Rotating moderators

[Kale]

I've heard of a few forums who rotate moderators every year or so. It's just so there's a new fresh set of moderators and so like a clique or cult of personality doesn't form between the mod team and such.

I get why some forums would be ok with it, but I don't think I'd ever do it on my own forum. I do not feel forums always have enough activity to warrant a mod rotation system either, sadly.

Have you ever been a staff member of a forum that rotated mods out? How did it go? If you never have before, what do you think of this?

 

[Strawberry]

I've never heard of this before. I don't think it's something I would personally do... if you're choosing the correct people for the role then you shouldn't have to be worried about cliques forming.

 

[Cory]

I too have never seen this done before. I personally wouldn't do it on my own forum, because if the moderators I currently have are dedicated and active on the board, then why sack them? They worked hard to get where they are now, you're basically firing them if you rotate them.

 

[Kale]

if you're choosing the correct people for the role then you shouldn't have to be worried about cliques forming.

Exactly, yeah. I don't really care for this system but will respect a forum who does this.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Interesting.

A lot of Non Profits do that with board members. I guess the same concept could work.

In that case, I'd do an election system. Let members run and vote on moderator positions. That might work out better.

This is something I've never done myself though. I just let a moderator serve as long as they wish.

 

[Kale]

In that case, I'd do an election system. Let members run and vote on moderator positions. That might work out better.

It's interesting for sure, but not something I'd do on my own forums.

 

[Reverie]

I've never seen this, but it could make sense in an "election" type of forum. A forum chooses their leaders in a way. Could also help keep from burn out perhaps.

 

[Shortie]

This is actually new to me and something I was not aware that people did on forums. I have always been on forums that have had the same staff throughout unless staff members resigned due to their own personal reason.

This is not something I feel I would do on my forum but I understand how it may be convenient for those who have busy forums.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I've never actually seen this before on a forum, I can see it working on a sub reddit though. I don't see the need to rotate moderators every year, I understand if a person needs to step down from their position and you need to replace them with another person but doing it for the sake of doing it every year seems like a headache.

 

[Arantor]

I know a forum that this does. It doesn't help them any, and just leads to frustration about things not getting done, since the mods have other duties beyond pure moderation.

Mind you, that site for its own historical reasons is *super* democratic, to the point where at one point they needed a bigger server, and the head admin basically was like 'we have these two servers we're thinking of' and made it a poll for the whole staff (at the time about 30 people, because it's more than just a forum)