Sssh let the Interweb “gods” have some fun. You have become an unpaid mod on a match 3 game, now your life is complete.
“I always knew that boy would grow up to be a good 'un”
I’d do the role, as I’ve been a moderator on a huge UK forum for a number of years. I very much agree that having some extra moderators, even if it’s just to clean up the spam and keep the trolls in check, is a very good idea. Bad behaviour isn’t actually a big issue here though, it’s generally the best behaved forum I go on.
If you can manage to slow the world’s spin so that I can get an extra hour or so in the day, I’ll be right on some of that. Of course, it’d probably result in tidal shifts and the Earth spinning off into space or the sun, but… better moderated forums in the meantime!
In general though, we’re looking at some internal changes to some workloads that may help with some of this without having to use community mods. We’re not against community mods, but there are some people on the team that have had poor interactions on past projects/companies that means there are hurdles to overcome first.
I can’t even begin to describe the sheer stupidity of advocating forum policing, while posting off-topic in a forum meant for game discussion, and trolling at a targetted person at the same time.
It has to be an intentional troll. After all, there is no way that the poster could possibly be stupid enough to not notice his own irony.
Oh dw Ice, I wasn’t expecting you to. I’m sure most of us would rather just ignore the idiots for now than decrease your time spent on constructive things.
Appreciate the info on the company position, and it’s completely understandable - although, from a time/effort perspective managing 2-3 volunteers is probably considerably easier than doing the work of said 2-3 volunteers yourself