How much input do mods have on moderating, or is it just enforcing null's rules?
Plenty. There are strict rules for some boards or the website in general, like thumbnails for images or how boards like Beauty Parlor don't allow for more overtly sexual commentary. However, some rules are more subjective, like derailing threads.
I let derails stay if they're short, funny, or informative. Other moderators do the same, sometimes. Although this isn't absolute, generally we only drop the hammer on somebody for doing something like derailing repeatedly, or going into threads specifically to troll.
It is an overall subjective process. Right now, it's very lax, but there's some herd mentality. Stricter moderators will cause other moderators to act with stricter moderation. It was the way in the past. It's generally less so now, from my perspective, but I can't speak for everybody. But because it is mostly subjective, it also makes overturning decisions pretty common after some communication.
What's the worst part about moderating? I'd be upset seeing gore and other ugly stuff.
Stuff like gore gets posted rarely but it doesn't bother me. Once again, I can't speak for other moderators. But when I see it, I basically just glance at it, register "Yeah, that's gore," and delete it without much thought. Sometimes people die and it isn't pretty, and there's images out there. I am far from believing everyone should have this perspective, it's just my own. As for frequency, I'd say you're just as likely to see something you don't like as a moderator as you are any other user, especially because some other moderator will most likely get to it before you do.
The actual worst part, I would just say the interface for certain things. For instance, editing polls is a moderator-only action, so it boots you to the main page when you finish it so you need to reload the thread to see what you did. If these little bugs were fixed, I would say speaking to people you need to discipline. I try to have transparency when I discipline users, but I still feel guilty doing anything, so it's difficult for me to start the dialogue.
What posting practices annoy you the most?
Colored text as a posting gimmick, I suppose. Or forced catchphrases. I don't think that's an uncommon opinion, though.
As Trombonista's unofficial best friend, this frightens me.
Where do you fall on the watamelon war? Melons or no?
I know that's some Vtuber thing. I don't like Vtubers, but the weird watermelon sheep thing is meaningless to me. So I don't really have any opinion. I'm more apathetic to it than anything.
I sort of perceive it like Harambe posting or something. The joke is that it's posted over and over. I don't think it's funny nor will I ever, but it's not really annoying either because it doesn't affect me at all.
I want to understand the origin of that sticker. Who and what is this Jace and where should I look for it?
Also, do you think small non-rat rodents are capable of sin?
The short summary is Jace Conners was a troll who acted like he was an idiot obsessed with becoming a "future former marine." Hence the military iconography.
He was so big on Kiwi Farms, he had his own subforum. By complete accident, Null made the moderator for the subforum Jace Conner's own disguised account.
There's a bunch of other goofy lore, too. There's so much to name, but my favorite was his friend who thought skeletons were separate entities from humans and should get their own rights. He watched a video of a guy blending a styrofoam skeleton with a stunned, shocked look on his face the entire time thinking it was an actual skeleton.
As for non-rat rodents, I'm pretty sure squirrels willfully steal from each other, so yes.
Very good, thank you.
Does null just make you a janny or does he offer it to you
I approached him saying I was willing. I didn't get to pick which subforum, though. I didn't even know I was becoming a global moderator until I already was one.
How much game do you get when you tell ladies that you are a kiwifarms moderator?
All of it.
What is the average dedication time to be a mod here?
It's kind of a black box for me how much work it takes to even consider taking on the job.
I don't think there is any. You only ever get kicked off staff by either asking or screwing up really bad.
Shortest turnover I ever saw was some idiot who was the mod for the Ethan Ralph subforum who merged multiple megathreads together for some godforsaken reason. Then he threw his hands up and said telling him not to do that was "micromanaging" or something.
