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Post by AllenaFaith on Oct 2, 2015 2:04:40 GMT -5
How many staff members is too many for a new forum, in your opinion?
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Post by blaze on Oct 3, 2015 21:47:24 GMT -5
In my opinion, I think having more than one admin on a new forum is pushing it. I also don't think there should be a moderator, until the forum has grown a little bit. Though it depends on the niche of the forum, if it's a services/promotional forum then there should be at least two members in each staff group to help keep things running smoothly.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2015 7:38:42 GMT -5
I agree .. It all depends on the forums activity and what the forum is all about.
Small forums id say it shouldnt need anymore than 1 admin and 3 - 4 active Moderators
Medium size should be ok with 1 admin 1/2 Global Mods and 5 Mods
Larger forums may have 2 admins, 3 Global Mods and 8 Moderators
But again it all depends what the forum is about
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 21:43:53 GMT -5
I think 3 mods 1 admin
But it does have to do with the forum
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Post by Teg on Oct 13, 2015 17:04:24 GMT -5
As most of you, I feel as though it depends on the type of forum and if the forum offers certain services that require an additional amount of staff different from the norm. While it may seem like we have a lot of staff. Trust me, we need them. Especially in the Package Team group  |
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Post by Reverie on Oct 26, 2015 23:12:08 GMT -5
First off it depends on the type of forum. For example an advertising forum or something needs quite a few per team. However sometimes just a general forum can have 1-2 staff members starting off.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2015 9:10:55 GMT -5
In the past, i've created groups that don't show as "Staff" in the info center but have the powers. It's like an undercover mod.
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Post by Thomasss on Oct 28, 2015 13:53:48 GMT -5
Depends on the forum and how many members you have.
If you're a general board, and you have lets say, 10 members, you only need 1 staff member, maybe 2 to get rules straightened out, etc. I usually go based off of members, 1 staff member per 20 members for medium ish sized, larger forums go based off the amount of ACTIVE users. That's what I have always done as a guideline, then I hired them as we needed them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2015 16:37:27 GMT -5
On my General Forums i usually kept An Admin (excluding me) and 2 mods until we hit like 50 members.
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Post by Mandoli on Dec 2, 2015 14:04:13 GMT -5
The only time I decide to promote someone to the staff is when the member count reaches a certain point. I'm not going to make a forum with nine staff members right away. It takes time for the site to grow, yes? So why should you have so many people on your staff team so soon?
And just for the record... If you're going to be a staff member on my forum, you have to be active and be knowledgeable with the forum topic.
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Post by Mozzie on Dec 30, 2015 8:45:25 GMT -5
Any more than two is too many, i have seen a few start up with heaps of staff, i have seen sites with more staff than members,
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Post by darthmaul on Jan 4, 2016 23:27:38 GMT -5
Depends on the type of forum, but on a basic, new general forum I would say 1 admin and 2 moderators are more than enough. There's not going to be that much content in the first few months that a team of 3 can't handle, and worst case scenario you have to bring on a new member to the team. This allows for you to also position those two mods to be an admin later on down the road  If the forum has something like a package team or other service teams, I would recommend 2 members per team. This allows for there to be no stress as it's not all on one person once the requests start rolling in |
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