I can personally relate to that view for sure. I didn't volunteer to do regular Moderator job of dealing with people who are trolling or behave nasty.

I let the Admin judge what is needed and him to take care of such behavior.

I had been a guest user of A-bikecentral and not even a forum member when I saw that the automatic programs that placed spam on the forum had an advantage. Most of the Mods all lived in same time zone while me lived some 9 hours or more later. So I joined and asked for to help out.

So me could delete the spam happening when they where asleep or at work.

So I asked Garry if I could be a help Mod for spam and me reclining to do other mod job.

I have helped out with URL at times though. Failing links or searching for older threads.
but that was because I had the time and felt for it. Not required of me at all.

So yes, i would not recommend being a Mod either. I do it cause I like the views on forums that
Garry has and I like the approach of A-bike and Strida designers. To give alternatives to the
other folders we had since 1960 or so. Competition is good for creativity.