How do you become a moderator? I would love to be one someday

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thesmartone · Answer

First rule: You must be 18+, due to legal issues. 

Second rule: You have to be, and act mature. 

Then you have to win the respect of this community through interaction, knowledge and the ability to interact and intervene in an appropriate manner. It is in big part based on participation, courtesy and respect. 

The most important thing is that you let the administrators and moderators know that you can see things going awry, and that you are willing to make some effort to solve/prevent it. 
And certainly NOT in a way like messaging them about how bad you want to be a moderator (this will only work contradictory), but they have to notice that you are up for the job. 

Then, when they decide they need more moderators, you might get asked. 

 ◘ Being on the site for a fair amount of time. (usually more than 6 months) 
 ◘ Be a good and active user on the site
 ◘ Having a squeaky clean abuse record.
 ◘ Have good rapport with fellow users.
 ◘ Having a good sense of justice.
 ◘ Being an expert in some field. 
Most of the mods are math geniuses. But any subject would suffice.
 ◘ Doing a great job in the ambassador program. 
In the ambassador training period, you'll learn how the rules work on OpenStudy and you'll learn how to make the right decisions.
 ◘ Hope you'll get lucky when they decide to add more moderators! 

~ @thomaster

photon336 · Answer

hopefully the ambassador application will open up soon again.

jagr2713 · Answer

Good luck to you :D

ilovepuppieslol · Answer

basically, you have to fight a dragon or something, ask @Ashleyisakitty

ilovepuppieslol · Answer

oh yes and also, you should have at least 90+ SS unless u have been on this site for like 5 years

.sam. · Answer

Actually, you don't have to be an ambie to be a moderator it isn't necessary, however it will be a plus towards your moderator goal while being an ambie.

sammixboo · Answer

18+ can be a little 'weird' sometimes, and 90+SS isn't a requirement. Look at SnuggieLad, he has a SS of 76 at the moment! I also don't believe that Abhisar was a user for 6 months when he became a mod as well. You would have to ask him

umerlodhi · Answer

Be nice and don't cuss

alexandervonhumboldt2 · Answer

u get medals for using others work. quite interesting.

aaronandyson · Answer

@alexandervonhumboldt2 

Medalling a user for the work of another person is fairly common here.

rvc · Answer

All the best ^_^

thesmartone · Answer

@sammixboo Snuggie became a moderator because... well it's a secret ;p

abhisar · Answer

Ummm.. I like started in May and was modded in November. Also I never became an ambassador. I mean I did applied for ambassador program but they thought I was not cool enough for that and instead made me a moderator ...

amtran_bus · Answer

Well since someone here suspended me for a week after doing nothing wrong I guess I'm out :/. Of course, many hate me anyway because I am vocal about Brainly. I've been here since 2013.