You're assuming that these forum owners are just going with default abilities for their staff, I am a sectional Mod on a different site but can ban, make announcements, edit profiles etc.
Also the part about a good Mod not posting too much isn't really true, that statement was made assuming the site is busy (I hope it was anyways).
All in all though a good basic overview.
Very good tutorial. I enjoyed how you split it up and elaborated on each of the topics.
Keep it up.
(12-22-2010, 06:08 PM)Techno Wrote: [ -> ]I like this tutorial, although when choosing staff I usually get comfortable with them get to know the members a bit more. I always make sure they are in different timezone's as it helps members when I am not online.
This is something I try to do aswell.
Also, OP, you said you should 10 section specific moderators to every 1 staff member, sorry to say this but what are you smokin'?
Good guide. It looks very helpful. I am about to go through for a second read through.
When I start up a new site I always have 1 admin which is always myself. I have 2 super moderators and 1 regular moderator. That usually seems to work well when your first start out a new site.
No offense OP, but it seems your outlook on Forum staff is too generalized. Not every forum's team behaves in the manner you've depicted.