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2018 Community Moderator Election Results
Congratulations, Stephie! We're excited to have you join us, and looking forward to working with you.
Also, thanks to Catija and Cindy for entering the race. We'd have loved to have both of y'all as ...
CascabelMod
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
Jolenealaska:
Stack Exchange has a structure and rules unlike what most new users have experienced elsewhere. Unfortunately, new users tend to post questions and answers that don't fit in that ...
JolenealaskaMod
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
I'm Catija and here are my responses
Stack Exchange has a structure and rules unlike what most new users have experienced elsewhere. Unfortunately, new users tend to post questions and answers ...
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Stack Exchange has a structure and rules unlike what most new users have experienced elsewhere. Unfortunately, new users tend to post questions and answers that don't fit in that structure. As a ...
JolenealaskaMod
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
I am Stephie, find my answers to the 2018 questionnaire below:
This is an old site with pretty well-established policies about a variety of things both site-specific and network-wide. Do you ...
StephieMod
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
This is an old site with pretty well-established policies about a variety of things both site-specific and network-wide.
Do you feel yourself to be familiar with the site policies?
If so, do you ...
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
Catija's Answers:
This is an old site with pretty well-established policies about a variety of things both site-specific and network-wide. Do you feel yourself to be familiar with the site ...
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
I'm Cindy, one of the candidates in the 2018 moderator election. Below please find my answers to the election questions.
This is an old site with pretty well-established policies about a variety ...
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
When you spend lots of time on the site, you interact with the users and form an opinion of them. In a few cases, there will be users towards whom you build up animosity, in others, you will feel ...
rumtschoMod
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Imagine that you wake up and see a question which should be closed, either because it is too broad or because it is out of scope (e.g. a nutrition question). However, it is immensely popular, with ...
rumtschoMod
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Moderation can sometimes take up time and energy that might have been spent on regular site participation. Additionally, that regular participation sometimes has to be more careful; for example, users ...
CascabelMod
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Becoming a moderator means more often being the bearer of "bad news" (e.g. question closure or post/comment deletion), which can lead to more friction with users. How do you feel about taking on this ...
CascabelMod
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
As a moderator, sometimes you end up dealing with folks who're less than nice. How would you deal with folks who're clearly trying to rile you up either in comments, mod messages or chat?
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
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CascabelMod
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Moderators often end up as the bearers of bad news, for example deleting newer users' posts or letting more experienced users know about a problem, which can lead to unpleasant or hostile reactions. ...
CascabelMod
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
What are your thoughts about the current level of Meta discussion on this site? Does it need improvement, or is it good?
What are your thoughts on the importance of Meta and how it helps contribute ...
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How can I see my own Candidate Score?
I was curious what my own score was, and from another election in progress I knew that there's a Stack Exchange Data Explorer query that will show it. To find your own score, first go to your profile ...
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Why do you want to be a moderator?
I am a mod on another SE site, we mainly use blenders there, so I know what us mods do. I want to know why you want to be a mod. (No, the hat is not a good reason.)
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
How would being a moderator change your behavior on the site?
Don’t think just about the fact that the diamond will be attached to all of your posts, but also that some actions like voting to close ...
StephieMod
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2018 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Here is a set of general questions, gathered as very common questions asked every election. As mentioned in the instructions, the first two questions are guaranteed to show up in the Q&A, while ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible