Community Moderators Needed!

[mjensen415]

Moderators help ensure the success of your community by monitoring user activity and flagged items. This forum would not be what it is without active volunteers helping monitor and moderate conversations that happen here.

Over the last few years, there have been some amazing moderators who have, and continue to volunteer their time to help ensure that this community stays on task and conversations here are helpful and civil.

@wp_kid - @annai80 - @fonthaunt - @sue_mcl - @eoinfinnegan to name a few rockstars.

And it’s time we add more people to help us take this community to the next level. I’d love to be able to put together a moderation coalition of many sellers (and buyers) who represent many categories, countries, time zones and view points as this represents Fiverr as a whole.

While the platform (Discourse) has a lot of “self moderating” features built into it already, some human contact is always a good thing. Community members have been able to flag and report improper posts and comments. As well as the built in level system that have limits on posting.
Would you be a good fit to be a moderator?

• You are active on the forum and have civil, helpful comments & posts.
• You are an active Fiverr Seller or Buyer and have an account in good standing with Fiverr.
• The tone of your posts are personable, helpful and welcoming.
• You’re able to jump in and commit to moderating 10-15 min blocks, at least 3-4 days per week.

Benefits:

• Helping out & grow the community. The rising tide lifts all boats.
• “Direct” access to employees at fiverr via a Community Slack Channel.
• Exposure (I hate listing this as a benefit to freelancers, but it’s true)
• Sometimes swag & gifts (when I can get budget for it)
• You get to join a community of moderators!
• PHENOMENAL COSMIC (forum) POWERS!
  

The application form is pretty simple. Keep in mind that we do have access to all your posts & selling history, so we will be vetting each application for both selling habits and Forum activity.

I’ll keep this open until June 1st. Good luck to everyone who applies and I hope to see many applications. Feel free to check out the Community Standards & Forum Rules - 2020 if you have questions about WHAT is moderated and if you have any questions, please post below.

docs.google.com

Fiverr Forum Moderation Application

For those interested in becoming a moderator on the forum.

[cre8iveartwork]

Great idea , I just applied 🙂 

[visualstudios]

I would apply, but I’m afraid I’m not personable enough 😦

Working on it, but the power of the meksell is too strong to resist.

[cyaxrex]

On 5/26/2020 at 1:44 PM, visualstudios said:

I would apply, but I’m afraid I’m not personable enough

You never hire an executioner by looking for an animal lover. Go for it. It could be a life-changing experience.

[marinapomorac]

wp_kid and GIG N/A madness, I knew it will come to this.

Regarding BENEFITS, in my book, that means free Tshirt, notepad, pen, sticky notes, shower cap, shower slippers, umbrella, beach towel, and backpack. When I was selecting my new bank I send them that exact list and said whoever gets me more things from the list gets me as the client.

[caesar_english]

I would apply, but I’m afraid I’m not personable enough 😦

Working on it, but the power of the meksell is too strong to resist.

I applied even though I’m in the same boat as you in regards to meksell and I, too, am trying to be a better person 😂

[jonbaas]

On 5/26/2020 at 3:19 PM, mjensen415 said:

Over the last few years, there have been some amazing moderators who have, and continue to volunteer their time to help ensure that this community stays on task and conversations here are helpful and civil.

Don’t forget I was a forum moderator as well over the same “last few years”, although, I won’t go so far as to refer to myself as a “rockstar”… maybe just a traveling minstrel. 😉 

[fastcopywriter]

I’m too argumentative for this job.

On 5/26/2020 at 3:46 PM, mjensen415 said:

The tone of your posts are personable, helpful and welcoming.

Not always. LOL

[michal247]

On 5/27/2020 at 8:03 AM, mjensen415 said:

 Benefits:

• Exposure

[frank_d]

After much deliberation, I applied to be considered.

Hopefully the newly selected moderators can help in turning the forum into a great place for all of us to hang and help each other out.

(vs what it is right now)

[coerdelion]

Choose him ⬆️

… and me, too, obvs

[nikavoice]

BLAH!

Sorry, @frank_d and @coerdelion. You’re cool dudes but this guy is my first choice LOL.
My precious 💍

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Nah, for real, you two would make a good addition to the team. Along with @jonbaas. ☺️

[eoinfinnegan]

Lots of great people seem to be applying which is great.
My preference would have to be towards those who stay active on the forum and steer or control conversations to stop them getting to the point of being closed/removed. Proactive rather than reactive essentially. This does tend to take up more time though so it’s a tough method to commit to.

