We look at their posting characteristics, in particular with an eye to how well they handle themselves and resolve conflicts, etc. Candidates are proposed by the moderator staff and reviewed at the Admin level. The alternative method, you can contact me to let me know you are interested, and would then be placed under consideration for the next time we add staff.
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. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant