What is the proper way to demote a mod?

When it's time to demote a moderator, what is the proper way to do so?

 

Before demoting an individual from such a position, it's crucial to contact them in regards to the situation. By doing so, you're possibly preventing yourself from making a move that, in the end, may turn out to be a mistake (i.e. community-wise). In other words, removing a staff member without contacting them prior to the decision can (and most likely will) lead to further problems.

You should always make an attempt to resolve a situation beforehand. If the individual(s) involved flat-out reject a peaceful resolution, removing them from the team is your best option.

 

Great post, Chris!

Like you mentioned, it's great to mention a problem beforehand, and try to make changes. Recently, I've been doing that. But if it's in the manual, or code of conduct, when moderators break a rule, or do not follow the conduct, should they not be warned? Or, should that be outlined in the manual, that no warnings will not be issued.

 

I don't think that I would demote a mod based on one incident. However, if I noticed multiple instances of breaking the rules from a mod, I would contact them and ask what is going on and see if they would be willing to try something else with their modding in the future. If they decided not to do anything about the situation, I would be compelled to remove them from the staff list.

 

i send them a pm tell them i am demoting them and why and invite them to discuss any further issues with me privately.

 

And would you give them a chance to redeem themselves, or in the future, invite them to the team?

 

I would, especially if they have been trying to correct the issue.

 

I have sadly had to do this before.
In my situation, the moderator was being very selfish and negative, which isnt really good in a community like mine, so I spoke to her personally and asked if she would like some time off to get her head around things. She opted to not be a moderator any more, which is what I secretly wanted, but was open to her attempting to put more effort in.

 

There is no "proper" way to demote a mod, it's all up to the individual user.

Obviously you don't want to cause problems on your forum, so discussing it with the mod is important, but there are times that mods just can not get it together and do what is best for the forums. That is when you, as admin, have to step in and do something. Whether that something be insist that the mod take time off first, or just demote them, it's up to the situation.

 

Simply demote the person from the staff group, PM the person with a nice message...

Simple as that...

 

If you have lost trust in them remove their perms only in vb but leave them in the same usergroup for the time being so their rank still shows, have a good word with them about how you feel and speak to them about what has been done wrong and whatnot. If in the end they are not willing to make amends to the situation then inform them of the full demotion via a pm after doing so.

 

... but would you make an attempt to contact them before demoting them?

 

Well, what's the point if 'It's time to demote the moderator.' like what the first post says...

He didn't ask anything about trying to fix a issue or anything with the moderator in question of being demoted, right?

 

"You are being let go"

Works for me in real life too.


Regards
Tera

 

Yup, remove their permissions, then send them a nice friendly message explaining why.

 

As others have said before me, it's important to talk things through. And experience has taught me that if you don't, most likely will blow up on your face. Talking about it doesn't change the outcome 99% of the time. But it gives the person some dignity it prevents them from feeling totally out of controll and going berzerk.