# Mod obligations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069 "2013-05-25T19:39:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jagmcool](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jagmcool/32/1203_2.png) [@Jagmcool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jagmcool)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/1 "2013-05-25T19:39:26Z")
So moderators… What is it like to be a mod? Do you have a certain amount of time you have to be on? What are the benefits of being a mod? ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/2 "2013-05-25T19:42:38Z")
We are obligated to move threads to the proper board. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrAwesome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drawesome/32/1139_2.png) [@DrAwesome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DrAwesome)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/3 "2013-05-25T20:04:48Z")
> [@vegabomb](#): > > We are obligated to move threads to the proper board. 😃 Lsimhbiwfefmtalol Although I do wonder if they have to be on the board a certain amount of time. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/4 "2013-05-25T20:25:33Z")
No set amount of time. It’s all volunteer. ---
**Author:** ![Legyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legyoyo/32/995_2.png) [@Legyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legyoyo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/5 "2013-05-25T21:25:18Z")
So if I say “I would like to be a mod”. What would happen. Or are you asked to be a mod? ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/6 "2013-05-25T22:23:08Z")
Benefits - The pay is very good. And we get to play imperial ruler randomly imposing our will on the unwashed. ---
**Author:** ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/7 "2013-05-25T22:43:03Z")
There’s also sacrificial ceremonies but those are so infrequent that they’re usually not considered an actual part of the contract. ---
**Author:** ![jrodriguez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jrodriguez/32/7914_2.png) [@jrodriguez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jrodriguez)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/8 "2013-05-25T23:00:14Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > Benefits - The pay is very good. Shhhh!!! If these people learn how lucrative this is … ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/9 "2013-05-25T23:12:14Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > And we get to play imperial ruler randomly imposing our will on the unwashed. [](https://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a593/yoyobst/burns_zps9360e0c9.png) ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/10 "2013-05-25T23:33:59Z")
> [@Legyoyo](#): > > So if I say “I would like to be a mod”. What would happen. Or are you asked to be a mod? Tell us. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/11 "2013-05-26T00:10:47Z")
> [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > > [@Legyoyo](#): > > > > So if I say “I would like to be a mod”. What would happen. Or are you asked to be a mod? > > Tell us. It’s sorta like asking to be sponsored. Take it from there… :wink: Actually, you are born into the mod caste. Similar to a high priest. ---
**Author:** ![Legyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legyoyo/32/995_2.png) [@Legyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legyoyo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/12 "2013-05-26T00:23:31Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > > [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > > > > [@Legyoyo](#): > > > > > > So if I say “I would like to be a mod”. What would happen. Or are you asked to be a mod? > > > > Tell us. > > It’s sorta like asking to be sponsored. Take it from there… :wink: > Actually, you are born into the mod caste. Similar to a high priest. like being sponsored ay? So you have to first prove your loyalty by sacrificing a toe? ---
**Author:** ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/13 "2013-05-26T01:19:56Z")
It also involves chanting jhb’s name into a mirror once for every year of his current age. I only got to 87 before I passed out. ---
**Author:** ![jasonwongzero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jasonwongzero/32/725_2.png) [@jasonwongzero](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jasonwongzero)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/14 "2013-05-26T03:36:35Z")
> [@Legyoyo](#): > > > [@jhb8426](#): > > > > > [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > > > > > > [@Legyoyo](#): > > > > > > > > So if I say “I would like to be a mod”. What would happen. Or are you asked to be a mod? > > > > > > Tell us. > > > > It’s sorta like asking to be sponsored. Take it from there… :wink: > > Actually, you are born into the mod caste. Similar to a high priest. > > like being sponsored ay? So you have to first prove your loyalty by sacrificing a toe? Actually it’s more like the Yakuza. If we move a post to the wrong board Andre demands a finger joint as penitence. ---
**Author:** ![mgiroux77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mgiroux77/32/66801_2.png) [@mgiroux77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgiroux77)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/15 "2013-05-26T03:44:44Z")
Heck the salary for a Forum eXpert alone is sick… I can’t fathom what them Mods get… They must be rolling… 😛 😛 ---
**Author:** ![noahshalabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@noahshalabi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/noahshalabi)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/16 "2013-05-26T03:56:46Z")
Actually, Andre just has a dart board with every forum member’s name on it, and every year he closes his eyes and throws, who ever gets picked wins. either that or Andre asks Rafiki (Lion King gorilla) to pick one, since Rafiki needs the money now that he lost his job because of Lion King 1.5 ---
**Author:** ![Legyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legyoyo/32/995_2.png) [@Legyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legyoyo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/17 "2013-05-26T04:15:31Z")
> [@noahshalabi](#): > > Actually, Andre just has a dart board with every forum member’s name on it, and every year he closes his eyes and throws, who ever gets picked wins. > either that or > Andre asks Rafiki (Lion King gorilla) to pick one, since Rafiki needs the money now that he lost his job because of Lion King 1.5 Rafiki’s a baboon… ---
**Author:** ![DrAwesome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drawesome/32/1139_2.png) [@DrAwesome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DrAwesome)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/18 "2013-05-26T21:24:16Z")
Do you have to be an expert before you can be a mod ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/19 "2013-05-26T23:36:43Z")
> [@DrAwesome](#): > > Do you have to be an expert before you can be a mod Ummm, NO. As I said earlier moderators are predestined to the role. Experts are chosen from the ranks of mere mortals. ---
**Author:** ![Yummy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yummy/32/14065_2.png) [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-obligations/54069/20 "2013-05-27T01:52:20Z")
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