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I heard that you need to keep reporting threads, and if you have reported a huge amount of threads and got a very high success rate, admin will contact you.

a pulse and a good relationship with Theymos ;)

The system is showing that till date have reported all threads with 100% accuracy. Its good if the no. of reports is known...


I think this is vague. I'm in some of the leading forum on the web. In comparison to those, this forum is maintained quiet professionally. If the admin were partial about personal relationship ...this could not happen.

The system is showing that till date have reported all threads with 100% accuracy. Its good if the no. of reports is known...
I think this is vague. I'm in some of the leading forum on the web. In comparison to those, this forum is maintained quiet professionally. If the admin were partial about personal relationship ...this could not happen.

Your success rate doesn't actually matter all that much. If you're above 60%, we'll teach you the rest once you become a mod. As long as you can maintain that, quantity of reports is much more important than quality. Specifically, we're looking for people who report things during time periods where the reports aren't immediately acted on, because that indicates a need for additional moderators for that time block. People who report things during those time are far more likely to be chosen, and you're more likely to report during those times if you report more in general.

This really makes sense. I am from an Asiatic country, so probably most of the global moderators are not from this time zone. I'm being more precise about the report count... 17 posts reported till date with 100% accuracy. I think this quantity is low compared to the requirement. Its good if I get to know the requirement bar for the quantity of posts ...Thanx.

Not being DiamondCardz probably is also one.

Not being DiamondCardz probably is also one.

Well yes, if you were me you wouldn't be a mod because I'm not a mod, makes sense, no?

I think that he was answering to the topic title.
So in a way, he's saying that you can never be a mod.

I'm aware, I was just answering his "statement" in a way that makes his troll posts look ridiculous.

Did he sell his account or get hacked?

Your success rate doesn't actually matter all that much. If you're above 60%, we'll teach you the rest once you become a mod. As long as you can maintain that, quantity of reports is much more important than quality. Specifically, we're looking for people who report things during time periods where the reports aren't immediately acted on, because that indicates a need for additional moderators for that time block. People who report things during those time are far more likely to be chosen, and you're more likely to report during those times if you report more in general.

A good relationship with thermos and high trust and forum longevity?

Probably more the latter two although the former obviously helps. I'd imagine some of the staff also have a place to put in their own input and recommendations on who should become a moderator.

I'm sure high activity and a continual forum presence is needed, and I guess positive trust would help too, but there are some mods who don't seem to have any trusted 'green' feedback. Also I think most forums usually have a super secret hidden mod board  ;D.

Yeah that is actually common, a secret board for the staff. Due to that I don't think that trust is something that is being looked at. Of course the member shouldn't have a negative trusted rating.

I'd imagine some of the staff also have a place to put in their own input and recommendations on who should become a moderator.

Well yes, if you were me you wouldn't be a mod because I'm not a mod, makes sense, no?

Not really, except for local mods where he doesn't know the language. Like all things theymos, he acts on his own. So far, that's turned out okay, so I don't really see it as a bad thing.

Hmm, you are right, it has mostly turned out okay (except a couple). Surprising that there is no mod input on the matter, though, I would've thought that there would be.

Are mods paid or they are volunteer ?

Are mods paid or they are volunteer ?

The forum sells ad space in the area beneath the first post of every topic page. About 25% of ad income goes to the forum moderators as thanks for all of their work. (There are many moderators, so each moderator gets only a small amount -- moderators should be seen as volunteers, not employees.)

Probably we get paid less than your signature deal.

Are mods paid or they are volunteer ?

Most, in fact, get much less than many active people from sig deals get. The payment is meant to be as a thank you for the work moderators do, not a salary.

I'm surprised that no one noticed this before now. Almost all of the moderators have addresses in their Bitcoin Address profile fields, and these addresses receive obvious, regular sendmany payments from addresses owned by me or the forum...

Moderators are not employees. They are not required to "behave professionally," and they don't need to help you with anything. The payments are a form of thanks for past actions, and they do not establish any future obligations for the forum or moderators.


