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inactive moderators?
- Thread starter Randy
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Email them or find some way to talk to them, see what the situation is and if there's a reason why they're away. If they don't respond within a certain time frame or respond to your message in a negative or overly defensive way, take away their powers and give the position to someone who is more active.
You'd want to make some sort of rule that if you're going to be away for more than say, a week or two, make a thread or let someone know that you will be away, that way you won't seem irresponsible. Harhar I am such a hypocrite.
You'd want to make some sort of rule that if you're going to be away for more than say, a week or two, make a thread or let someone know that you will be away, that way you won't seem irresponsible. Harhar I am such a hypocrite.
What about when you PM your mod and they say Sorry I was busy with <insert event in their life here>, I will be more active now. They they just continue to not be active, maybe logging in once every two weeks to make a post or two. Then when you PM them again, they same the same thing and it just becomes a circle. Then you finally decide to demote them but they get mad at you calling you non-understanding of their situations and what not?
I'm gettin really frustrated with the co admin on a forum I work on. The person is just never around and I dont know why. He does pop in now and again but never really contributes anything. It's been going on for a few weeks now.
The forum has gone really quiet and I think that's partly cause he used to reply to almost every thread. I'm there every single day but there are about 5 posts per day made. I make new threads if I have something remotely interesting to say, but the response is totally limited.
I am wondering why I bother.....if noone else can be bothered.
It's a shame, cause I used to love it there, but for various reasons other than just this, I feel at the moment like I'm taking a step back from it, and that makes me sad that I feel that way.
I can hardley ask him what the hell he's playing at cause while I'm co admin, it's actually his forum.
The forum has gone really quiet and I think that's partly cause he used to reply to almost every thread. I'm there every single day but there are about 5 posts per day made. I make new threads if I have something remotely interesting to say, but the response is totally limited.
I am wondering why I bother.....if noone else can be bothered.
It's a shame, cause I used to love it there, but for various reasons other than just this, I feel at the moment like I'm taking a step back from it, and that makes me sad that I feel that way.
I can hardley ask him what the hell he's playing at cause while I'm co admin, it's actually his forum.
Alien said:
Kudo's on your loyalness to the forum.. He made you an admin which means you run the forum as well. So if you want to slap him around and tell him to get more involved, then you are entitled to do so. I'd want Princess to do that me if I started slacking.
If you feel like the forum is going nowhere and you arent getting any support from the other staff, then maybe its time to resign.
Alien said:
I totally understand, and yes, your loyalty is to the forum--not the person. Nebulous isn't a slacker, but I do tell him when I think he's not being professional. And as a friend, I'd want him to tell me the same thing. Good luck to you in whatever you decide.
The thing is, this person has become quite a good friend. He trusts me to admin his forums with him and I have a lot of respect for him.
But the forum is not what it used to be. None of the old regulars post any more. I miss it for what it was.
I am a very loyal person and I feel bad even saying this stuff, but I need to vent it.
The thing is, I have other issues with the forum too. Like, on a personal level, not an admin level. The issues arent with the co admin.
I think I will talk to the co admin in PM about this at some point, but I do wonder if I will ever feel the same about the forum as I used to. I never thought I would say that cause I thought I had some real online friends on there. But I think I was wrong. And that makes me kinda sad. But that's besides the point and for another thread
But the forum is not what it used to be. None of the old regulars post any more. I miss it for what it was.
I am a very loyal person and I feel bad even saying this stuff, but I need to vent it.
The thing is, I have other issues with the forum too. Like, on a personal level, not an admin level. The issues arent with the co admin.
I think I will talk to the co admin in PM about this at some point, but I do wonder if I will ever feel the same about the forum as I used to. I never thought I would say that cause I thought I had some real online friends on there. But I think I was wrong. And that makes me kinda sad. But that's besides the point and for another thread
I had online friends on a forum that folded. And believe me--that's when you learn who the 'real' friends are--There were originally 25 or so. I still keep in contact with maybe 6. Those are the ones you treasure. If they are real friends, it doesn't matter if you post with them or not.
When I had a forum, I actually had this happen once. I just basically asked the person if they were okay and if they still wanted to be part of the team. But if they're inactive for a long period of time, then I'd probably start to worry. I wouldn't demote them unless it gets to be too long of an absence, without a reason or anything. I usually used demotion as a last resort.
Anna said:
I also hate staff members who get promoted and just lurk. I had one such moderator do this not too long ago. He applied for a moderator position, and he barely posted after that. I know on most forums just signing in as a staff member and not posting at all is inexcusable. If you are accepted to the staff team, you are supposed to be contributing to the forum, not just sitting there lurking. I spoke to this guy in private, via PM, and asked him why he never posted. He told me that people have complained about his posting before... which then had me wondering. I told him that if there were problems, I would have people send me a PM about it. He then only posted once or twice and then that was it. I think I ended up demoting him in the end because I was getting impatient with him not contributing to the forum enough.
Nebulous said:
Wouldnt you want to find out why they are inactive 1st? If they had some life issues and then told you what was going on after you warned them, you would feel bad. At least I would.[/quote]You would assume they have teh decency to take 5 min to explain why to the staff why they are absent.
