Crow Tales

[TheChipPrince]

The Crow Interviews everyone sooner or later

Be warned!! 

[TightEnd]

Easy


1. 6 moderators, 3 staff who also mod, tikay who mods, 2 admins not mods, one staff non mod. 13 total

2. No, we all row in when online. Some have full time jobs, some don't. Some are night owls some aren't. Forum generally covered 20+ hours of the day

3. Depends as to which moderator. See "Most time spent online" under forum stats

4.  See answer 2, its not formally decided. Some people's night shifts are other people's morning shifts, depending on their time clocks!

5. Not paid for modding, voluntary

6. Yes. See forum guidelines

7. Yes

8. Hundreds

9. Yes

10. Good question. We grew to love the place I suppose.

11. No. Well very very rarely..odd entry into a blonde bash etc

12. tikay manages the moderators, picks the team etc

13. Ask tikay. Not that I know of

[Ironside]

OK Questions for Moderators

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How many of you are there ? who are you

Do you take it in turns

How many hours a week do you work

How do you decide who does the night shift

Do you get paid ?    How much ?

Do you delete bad language, how bad does it have to be

Have you ever banned anyone from the site completely

How many people have you banned

have you ever had abusive E mails or private messages from banned people

Why do you do it then ?

Do you get any freebies

Can anyone volunteer to be a moderator , or do you have to be asked

Are you looking for any one now ?

No I don't want the job, but other readers may be interested

The Crow Interviews everyone sooner or later

i charge 5k for an interview

[Laxie]

 

[TightEnd]

OK Questions for Moderators

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How many of you are there ? who are you

Do you take it in turns

How many hours a week do you work

How do you decide who does the night shift

Do you get paid ?    How much ?

Do you delete bad language, how bad does it have to be

Have you ever banned anyone from the site completely

How many people have you banned

have you ever had abusive E mails or private messages from banned people

Why do you do it then ?

Do you get any freebies

Can anyone volunteer to be a moderator , or do you have to be asked

Are you looking for any one now ?

No I don't want the job, but other readers may be interested

The Crow Interviews everyone sooner or later

i charge 5k for an interview

I do it for free, with added built in speelchucker

[kinboshi]

Can we ban him now?

[tikay]

OK Questions for Moderators

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How many of you are there ? who are you

About 8 or 9, I can't recall exactly.

Do you take it in turns

No, it's permanent & full-time. 

How many hours a week do you work

24/7/365. If Mods plan to be absent, or Offline, they flag it up to the others in advance. First job on logging on is to go check the Mods Board, that's about half an hour on a quiet day, & anything up to 10 or 12 hours when something has gone hot.

How do you decide who does the night shift

The selecton of the Mods Team takes into account regular guys, & nocturnal souls, so as to cover all bases. Many of the "solid" Members actually act as unofficial Mods, too, & help police the place when Mods are thin on the ground.

Do you get paid ?    How much ?

No. Nothing, zero, zilch.

Do you delete bad language, how bad does it have to be

If directed at other Members, usually, yes. We don't actually approve of bad language, but it's 2008, we have many young Members, so we try & be sensible about it. But if directed at individuals, it's a no-no.

Have you ever banned anyone from the site completely

Yes. Every "Ban" results in, on average, 300 Posts on the Mods Board, as we try to rationalise it & get it right, & hours & hours of Mods Time. So we don't like Banning folks, but sometimes it has to be done.

How many people have you banned

Spammers apart (hundreds & hundreds of them), I guess we have Banned about 10 or 15 "proper" Members.

have you ever had abusive E mails or private messages from banned people

Up until recently, no, but latterly, the last few months, yes, loads & loads of them. They come via e-Mail, MSN, text, Facebook, or by Post to our Employers. Never to our face, though.

Why do you do it then ?

I don't actually know, some days. I suppose it's because many of us think this is a decent place, & to keep it decent, it takes a bit of work. There are always some community-minded folks prepared to put their shoulders to the wheel in such cases. But the recent personal attacks on the Mod Team are, shall we say, "regrettable".

Do you get any freebies

No, nothing at all, except the abuse.

Can anyone volunteer to be a moderator , or do you have to be asked

You have to be invited.

Are you looking for any one now ?

Not particularly, though we always have our eye out for suitable individuials. We have 3 or 4 "waiting in the wings".

No I don't want the job, but other readers may be interested

The Crow Interviews everyone sooner or later

My answers may be different to the other Mods, we don't all think alike. Trust me on that......

[kinboshi]

Can we ban him now?

[Rod Paradise]

Can we ban him now?

If nothing else for trying to pass mynah birds off as crows.

Corvid Keepers Club No 72.

[Rod Paradise]

How many of you are there ? who are you
1st rule, don't talk about the Mod's team.
2nd rule, don't talk about the Mod's team.


As a rule breaker I can tell you there are about 10 mods & Admin folk, + the 4 secret ninja mods.

Do you take it in turns.

Nope Kinboshi makes the tea all the time.

How many hours a week do you work

Real work - 8
Modding 20  or so

How do you decide who does the night shift

Nightowls and ninjas mainly cover the nights.

Do you get paid ?    How much ?

real work - not much
modding - less

Do you delete bad language, how bad does it have to be

Really fucking bad.

Have you ever banned anyone from the site completely

Yes

How many people have you banned

Ignoring Spam not many.

have you ever had abusive E mails or private messages from banned people

Not personally, I'm a nice Mod

Why do you do it then ?

The adrenalin rush high of acting like a power-crazy dictator follewed by the soul destroying low of everyone accusing you of acting like a power-crazed dictator.

Do you get any freebies

Apart from the porn collection, not really, the odd entry into a bB.

Can anyone volunteer to be a moderator , or do you have to be asked

The Ninjas show up and make an offer you can't refuse.

Are you looking for any one now ?

That'll be a ninja question.

[WYSINWYG]

24/7/365. If Mods plan to be absent, or Offline, they flag it up to the others in advance. First job on logging on is to go check the Mods Board, that's about half an hour on a quiet day, & anything up to 10 or 12 hours when something has gone hot.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=37188.0    

Not particularly, though we always have our eye out for suitable individuials. We have 3 or 4 "waiting in the wings".

Crow for Mod waiting in the wings!

[kinboshi]

How many of you are there ? who are you
A dirty dozen (or so).  Our usernames are coloured blue in the who's online list.

Do you take it in turns.
We're on flexi-time.

How many hours a week do you work
I'm on the forum about 147 hours a week.  I work far less than that.

How do you decide who does the night shift
Whoever is up railing Rookie/Moorman/Brummieboy/Eck/Trigg/Kev, etc.

Do you get paid ?    How much ?
I will be rewarded in heaven. However, I don't believe in heaven...

Do you delete bad language, how bad does it have to be
Lazy spelling and grammar is often ridiculed.

Have you ever banned anyone from the site completely
Personally no.  As a collective, yes.

How many people have you banned
A handful have been banned since I've been a mod.

have you ever had abusive E mails or private messages from banned people
I know Tighty and tikay have.  The decisions the mods make are based on a collective decision, but some people seem to vent their displeasure on individuals who they incorrectly think have made a unilateral decision based on their dislike of the person in question.

Why do you do it then ?
So I go to heaven.  Damn, I haven't thought that one through properly...

Do you get any freebies
Just gossip on the mods board.  Well worth it imo.

Can anyone volunteer to be a moderator , or do you have to be asked
You are ordained, by god.  Or was it tikay?

Are you looking for any one now ?
I'm looking for my car keys, you haven't seen them - have you?

[Colchester Kev]

OK Questions for Moderators

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How many of you are there ? who are you

Hellooooo Crow  

Do you take it in turns

Not really, we just jump in when we are about, every modding decision is always discussed behind the scenes by the team.

How many hours a week do you work

Too many

How do you decide who does the night shift

Whoever is awake gets the gig

Do you get paid ?    How much ?

No

Do you delete bad language, how bad does it have to be

we do delete if its directed at someone personally and is flaming

Have you ever banned anyone from the site completely

Yes

How many people have you banned

Never kept a tally sheet

have you ever had abusive E mails or private messages from banned people

Yes, plenty.  Sometimes people will spread malicious gossip about mods and staff behind their backs, those are the ones that hurt to be honest.

Why do you do it then ?

Because I love blonde, it has given me so much in terms of friendships and relationships, I also 100% agree with the ethos and spirit in which blonde was founded, and its nice to be able to do my bit

Do you get any freebies

I think we were bought into the blonde bashes on 1 or 2 occasions, other than that no.  we do get offered freebies by partners etc, but these are always offered to the members as added prizes to blonde comps etc.

Can anyone volunteer to be a moderator , or do you have to be asked

Answered

Are you looking for any one now ?

Answered

No I don't want the job, but other readers may be interested

The Crow Interviews everyone sooner or later

[Rod Paradise]

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[Claw75]

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