moderators?

just wondering who are you moderators? what do you do (for a living and or on the site)? what are your Reponsibilities? do you have to go through every single thread? have any special powers like taking off an accidentaly posted thread (ie my oops in the mercury section with the: whats the best muscle chevy thread... yeah my bad) :banghead: . where you from? basically anything you want to share.

When we become a moderator, we are issued with a skull cap and DIY connections. Long story short, this makes us the AF equivalent of omnipotent, and allows us to read (and edit) every post on AF at the same time.






Seriously though, we just keep the place tidy.

Myself, I'm a university student from Wellington, NZ, but studying in Christchurch. Doing a BSc in Geography/Geology, just finishing off my first year since I changed my degree last year.

I'll humor you on this one, during the day i'm a warranty administrator, i do a lot of paperwork and handle all the warranties for the dealership. Everyone has their own sections but they're not limited to them on most occasions. I'm from central illinois. This is probably the only serious response you'll get.

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peanut butter and jelly and a baseball bat!





That's all I have to say about that.




Us Moderators rock ur socks.:wink:

I've been here since Feb '01, just a couple months after the site started. There were only a couple hundred registered members then. I was on all the time and was "respectable" enough (I assume!) to be offered a mod position by Igor (the site admin) in May '01. Was in high school then. Subsequently when through four years of college and am now working temporarily for a friend's business, recycling telecommunications stuff and other electronics while looking for a career.

I don't have anything I'm forced to do as a mod, but I have a duty to help keep the place in check. "Special powers" include the ability to edit, delete, or move posts, ban baddies, etc etc. I have banned before and have no qualms about doing so, but I usually prefer to help members instead. :)

This is probably the only serious response you'll get.and the most sober. :lol: j/k

Repeat after me,

We are the Mods, you will be assimulated.

We move stuff around if need be, remove stuff thats not authorized and ban people who asks questions inquirying what we do. :evillol: Nothing more, nothing less.

Day job: Programmer at a NYC city Hospital
Night Job: AF (post) whore, unofficial Statistical whore, birthday list whore,
bottom line, I'm a whore. :lol:

TS out

I'm just plain great. That is all. \m/ \m/

I should be a mod...

:(

I'm a pretend moderator.

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peanut butter and jelly and a baseball bat!





That's all I have to say about that.




Us Moderators rock ur socks.:wink:

FYI, Redneck did not graduate from high school.

in honer of all the moderators
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e258/vwracer14/12-computer.jpg

We have moderators here?

I have banned before and have no qualms about doing so, but I usually prefer to help members instead. :)

Shit man, it's not like we kill people.



The first time you ban someone, that's when you get the thousand yard stare. It's indescribable. You're never the same after that.

http://www.darkinn.w3.pl/gothic/images/vtm/brujah.jpg

Shit man, it's not like we kill people.

Oh? :confused:

Oh. :(

I get paid to moderate on here.

Seriously.

Sure, a completely unrelated company is footing the bill for my time, but I'm still getting paid for it. Pay's pretty good to.

Every once in a while, I kinda slack off and end up doing some graphic design when I ought to be moderating, but I still get my job done.

any female mods?

I'm a 20 year old college student :smile:. I attend Olivet Nazarene University (training camp for the Chicago Bears, GO BEARS!) and I'm studying journalism and political science and am currently the Arts & Entertainment Editor for my school newspaper, the Executive Editor of the school Literary and Art Magazine and am on the writing staff for the yearbook. I'm also from central Illinois. In fact, -Josh- and I are cousins and quite good friends. I joined the site because Josh told me about it and thought it would be cool. My dad is master automotive technician so I've grown up around cars. I've been with the same girl for going on a year and four months and love her more each day. There's plenty more, but that should suffice:smile:.

thats actually pretty cool. (a little wierd) mostly cuz i woulda thought the mods were all techs of some kind. < not to talk you down, im sure you all have a wealth of automotive knowledge. and what... you are all between the ages of what 20 to 25? since some of you are in college still. you all know a lot about cars for being young. i mean i work with guys in the business of working on cars in general, and they know alot, but they are in thier 40's, and 50's, and in the business for at least 20 years. hell my old boss (who retired the position to his son) has changed more tires then i have days in my life (< i know this cuz he told me,intimidating...no:iceslolan ) where do you get most of your answers? i know that a few of you have answered some of my threads with very smart answers. do you have like a source? or is it all off the top of your head stuff?

