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Published on January 4, 2008 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

WinCustomize came into being almost 7 years ago now.  In that time, we've registered over 3 million users, processed tens of thousands of skin uploads, participated in countless forum threads, answered emails, PMs and more.  The life of a moderator is always a busy one!

And while we've always tried to be transparent in what we do here, sometimes our job may seem a bit mysterious or confusing.  Normally you could just fire off an email to one of us with a question, but sometimes you might hold back because it's not about a specific skin you uploaded, or may not be all that pressing an issue.

In the spirit of ZubaZ's Ask a Master article, I'm going to start a spin-off; Ask a Moderator.

I'm seeking questions from the community that you'd like to see the moderator team here at WinCustomize answer.  Do you wonder why they moderate the queues they do?  Do they have a favorite skinner?  Do they have an innie or an outtie?  You get the idea.

Post your questions below, and I'll pick out my favorites to ask the moderators.  Please, no questions about why your specific skin was moderated a certain way, or recieved some rating. 


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on Jan 04, 2008
Is stupid spelled stoopid or duh in moderatorese? Or, is this a question for admin?
I refuse to anwser that question.
on Jan 04, 2008
I have a few:
  1. What's teh best thing about being a moderator?
  2. What's the worst?
  3. Were you surprised when you were invited to become one?
  4. Is it what you expected it would be?
  5. What's the hardest thing you've had to do as a mod?
on Jan 04, 2008
Is the job rewarding to you?
Is there any thing you miss about not being a Mod?
Does Zub really snore in his sleep?
What are the different levels of a Mod? and what is their different function?

on Jan 04, 2008
I refuse to anwser that question.
What's teh best thing about being a moderator?


Can I guess why?
on Jan 04, 2008

I see Fuzzy logic and Zubaz submitting questions for the mods and since they are mods themselves, I assume this post is directed to the ones that moderate submissions. But wait a minute, doesn't Zubaz moderate Object Dock subs?

So, since I am probably not the only one that is confused, here are my questions...
How many levels of moderators are there?
Will each of the mods introduce themselves and give us an idea as to what their assigned duties are?
Are all of the mods volunteer or do some get compensated for their contribution?
What do each of them like and or dislike about the community?
If they could change something to better the community, what would it be?
If Zub had a spell checker, would he use it?  

on Jan 04, 2008

I want to ask the mods a question...
Do you ever get tempted to 'accidentally' press the exile button when someone is being silly?

I'll answer that one meself...

 

Everyday....

on Jan 04, 2008
Everyday.


on Jan 04, 2008
How many moderators look at a certain wallpaper or skin and who makes the final decison to accept or deny?
on Jan 04, 2008
How many wallpapers can you submit at one time? (Different images not just variations on desktop size.)

How are the skin types divided up for review? Does anyone help out with reviews, if they get a backlog of one type of submission, or does the Mod in charge have to wade through them all, himself?

Just asking.

on Jan 05, 2008
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
on Jan 05, 2008
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?


was going to up that next.. ya beat me to it..
on Jan 05, 2008
it was the first question that popped into my head...... probably have to use fuzzy logic to answer it....

here's my real question.....

What are the criteria used to decide which submissions are accepted, and which are rejected....
on Jan 05, 2008
Is inter species sex always wrong?  
on Jan 05, 2008

Do they have an innie or an outtie?

I'd like to know what that means. Sounds like geek speak to me

on Jan 05, 2008
Well, I wanted to ask a genuine question on here for help, being a new subscriber but this was obviously the wrong place to come to and definately the wrong site to subscribe to! Can't see sensible question on here?
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