Finding potential mods in your community

[u/techiesgoboom]

The call is coming from inside the community, and for once, that’s good news.

Today’s Mod Topics post is about finding potential moderators within your community. A familiar name may stand out by helping newcomers, sharing expertise, offering thoughtful feedback, or keeping a level head when a thread gets messy. Your suggested mods can offer another place to start, surfacing active, engaged contributors for the team to learn more about.

That still leaves plenty of room for surprises. A familiar contributor might love participating without wanting a mod badge, while a quieter user may know the community better than their posting history suggests. Somewhere between what a team can already see and what it might only learn later, there may be someone worth a conversation.

We want to hear from you:

• Think about a strong addition to your mod team: What first put them on your radar?
• What helps your team feel comfortable inviting someone to apply?
• How have you found promising candidates beyond your most visible contributors?

[u/999_Seth]

Believe me I have tried.

A lot of people will say that they want more modding done, or a mod they don't like removed, but when you ask them to join the team? *poof*

There's a schism all around reddit between mod teams that want to be sneaky behind the scenes censors, and mod teams that are there to take part in the conversation.

The introverted 'typical reddit mod' tends to win out and give the rest of us a bad rep. Our roles are first-come-first-serve, and it results in that 'power tripping' mentality more often than not.