Hello everyone,
is looking for new moderators and we hope you will apply!
Well, there is no pay. You can expect people to be rude to you. People will blame you personally for actions you take that are entirely in line with the subreddit rules. There is no personal glory, and you can’t use your position to cross promote yourself, your personal projects, or your other subreddits.
The only redeeming quality is that get help the community out, as a whole. If that sounds like a position you’re interested in, we’d love to hear from you.
Fill out this form: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePlQ_J4r3LGWYwFyChTHNYFqhUp7e_uV23Wvr2lHWu7PSK2w/viewform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePlQ_J4r3LGWYwFyChTHNYFqhUp7e_uV23Wvr2lHWu7PSK2w/viewform)
If you have any questions before you apply, please put them in this thread. If you are outside the North American timezones, we highly encourage you to apply! We will keep the app open for around 2 weeks ~
We don’t know what kind of demand we’ll have, so we can’t promise an individual response for every applicant unfortunately.
I’ll also use this thread as a brief opportunity to plug [/r/ideasforeli5](https://www.reddit.com/r/ideasforeli5), where any ideas for eli5 are presented directly to the moderators and for public discussion.
(Obviously Rule 3 doesn’t apply in this thread, the only real rules are try to stay mostly on topic and Rule 1 is never waived, so be nice!)
Thank you and wish you all well!
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ELI5 why Reddit does not pay moderators on hugely popular subs like ELI5? Seems like there is a ton of “award cash” being spent in these bug subs.
Wow, you guys already have so many mods… how do you keep organized?
>The only redeeming quality is that get help the community out, as a whole.
They’s a typo in there!
How much karma do you need to become one
I got almost entirely through the form, and had well thought out answers and was prepared to really try. Then I hit back without submitting the form and when I saw that I didn’t want to fill out the entire form again I realized I don’t think I have what it takes to moderate a sub this large.
Can you give me an ELI5 on that
Are moderators alowed to answer ELI5 posts? Like if I were a mod and I knew the answer to a thing, could I still provide explainations? I dunno if that’s a dumb question, just figured I’d be thorough.
I’ve got a few questions that I’d like to clear up on before I throw my name into the ring.
Does the mod team use the moderator toolbox? Do you need help with CSS or the automod? And how does the mod team deal with posts that might need a second pair of eyes? Are you looking for mods in any particular timezones?
I’ve also noticed that it has a fairly big moderator team, how do you communicate with each other and have you switched over to the new modmail?
Cheers
do mods of other subs get paid? i’ve always been curious about this but never wanted to ask
All my life I’ve dreamed of working for free for a $3 billion company.
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