Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Let me add here that knowing a ****load about music is as valuable for a mod as knowing a ****load about films, or gardening.

Here are some hard things you face as a mod:

1. Direct attacks. if you started as a regular member and are now a mod, you responses have to change. You can't spit fire like you used to you can ban people haphazardly. You want someone who knows when to walk away but isn't a pushover.

2. Intermixing. Ever see those debates that toggle between good points and vicious insults. Knowing when to step in or not to step in, knowing how to get it back on track without using your mod powers. Thats what you need, can your suggestions pull that off?

3. One of the team ****s up. What if another mod does something you said wouldn't happen? Or you're vehemently against? We know you can respond, can you respond in a manner that doesn't set the forums on fire?

4. Friends. Some of us have affinity for other members. However ever fleeting these might be, it may come to pass that you have to smash an old aquintence with the Ban Hammer like you're Thor. Make sure this is business, and all business. Rules are rules, and while judgements should never be made quickly, they should be made. When they are you should be ready to stand tall.