[caesar_english]

On 5/27/2020 at 9:56 AM, cyaxrex said:

Please don’t do this. Paradise always falls. People just can’t handle it. That’s why they go stealing other people’s fruit and getting kicked out, or they get plugged into virtual reality pods so giant metal AI spiders can use the human race as an energy source.

Do you really want that on your conscience?

Humans only thrive as a species when there is a good fight to be had. The Romans knew it, the Greeks knew it, the Aztecs knew it, and America was founded on it.

Personally, I’d like to see a moderation team who can stir things up a bit. Create an entire category for losers of the week where how-do-I-mek sell posts get brutally dumped to. Then have a few really gripping forum games like Who’s God Gets You the Most Sells, where each week people who usually wouldn’t start writing Alhamdulillah as they sign off all their posts, while sellers who already do, give worshiping other Gods like Vishnu a chance.

Right here, right on this forum, we could finally unravel the very mysteries of the universe, all while having epic gladiatorial combat occasionally.

Of course, there is a tiny bit of hyperbole in there. However, the forum only hit the pits after the great wave of bans of actually interesting people and natural discussion.

Trying to create a virtuous utopia always fails. It’s like when you ban smoking in bars, all the interesting people are suddenly gone and the people left try very hard to pretend they are still enjoying themselves, but then they drop off one by one until your bar goes belly up.

All that said good luck. You are possibly one of the few people I can think of here who will apply who is not on a power trip and actually makes a living on Fiverr.

Tbh why all the meksells or “how do I get orders” posts don’t just get directly dumped or deleted is a mystery to me. There are SO many and there’s so many replies to them already. Every new user can just spend 30 seconds looking up the older topics. I understand freedom of speech, but some days my Home is filled with 30 posts like these and maybe people who really need help get buried under the “how to get 1st order” posts and that bugs me a lot.

[ldnarquitectura]

Over the last few years, there have been some amazing moderators who have, and continue to volunteer their time to help ensure that this community stays on task and conversations here are helpful and civil.

Don’t forget I was a forum moderator as well over the same “last few years”, although, I won’t go so far as to refer to myself as a “rockstar”… maybe just a traveling minstrel. 😉

I remember you helped me!!! Thanks!

[nikavoice]

Lots of great people seem to be applying which is great.

My preference would have to be towards those who stay active on the forum and steer or control conversations to stop them getting to the point of being closed/removed. Proactive rather than reactive essentially. This does tend to take up more time though so it’s a tough method to commit to.

A diverse group of people would be ideal. Different ages, ethnicities, and of course different POV.

You are one of the Rockstars 🎸 on this forum… Can you give the hopefuls advice? Yanno, some of the pros and cons of the job. 😁

[cyaxrex]

Tbh why all the meksells or “how do I get orders” posts don’t just get directly dumped or deleted is a mystery to me. There are SO many and there’s so many replies to them already. Every new user can just spend 30 seconds looking up the older topics. I understand freedom of speech, but some days my Home is filled with 30 posts like these and maybe people who really need help get buried under the “how to get 1st order” posts and that bugs me a lot.

There are SO many and there’s so many replies to them already. Every new user can just spend 30 seconds looking up the older topics.

That’s why I always thought that the ability to post on the forum should be restricted until you reach level 1.

Let’s face it, most of the people who post these kinds of posts aren’t going to make it. More importantly, no one here actually wants to help these people. (Of course, no one will say that.)

[caesar_english]

There are SO many and there’s so many replies to them already. Every new user can just spend 30 seconds looking up the older topics.

That’s why I always thought that the ability to post on the forum should be restricted until you reach level 1.

Let’s face it, most of the people who post these kinds of posts aren’t going to make it. More importantly, no one here actually wants to help these people. (Of course, no one will say that.)

For me personally, it’s not a question of not wanting to help, but more a “I don’t know how to help you” for 2 reasons:

1. there’s no secret formula for secured success on Fiverr and that’s what these people are basically asking. “Hey give me the recipe and I’ll make you a pie!” – it doesn’t work like this.

2. People who don’t spend 2 seconds looking up the solution to their own problems aren’t going to listen to you, whatever advice you give. Yes they will say “Thank you for your great advice” and then forget about it. And let’s be honest, most advice is about working harder and making your Gigs better, and that’s just something you know these people aren’t going to do because they’re looking for the Pie Recipe of Point 1.

