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Originally Posted by SansRemorse
I agree it's ran pretty well, especially for the amount of traffic. There's room between where it is and perfection though.
Maybe only slightly related but another question comes to mind. Why do you personally do the mod job? I assume from your wording that you're not paid. I could render a few guesses, but the incorrect guesses may appear insulting and that's not my intent at all.
I've been a mod forever, since like. 2006 or something? I replaced JJPRodigy as a mod, so whenever that was.
When I first got picked it was just a fun thing to do because I was young and thought it was cool. MTTc used to have a bunch of contests that the mods ran back when it was much easier to move funds around. I put together 2 MTTc meetups at the WSOP ME. Stuff like that.
As a result of being a mod, I got to meet some of the management from different poker sites and help them develop their sites a little bit. I gave input into the PokerStars VIP system way back in the day, and some improvements on Cake. It was through these relationships that I was able to meet people who allowed me to post some "secret" like information on 2p2 like the fact that Stars was staying in the US after UIGEA. I was happy to serve as an occasional middle man for poker sites who couldn't always just come out and say information. I eventually wrote for Subject:Poker because of the need I felt to try and keep people informed with proper information, instead of the constant spin we always got from the shadier poker sites/news websites.
As I got older I didn't do as much hands on stuff, but I stayed on because I ran the March Madness/Fantasy sports pools in that forum and got tired of everyone being scammed so I felt the need to continue doing those. I finally stopped this year simply because it's impossible to move money around without major red tape.
Now I just moderate the forum and respond to e-mails when people notify us of issues. I'm not the most active mod, but I never was someone who really did a lot of banning and stuff.
Not everyone has the same experience as me. Believe it or not lots of posters on here don't even play much poker. Some mods take on more aggressive forums and burn out after 3 months. The forums I mod don't take that much effort, so it's easy for me to just stick around and help out when I can.