I'm John I have been a mod here since January of 03. I went to a technical college for automotive technology right after I graduated high school and have worked in both GM and Nissan dealerships and briefly for Caterpillar. Between the two carlines I have 11 years of OEM experience in parts and service.

I look forward to the day that I can finally be free of the parts business and the shitty hours that come with it. The only reason I stay is the pay, there is nothing else I could do now and start out making what I'm making now.

I mainly keep an eye on the GM forums, and step in anywhere else I can help.

thats actually pretty cool. (a little wierd) mostly cuz i woulda thought the mods were all techs of some kind. < not to talk you down, im sure you all have a wealth of automotive knowledge. and what... you are all between the ages of what 20 to 25? since some of you are in college still. you all know a lot about cars for being young. i mean i work with guys in the business of working on cars in general, and they know alot, but they are in thier 40's, and 50's, and in the business for at least 20 years. hell my old boss (who retired the position to his son) has changed more tires then i have days in my life (< i know this cuz he told me,intimidating...no:iceslolan ) where do you get most of your answers? i know that a few of you have answered some of my threads with very smart answers. do you have like a source? or is it all off the top of your head stuff?


There's no such thing as someone having a lot of knowledge in the auto industry, there's sooooo much to learn and know, and noone knows more than a minute amount. The knowledge i possess comes from growing up around my dad who was a big auto buff who runs a service department, from going to school for a degree in auto technology with management concentration, and from Swigz dad as well. Also, about my fresh-soph year of high school i started learning as much as i possibly could about cars so i could be the go to guy for car questions with my friends. No one will ever know a lot, just what they put their concentration on. I can do a lot of work on cars but most of my knowledge is general.

well in that case, im 18, and i too want to be that car go to guy. and im going to go to wyotech, again for more car stuff. anything you suggest i get my hands on to get more knowledgeable in the mechanical parts? or are there many places where i can go to reference out car mechanical stuff?

There's no such thing as someone having a lot of knowledge in the auto industry, there's sooooo much to learn and know, and noone knows more than a minute amount.

You're wrong. I win.

:)

You're wrong. I win.

:)


:slap:

Mods are like ghey yo.

^And here's Moss, making his comeback entirely to insult the mods. That's what I like to see! :D

So theres like 10 of you douches around?



LOL, jk!

any female mods?

I wanna know that too

^they all left!

tangie, AF matron (who's no longer with us)...um...im out.

Yea Damien is no longer a female moderator...so there goes another one off the list.

^not as 3 months ago after the operation which i must say went rather well.






















HA! I joked myself!!! o0o0o0o0o! what now! yeah, that's what i though! :loser:

So theres like 10 of you douches around?



There are about 10 who are douches :evillol:
But the total number is a lot more.


We are everywhere and we are watching :uhoh: :uhoh:

thus why we try not to piss them off. ild rather not be banned, mostly cuz this place is addictive, and ive actually learned quite a bit.

I'm guessin you're not a douche are you moppie? no, probably not. but who is? ;) come on, you know you wanna share! :D

HA! I joked myself!!! o0o0o0o0o! what now!

You're still a loser, thats what now.

^awwww.........:(

It's peanut butter and jelly time!
It's peanut butter and jelly time!
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It's peanut butter and jelly time!
It's peanut butter and jelly time!



peanut butter and jelly and a baseball bat!





That's all I have to say about that.




Us Moderators rock ur socks.:wink:


Damnit, can't you get ANYTHING right???

It goes:

It's Pittsburgh STEELER time!
Pittsburgh STEELER time!
Pittsburgh STEELER time!
Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Steelers with a baseball bat. Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Steelers with a baseball bat.

Chris Hoke, Troy Pa, Ike. Coach Cowher, DB. Big Ben, Big Ben, Big Ben, Big Ben, go Duce, go Duce, go Duce go Duce. You get the idea, I hope...

Anyhow, the mods work behind the scenes. I did some "favors" for Igor (owner of this ROCKIN place) and got the job... :naughty: What can I say? I like to lead. ;)

heres a complete mod list
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showgroups.php

i am better than most of the mods.

GTmike400 is only a mod cuz he was jealous that i got the job and whined to igor.

i am a frosh at cu-denver, i work at a daycare. i am an artist.

follow that bitches.

can i whine???

I should be a mod...

:(
Write a thousand word essay on why you should be a mod, and i'll think about it.




















Actually, make that two thousand.














