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Excuse me for my prior intemperance, but I am actually a Super-Mod at a Board of misfits.
Does that count??
Does that count??
Well, I was one of the people who were likely to became a mod on the first forum I went to, which was a board about song writing. But there was a forum reset and that sort of killed the activity as some people left and some people changed their names, so everything just sort of died. I go every now and then but it's just not the same so I never stick around.
Then I started my own forum for my website, and have a few people there... so naturally, I'm an admin. About 10 active members in total, so it's not hard controlling the place and I'm pretty lenient about posts since I don't want to anger the members and make them leave... so I don't mind swearing and double posting and topic bumping, etc. as long as there's a good reason behind it.
And that forum is at www.blaktornado.com/ ... because I think that this is a perfect opportunity to advertise but kinda within the rules ;D hehe (Although it's probably the worst time since the MR Mods will be active in here. Ah well... it's not as if it's a rival Mac site so I think I could get away with it
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And finally, I was a mod on a site for another stop motion animator online, but the owner really had very little to do with the site (despite demanding that he had the final say in everything, despite has absence and lack of knowledge on what would be best for the forum and members) and it caused some misunderstandings, which got me de-modded within about 3 months. However, I still say that I was one of the most active mods there and did a lot of good in a long time, but there were just some times when I let my guard down and participated in a flame war or two
Nothing like a good internet-hate-inspired flame war
I stopped going there a while back but gave into temptations and went back because I made some good friends there, even if most of the members are ****s...
So yes. My modding history in a nutshell
Then I started my own forum for my website, and have a few people there... so naturally, I'm an admin. About 10 active members in total, so it's not hard controlling the place and I'm pretty lenient about posts since I don't want to anger the members and make them leave... so I don't mind swearing and double posting and topic bumping, etc. as long as there's a good reason behind it.
And that forum is at www.blaktornado.com/ ... because I think that this is a perfect opportunity to advertise but kinda within the rules ;D hehe (Although it's probably the worst time since the MR Mods will be active in here. Ah well... it's not as if it's a rival Mac site so I think I could get away with it
)And finally, I was a mod on a site for another stop motion animator online, but the owner really had very little to do with the site (despite demanding that he had the final say in everything, despite has absence and lack of knowledge on what would be best for the forum and members) and it caused some misunderstandings, which got me de-modded within about 3 months. However, I still say that I was one of the most active mods there and did a lot of good in a long time, but there were just some times when I let my guard down and participated in a flame war or two
Nothing like a good internet-hate-inspired flame war
I stopped going there a while back but gave into temptations and went back because I made some good friends there, even if most of the members are ****s...
So yes. My modding history in a nutshell
I've been asked to be a mod 2 times at another board, but I kept turning it down. There were a very large number of users, and like 95% of them were intolerable. I wanted to leave that place, not spend more time there. I was posting there more often than at MR, but then I started posting here exclusively. There was actually an 8-12 month period where I didn't post here at all, and that's probably why I have such a respectably low post rate.
I wanted to leave that place, not spend more time there. I was posting there more often than at MR, but then I started posting here exclusively. There was actually an 8-12 month period where I didn't post here at all, and that's probably why I have such a respectably low post rate. 
lucky frakin us! exclusive! sorry... had to get in on itbut then I started posting here exclusively.
(Still can't get over the cleavage, what can i say, you're etched in my mind)
I only share my cleavage for free on one site now. I've touched lives, baby.
Is it weird to use the word "exclusively"? OK, how about this: "I was posting there more often than at MR, but then stopped posting elsewhere, staying loyal to the MacRumours fold." There was always something wrong with other boards, mostly the general feel of it. I guess I stick with this one because the Community section isn't just full of spam threads.
Is it weird to use the word "exclusively"? OK, how about this: "I was posting there more often than at MR, but then stopped posting elsewhere, staying loyal to the MacRumours fold." There was always something wrong with other boards, mostly the general feel of it. I guess I stick with this one because the Community section isn't just full of spam threads.
i was a mod at Overclockers-Network until it died
some of the members created a new forum called OCDistributed and now im a mod there (although that one has gone offline too)
and i used to admin a film forum based on the short films ive made where a bunch of my buddies posted, we kept that going pretty well for about 2 years then everyone got bored of it
some of the members created a new forum called OCDistributed and now im a mod there (although that one has gone offline too)
and i used to admin a film forum based on the short films ive made where a bunch of my buddies posted, we kept that going pretty well for about 2 years then everyone got bored of it