Report many posts accurately, and write good posts. Mods are added infrequently, and only when needed. Also, as you can see, few mods make anywhere near that much.

*BitcoinDream had his dreams shattered as he realised that by pestering theymos and becoming a moderator he would not be able to get free bitcoins*

Yeah, they get paid, but you're supposed to think of it as being a volunteer.


It's proportionally split on activity or some secret algorithm which theymos made, I believe. To get as much as John K. got there you'd probably have to be really active & be at least a global mod.

I think one of the criterias to become a moderator was to not ask how to become one. :D Not really sure, but I think I read it somewhere.

I think one of the criterias to become a moderator was to not ask how to become one. :D Not really sure, but I think I read it somewhere.

Activity as in the activity points we all have or based on how active you are on the forum (time logged in and dealing with reports etc)?

I'm pretty sure it's something like that - it'd make sense. Again, I'm pretty sure the algorithm isn't posted in public - else mprep might be able to abuse it and get some quick cash jokes <3. On-topic though, yeah, it's probably a mixture of time & reports & other things if I was to make a guess.

I'm pretty sure it's something like that - it'd make sense. Again, I'm pretty sure the algorithm isn't posted in public - else mprep might be able to abuse it and get some quick cash jokes <3. On-topic though, yeah, it's probably a mixture of time & reports & other things if I was to make a guess.

Yeah theymos mentioned it's a secret algo haha. I guess it makes it fairer to pay by actual work or contributions done.

The algorithm is a secret. In my opinion, it's good it is: more honesty in a mods work this way.

I do believe the factoid I just saw applies here:

http://i.gyazo.com/f93e391620de27761a57a49dfda2e413.png

That sums it up, really, and it makes sense - help the forums out and you might become a moderator so you can help out even more.

A good place is the "Beginners and Help Forum".  Scammers will post there hoping the catch the inexperienced and naive users.

Scams (or what seems like a scam) are not moderator. That's what the Trust system and human intelligence was made for.

Vod probably is talking about things more along the lines of this (I'm purposely linking to a moved ghost thread):

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=585616.0

That's spam, not scam you are linking to. Ref spam to be precise. I actually reported it since it falls out of my jurisdiction.

Yeah, I know that Vod said scams but I'm still pretty sure that's what he was referring to. There is the occasional spam thread in that section more so than in other sections.

Well services/scams in the beginner section don't belong there. At the very least they should be moved to the appropriate area like gambling, securities, services, whatever so established members can see and weigh in on it instead of a bunch of newbies tripping over themselves to send some dipstick money.

Most importantly be noticed by admin or at least by moderator "to suggest you to admin". this might be easier in native languages forums though.

I doubt anyone was ever happy that they became a moderator.  Be careful what you wish for.

I don't think anyone is forcing them to become one or put in the work. I wonder how many if any have turned down the opportunity when asked?

I wouldn't be surprised if people have turned down the opportunity. Moderators get a lot of hate and it can be a very stressful job, especially when you're dealing with a large community.

Yeah, I guess, but if you're on the forum a lot and can be bothered reporting posts then going one step further and being able to moderate them directly isn't much of a bigger task.

Nah, I think there's a much bigger difference. Reporting threads lets you sit behind while the mods decide whether the reports are accurate, et cetera. Stepping up to mod, you have to be taught so that your accuracy becomes high enough so that people aren't complaining constantly about abuse.

But if you've been asked to be a moderator then I'm assuming you've being doing something right. I think over time your accuracy should improve by itself; if it hasn't then you're obviously not learning very swiftly, and if you've been here a while and reporting threads then you should be aware of the rules and what to report etc. I got a couple of bad reports early on for reporting obvious scams but got bad reports for them - I obviously now know not to report them.

Would u mind to explain the bold section ? I think scams can be reported against. A couple of days back there was a post in Bitcoin discussion from a scammer named Selena. She tried people to download a software full of viruses claiming it will take a normal PC to a huge hash rate (sorry, I cant recall the exact figure). She was reported against and eventually deleted. So, I think scams can be reported against.