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VoicesNet Forum Moderators Burn the Midnight Oil
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So...who
are we? What do we do? and why should you care?
Well,
first, I am ''Insanity-Mod Assist''. Well, that's my screen
name that everybody knows and loves me by at the VoicesNet.com
forums. I am what is known as a Moderator Assistant.
A Moderator
is a volunteer site member who agrees to help reply to posts
in our forums and to make sure that posts meet the VoicesNet
submission guidelines.
A Moderator
Assistant is a Moderator under the age of 19, and therefore
not eligible to be a Full Moderator.
I Moderate
'Love Poems In The Works,' 'Darker Poems Still In The Shadows,'
'Other Poems to critique,' and 'Religious Poems Still Being
Worked On.'
The 'Incomplete'
section of poetry is what takes up most of our time as moderators.
People ask what we think and feel about their writing as well
as to help them improve, so that in time they will fulfill
their writing potential.
I am also
a Moderator Assistant in the 'Completed Love Poetry,' 'Completed
Dark Poetry,' 'Completed Other Poetry' 'Completed Religious
Poems' and 'Completed Sports Poetry.' forums. I hope to, in
time, take on the role of Moderator Assistant for 'Completed
Family Poems.'
So why
do I choose to participate as a Moderator at Voices.net? When
I first joined VoicesNet, I received so much kindness and
assistance with my poetry that I felt it was only right to
give something back to this prospering community. I enjoy
reaching inside the poems and feeling the emotion and depth
with which they were written. In total there are 3 Mod Assistants:
Me , Squall and Aled_Dilwyn Fisher. There are 15 Moderators,
three of whom are Administrators. We all have duties and guidelines
that we follow to help to guard our contributing poets and
their intellectual property. We protect their copyright as
well as check for harmful or inappropriate content in both
poems and postings.
Remember,
Moderators don't just look after forums; we look after you.
Some bad
days as a Moderator do occur. Fellow staff sometimes aren't
around to help when a sudden flood of postings needs to be
checked. You never know where to begin, and often the stress
levels are high. The opposite situation is not better. The
site goes through times of few postings and you seem to be
the last one to post on every one of your forums. However,
these problems rarely arise and the job has many good days
where the forums are full of new posts on a wide spectrum
of issues and from various viewpoints. Having the rest of
the staff to help also keeps the forum constantly moving and
growing here at VoicesNet.
And so:
We are the Mod Squad! We give our time and energy to help
poets and posters grow and prosper, gaining even greater fulfillment
from their already beautiful work. You. Yes, you should care
because you never know when your own poetry will need our
help.
Click
here to learn more about the VoicesNet Mod Squad!
Article
written by : Insanity, Moderator Assistant
Edited
by: Matthew Sonneborn
Copyright
2003
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