Some forums are very small and don't need many moderators or even an administrator can do the necessary work to moderate the forum, but how do you calculate the moderators you need in your forum? Do you do this by calculating the total users of your forum? or by activity level?
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How many moderators should your forum have?
- Thread starter riberet19
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It depends on how big your forum is and how active your forum is. Currently, I am a member on a forum where there are almost 5k members and over 200K posts yet there are no activities and a single moderator can easily handle. However, I am also a part of a forum where are are under 300 users yet moderators have a lot of work to do.
The number of moderators a forum needs depends on its size, activity level, and content type. A small forum (under 1,000 members) can function with 1–3 moderators, while a larger community (10,000+ users) may need 10 or more. Ideally, you should have at least one active moderator per peak traffic period to handle rule enforcement, spam, and user engagement. Are you managing a forum, or just exploring the idea?
Ja sa bong
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It depends on what level of activities you're having on your forum and also the numbers of active members. If it's a lot, you need more mods at least 3 or 4.
Ravenfreak
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It depends on how large your forum is. If you've got at least 60 members who are quite active you'll need to hire one moderator. If you've got a small forum, you should be able to manage the community just fine by yourself.
In the last 6 years I have ran as many as 3 forums and I had moderator only on one, where there were over 100 weekly active users. But I have recently lunched a new forum there are 2-3 daily active users and less than 50 registered users, I have decided to hire a moderator.