[ducktheunicorn]

Can a moderator tell me how much time they dedicate to this each week? I don’t want to make it to where I can’t get other work done, but it could be fun to give it a try, if accepted.

[caesar_english]

Can a moderator tell me how much time they dedicate to this each week? I don’t want to make it to where I can’t get other work done, but it could be fun to give it a try, if accepted.

Can a moderator tell me how much time they dedicate to this each week? I don’t want to make it to where I can’t get other work done, but it could be fun to give it a try, if accepted.

It’s written in the very first post:

You’re able to jump in and commit to moderating 10-15 min blocks, at least 3-4 days per week.

[ducktheunicorn]

Can a moderator tell me how much time they dedicate to this each week? I don’t want to make it to where I can’t get other work done, but it could be fun to give it a try, if accepted.

It’s written in the very first post:

You’re able to jump in and commit to moderating 10-15 min blocks, at least 3-4 days per week.

Right… That’s one person, I was trying to get a response from more than one person.

[caesar_english]

Right… That’s one person, I was trying to get a response from more than one person.

It’s also written in the Form you need to fill in to apply, so I’d say it’s pretty safe this is what all moderators do.

[eoinfinnegan]

On 5/27/2020 at 10:08 AM, nikavoice said:

Can you give the hopefuls advice? Yanno, some of the pros and cons of the job. 😁

Hmmm that’s a tough one.

Pros

I guess having a voice in how things are to be handled would be the biggest pro for me. It didn’t lead to any sales but I guess there was some kind of gratitude or respect from decent forum people.

The ability to close threads with a sarcastic closing comment was probably my favorite thing.

That and working alongside a great team of mods which is something I hasn’t realised I missed since starting freelancing.

Cons

People assuming that you will wrap them in bubble wrap and kiss all their booboos away. The type that when you respond naturally as you should, they say things like "but you’re a mod, you can’t…"

Having to take action on people you actually like and respect is a tough one.

Having to close interesting threads because there are rules being repeatedly broken, although I tried to avoid that as much as possible.

And the time it can take up although that was my own fault for lacking the discipline to just leave stuff.

On 5/27/2020 at 10:13 AM, ducktheunicorn said:

Right… That’s one person, I was trying to get a response from more than one person.

Every moment you spend on the forum you are a mod. In terms of general time spent, the couple of blocks of 15 mins is a minimum requirement I think, not the time you may spend there.

That said, unless you disappear for weeks without warning, there isn’t really someone checking the time you spend and Fiverr would definitely prefer you to do your orders than moderate when there is a choice.

[vickiespencer]

On 5/27/2020 at 10:16 AM, ducktheunicorn said:

Can a moderator tell me how much time they dedicate to this each week? 

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• You’re able to jump in and commit to moderating 10-15 min blocks, at least 3-4 days per week.

Maybe the plan is to get a good number of mods? :thinking:

I threw my 🎩 in the ring and applied.

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After much deliberation, I applied to be considered.

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Choose him ⬆️

… and me, too, obvs

You both would make great mods. I also agree with @nikavoice’s vote of confidence for @jonbaas because in the years I have been on the Forum he has helped many people as evidenced by this posts to Jon.

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I remember you helped me!!! Thanks!

Plus, in his birthday post in 2018, there were many Forum members who expressed appreciation for his help.

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From the very first day of my Fiverr career, I observed you as the same helpful, honest, and cheerful guy. You are a true inspiration. Thanks for giving so much to the Community, to Us, to Me. Happy Birthday, Jon! Stay with us forever. 

[cyaxrex]

Can a moderator tell me how much time they dedicate to this each week? I don’t want to make it to where I can’t get other work done, but it could be fun to give it a try, if accepted.

Can a moderator tell me how much time they dedicate to this each week?

I was a moderator for a few weeks. I found it too time intensive. It’s not about looking at the forum for 15-minutes a day. You have to get updates from other Mods, stay up to speed with the Mod scene, double check rules and guidelines, etc. All that is fine if you have the time for it. However, I didn’t and I definitely wouldn’t these days.

Now I’m actually of the opinion that it is a bit cheeky for Fiverr to just not hire a few Mods.

Think about it this way. If the perks are so awesome, why aren’t all the old Mods still Moderating?

Time is money.