Should a moderator manage several forums?

[an0nym0us]

I have seen some members who are moderators in other forums as well, does this have a good effect as they lose interest by dealing with others forums?

just as a point of view I present..

 

[Kale]

I make all moderators global moderators. I was considering bringing back section moderation on my current forum, but still debating with myself.

As far as should people mod on several forums? I think it depends. I have moderated on a few before and did fine.

 

[Cory]

I suppose it depends on different factors, like the amount of activity a board receives and how large the forum is. I generally just hire global moderators.

 

[Shortie]

It really depends on the amount of time someone has to give to their role as a moderator. Some people have plenty of time to be able to moderate several forums and complete their job well and if they feel they can do that, why not. I personally limit how many forums I can mod as I know after a while I would get overwhelmed. It's about looking at the jobs you have and seeing whether adding more would be reasonable or would leave you feeling burned out.

 

[Cedric]

I think being staff on 2 forums is manageable easily. Three might be much, but if you have lots of spare time, why not. All depends how active the forums are, and how much work they require.

 

[Heatman]

It actually depends on how the said moderator or staff is working. If he or she is working online full time, the individual can be able to spin managing more than 3 forums. Also the arrangement he's got with the owner on how many hours to work every day on the site comes into play.

 

[Strawberry]

If they can manage their time well, then yes I don't see why someone couldn't. I have moderated multiple communities at once, some bigger than others, so you just need to prioritise. You'll become familiar with patterns of when users log in and post too as well as other staff availability.

 

[Anachiwo]

If they are very good at multitasking, it's something they can be able to pull off. Although, I should say that taking up too much staff job at the same time would leave you exhausted and burnt out as quickly as possible.

 

[Heatman]

If they can manage their time well, then yes I don't see why someone couldn't. I have moderated multiple communities at once, some bigger than others, so you just need to prioritise. You'll become familiar with patterns of when users log in and post too as well as other staff availability.

I do this prioritising very well when scheduling my days work. I make sure to follow my schedule to the latter and by doing so, there's no way I wouldn't be able to cover up all the work I need to do on all communities I work on as a staff.

 

[Anachiwo]

I have seen some members who are moderators in other forums as well, does this have a good effect as they lose interest by dealing with others forums?

just as a point of view I present..

Their level of commitment to those forums would go a long way in determining how much they will contribute to the forums every day unless something too pressing to take them away from the forums comes up.

 

[Heatman]

If they are very good at multitasking, it's something they can be able to pull off. Although, I should say that taking up too much staff job at the same time would leave you exhausted and burnt out as quickly as possible.

Yeah, when you go all in hard too much with a lot of work to do, they will wear your eyes out too quickly. If you don't schedule how to cover the works in order to ease your eyes, it will get to you sooner than later.

 

[Reverie]

I think people can manage being staff at multiple forums if they have the amount of time to do so. Me for example, I just can not handle more than one because I have had a full time job where I work the 40 hours a week, but then work additional hours at home. If I just had a 9-5 job, and I come home I probably could easily get 2 hours of forum time and split my time between 2-3 forums during that time.

As I get older though I realize the more I split myself the less quality or happy I'm going to be with things. So for me personally I can probably only do 1 - even if I did have the time. I am more productive and I'm not splitting myself multiple ways.

 

[Ravenfreak]

It depends on if the person can manage to be a moderator on a few different forums. If they are able to contribute to all the forums they're staff on, then it's fine. If there is a dip in activity coming from the staff member, a simple private message asking them if they are busy and would like to take a step back from being a moderator for a while is fine.

 

[Kyng]

I think section moderation is only really needed on the big forums with hundreds of active members. All the forums I've run have been small hobby forums - and on those, section moderators just aren't needed.