How can you be a moderator for free ?

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I would like to be a moderator for free. How can I ?

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There are two types of moderator.

Forum and live chess

Before applying for either, a member must be:

Aged 18 or over,

Been a member of Chess.com atleast 6 months,

Know the site well,

Have only one account,

And be an active member on the site.

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I hate my ageCry

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kohai wrote:

There are two types of moderator.

Forum and live chess

Before applying for either, a member must be:

Aged 18 or over,

Been a member of Chess.com atleast 6 months,

Know the site well,

Have only one account,

And be an active member on the site.


 Isn't it kind of silly to say "Have only one account" when everybody is allowed only one account, anyway?

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Not really as alot don't know that, haven't read it, ignore it and have several :(

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So, who are the forum moderators ?

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kohai wrote:

Not really as alot don't know that, haven't read it, ignore it and have several :(


 I thought they could spot them real easy. Actually, I don't know Chess.com cares, anyway.

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They are MIB - They zap posts then zap the people in it so no-one knows who they are Laughing

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Atos wrote:

So, who are the forum moderators ?


 they want to remaind anonymous, so we not gonna know Smile 

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Is the number of moderators anonymous as well? I mean, if there are 5 of them, or 100?Smile

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woodshover wrote:
kohai wrote:

Not really as alot don't know that, haven't read it, ignore it and have several :(


 I thought they could spot them real easy. Actually, I don't know Chess.com cares, anyway.


I care ! I don't like the team lying to me .. if i ask if they only have one account and they say yes .. then i find they have more ...  :(

I need to know i can trust the moderators before giving out the responsibility of moderator.

In live chess for example, a new member joins the site and very often live chess is one of the first places they go to ask questions. The first people they are likely to see in there are the moderators.  How the moderators react reflects on the site. If they are rude to a newcomer or give wrong information it reflects badly on the site. I try to train all the moderators to have the same information and work all the same way, following the same guidelines.

If a member sees one of the moderators has more than one account, but is telling them ''no, you're only allowed one', it looks bad. So i try to ensure all moderators only have one account and are within the site rules.

Kinda 'practise what you preach' as the saying goes.

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Kacparov wrote:

Is the number of moderators anonymous as well? I mean, if there are 5 of them, or 100?


No, there are 8 forum and 14 live chess (soon to be 16)

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kohai wrote:

I care ! I don't like the team lying to me .. if i ask if they only have one account and they say yes .. then i find they have more ...  :(


Has it ever happened?
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kohai wrote:

They are MIB - They zap posts then zap the people in it so no-one knows who they are


 MIB?

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Thank you Kohai, I expected more forum moderators actually (there is more to moderate in forums that in live chess I think), but as long as they manage it, it's fineSmile

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Men in Black

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I think woodshover is a moderator under cover.

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Let's try to guess the list of moderatorsLaughing

1. Woodshover

2. ?

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2. trysts, and she clips her own posts to cover the traces.

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1. woodshover

2. trysts