I’m actually planning on doing mini-interviews with all the mods and employees for the Fluther blog, soon. Heads up, guys… I’m comin’ for you!
My Fluther day is widely varied, and usually begins in the middle of the night. I log on and check a few things right away. My PMs, the emails people send to the “contact” button, and the moderation emails, looking for any issues or problems that need my immediate attention. There is usually at least one, and often several. Depending on the nature of those issues, it could take me anywhere from 5 minutes to several hours to get them resolved. After that I read all of the moderation emails (flags, things that have been moderated, etc) so I can get an idea of what’s happened in my absence, or needs to happen now that I’m on. Next is a thorough reading of the Meta Section to see if my help is needed. Next up, I check my activity to see if anything needs a mod response. After that, I function as any mod does… scanning each section to make sure guidelines are being followed, receiving flags by members and checking on them/acting on them if appropriate.
If I have a newsletter or blog entry or a detailed mod PM or MODMAIL email to write, I do that. Mix in some mod training, lots of mod discussions via IM and/or email, ‘meetings’ with Andrew, bugging Tim, and occasionally asking or answering questions, and you get a pretty good idea of what I do. That, and drink my ass off. ~