My experiences with internet forums

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Dear vorlon13, I notice just now that you are a moderator here, please tell me, what is a prophet in residence, I mean what roles does such a thus designated member of the staff perform?

None. It is a self-proscribed title that any and all members are free to give themselves. In Cyberman's case, it is most likely a parody of people who believe themselves to be actual prophets.

You can amend your user title and various other things for your user handle on here and other myBB forums via the user CP which can be located on the top tab of options adjacent to your 'my posts' section. There are various user FAQs for myBB forums available online if you need any further guidance.

]By the way, no offense intended, but just for satisfying my quest for knowledge, what do you say about what I read in re members of the staff, that they work hard to convince the topmost powers that be in a forum, to grant them most specially the appointment of moderator?

Nobody 'convinces us' to make people moderators. Staff are chosen from any and all members who that staff of the time believe will make a good contribution to the running and moderation of the forum. People can try and convince us all they want but if we don't need a new moderator and we do not believe they are a good fit then it won't matter.

And don't insist that I bring up links on what I read, if you don't accept what I am telling you, that is your privilege - or you do research about how people get to become moderators, etc.

Are you really telling a moderator, someone who has been promoted using the aforementioned system, to look up how people become moderators?

Nobody owes you anything here. If being here is such a trauma for you you're free to go. As bizarre as a person as you appear to be being bizzare isn't against the rules. Neither is having a persecution complex, evidently. I won't waste time responding to you unless you have a specific complaint or issue you feel we need to look at, and if you do, I suggest you follow the advice I have given you elsewhere if you want us to look at it. Otherwise I can only surmise you are here to cause a scene, get people riled up and to ultimately waste everyone's time. None of that particularly interests me or any of the rest of the staff and only serves us to take you less seriously than we already do.

I'm a member of several forums, and it never ceases to amaze me that some peeps like mario here get all cheesed off about moderators. I've seen people get all pissy because someone else became a mod with less time on the forum than the pisser. Maybe the pisser wasn't asked for a reason. I'm not naming anyone here for that, BTW.