship is worth more. | |||||
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Title: Benefactor Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 110 ![]() | I don't see the need to make anyone else admin. I have lots of moderators who all cover a small area of the forum. If they do decide to be trouble their damage would be limited. We had one moderator who decided he didn't like how I ran the place, apparrently being as democratic as possible and conferring with all my moderators wasn't good enough. I didn't even ban him, or remove his moderator position. I put him on miserable user, at the point he started posting porn and obscenities. ![]() He soon got the message. | ||||
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| Title: Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 130 Location: Louisville, KY ![]() | Quote:
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| Title: Lurker Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 12 ![]() | Well I think we have to draw a distinction between "friends" and picking those people who you "trust". I can see a situation where a friendship can be ruined because of board business. In my case, I don't know any of these people IRL, I only know them from a previous board but they are all pretty brilliant, each in their own way. I think the key is trying to find people that are "agenda free" but how you tell that in advance, I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure that they have the same values that I do in terms of how the board should be run. With the previous admin, I pretty much knew that he wasn't sufficiently getting my ideas - unfortunately I didn't trust my own instincts. I think if you see a red flag, you probably have to address it pretty quickly because you don't know what it can mushroom into. Thanks for the feedback, Salveregina | ||||
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| Title: Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 69 ![]() | I've never had a problem with my staff. My forum is run by a triumvirate (3-person) administration. My co-admins have considerable power, though I have more power in some areas being the founder and guiding vision of the forum. I do not know my co-admins personally, but they're good online friends of mine. I have talked with them often and have worked as staff alongside them on a previous forum. We also have good respect for each other, which I think helps. Because of our long history together and having gotten to know each other well, we have a great bond. We also have the mutual understanding that our fellow administrators have the integrity not to do something stupid like hijack the forum.
__________________ If you don't post at The Infinity Program, you're a terrorist. “Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.” — Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack | ||||
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