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Originally Posted by Ammi

..sorry, I don't know what you mean then Zee...

Should the active moderating team be scrutinised every other year? Is it okay that once someone is picked as a moderator, they have that position unless they stop using the forum, choose to step down or abuse the position; or should there be an appraisal period where all moderators are reconsidered by the admin? I just think that sometimes, and I'm not necessarily saying that any of the current mods are bad or shouldn't be on the team, but sometimes people are picked for the position and then they don't have what it takes to do the job, either because they can't be arsed or because they aren't able to be tough when it's required and step into an argument or perhaps they're just too busy in real life for the position after being a great mod for a while and they still use the forum but they aren't around as much so they don't have the time to moderate.

There are plenty of reasons why someone can't be an effective moderator, so should we reshuffle the mod team every now and then after considering personal circumstances or should the mod team remain as it is unless the admin decides otherwise? For example, Ben stepped down because he was moving abroad and didn't think he would be online very much - if he hadn't have stepped down, he would have still been a moderator but he'd have been on much less yet still expected to carry out the duties of a moderator.