Moderators must post

[Shawn Gossman]

How do you feel about forum owners that force their moderators to post?

Some feel that moderators on a forum should also be tasked with helping to keep the forum active. This means they need to create new topics and reply frequently.

Do you think this is a good strategy? Why or why not?

 

[Heatman]

As a moderator in a forum, you're not supposed to wait and be forced to posts around the forum whenever you're online in the forum. If a staff don't post, why would ordinary members be expected to post? It doesn't matter if the moderator is paid or not, he/she is supposed to contribute in content creation.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I agree, personally.

If the moderators are not more active than the members, there is no example being set.

It's why I have trouble deciding to actually add moderators to my forums. Aside from a few, many just go silent afterwards.

 

[Heatman]

It's very unfortunate that some people don't really know what commitment is all about especially even those that are paid to do the job. I've seen where a forum owner had to call out someone that was his paid staff for not contributing actively in the community. In the end, he had to terminate the contract.