Scrap that. Write a two thousand word essay on why i shouldnt ban you :lol:

i think i should be the moderator of the caprice forum!!!

It's peanut butter and jelly time!
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peanut butter and jelly and a baseball bat!





That's all I have to say about that.




Us Moderators rock ur socks.:wink:

Awesomeness

FYI, I don't think anyone has ever asked for a mod position and got it :lol2:

What do moderators do?

Whatever comes next.

Thanks Jay, such a nice person. :flipa:

And dont tempt me man. im an english major, 2000 words is a warm up! :D

i really wouldnt tempt those that can choose whether or not you can stay on this sight, there damien. though i would like to read that. who is igor? i mean i see the sn all the time. but i dont think i have had much actual contact with him.... is he like the wisard of oz? and that is a crap load of mods. what 50? what about personal messages. you all must get a crap load of them. so, if we were to kinda totem pole this it would go, us, mods, then admin, right? is there any powers that we get eventually as we get more stars? like more private messages, or ability to delete or move our threads (ie screw up sited earlier).

ive been here 4 years. we're just messin' man. igor is God here. well, God was banned though. Ah play on words. :rolleyes:

nah, but igor is Teh Man with a capital T and M!

FYI, I don't think anyone has ever asked for a mod position and got it :lol2:

As I recall, they usually end up getting banned...

thanks dave...i feel comforted. :uhoh:

i think i should be the moderator of the caprice forum!!!

not after seeing your words of wisdom in the cavalier forum.

and that is a crap load of mods. what 50

I think its around 130-ish

Heh, I've just learnt now, after who knows how long as a mod, that I'm actually the assigned mod for the photography forum. Oops.

Oh, we also get access to one more forum...MC, or Mod's Corner. Basically where we decide at random which members to ban.

Oh, we also get access to one more forum...MC, or Mod's Corner. Basically where we decide at random which members to ban.
Dave's quite correct. It's more or less like when those demented rednecks with rifles close their eyes and put their fingers on names in the phone book :smile:.

FYI, I don't think anyone has ever asked for a mod position and got it :lol2:

Except for the one Kustomace mentioned back a few posts....

I'll be mod some day! :)









:rolleyes: :grinno:

^haha!!! me too and we'll rule with iron fists!!!

naw,in the mods corner they try to come up with some clever new april fools, that includes fake bans of themeselves! :p

Man I caught ya'll good last year. tryin' to do it early. but i knew! 'caus ei just happened to be readin' the the year's before thread. :D

^haha!!! me too and we'll rule with iron fists!!!

that's right, start out by banning the first 25 people that posted in this thread! :evillol:

^exactly!!! minus me of course. also, any n00bs who dare oppose us will have no mercy shown upon them.

you 2 need help. no matter how much ild like to be mod ( for the info pirks: im here to learn, not to screw around with others.) i couldnt. i know ild get that one guy that i decide to ban pissed and he comes and finds me..... that or ild abuse my power way to much.

FYI, I don't think anyone has ever asked for a mod position and got it :lol2:Thats not true. Only two mods have ever asked and actually became mods. The aforementioned one and myself. Why? cause we are special. :tongue:
As I recall, they usually end up getting banned...So true, I was banned last April, but I came back better and stronger. :evillol:

I'll be mod some day! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Oh man thats the funniest thing I read tonight. :rofl: :rofl: Oh stop Kicker, you're killing me man. :rofl:

you 2 need help. no matter how much ild like to be mod ( for the info pirks: im here to learn, not to screw around with others.) i couldnt. i know ild get that one guy that i decide to ban pissed and he comes and finds me..... that or ild abuse my power way to much.You know that has got to be one of the most honest responses I have ever read on anyone wanting to be a mod. Seriously, with the power comes the responsibility. Its not learned overnight and some don't get it after years of trying, but like my sig states, the more the members are involved in the process the better we all will be. Who will be the next mod? Who knows, but one thing is for certain, the very good members that contribute and help others and stand out above the rest usually are the ones that get nominate and if accepted by the rest of the mods becomes one. Plain and simple.

As for Damien and Kicker, its only a matter of time before they will win the exclusive AF giveaway (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=517725). :devil:

TS out

As for Damien and Kicker, its only a matter of time before they will win the exclusive AF giveaway (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=517725). :devil:

ha ha

:flipa:

can you feel the hostility. haven't you been banned before kicker? i know i have. shoot...and i though i was loved