Duties of a Channel Manager and a Moderator

[sophie2you]

psst. Let me get you in on a well guarded secret.

Segmenting is like setting the table. Without a sturdy table, dinner cannot be served. However, dinner is to be set out everyday. And let's say that in order to serve dinner, of course the table must be set.

But if the dinner is not being served (subbed) or the serving slow, the setting of the table of the next day, also can slow down with little to no effect on the overall production speed. That's why I prefer to seg long 50 ep shows (little-no stress)

[simi11]

I'd like to hear any insight. I introduced a newcomer/subber to Viki 1 month ago, and she started on a old drama. I explained the rules shared that introduction video and send her to my profile to read on various helpful links, I shared the goodledoc with rules and so for that drama. After contributing 79 subs so far I wondered why there was a bit quiet. While other two also newcomers I introduced have achieved the QC Trainee status (awesome!), the first one has now become a 2 languages Moderator of an old Drama, her sub count is currently over 200 subs.
I'm puzzled and confused, what is your 2 cents, do you think that is acceptable?

[bozoli]

Um, if I were that CM, I would think twice before allowing a newbie to become a moderator. But old dramas are beggars. And you know what they can't be, then.

Also, we are back to the whole "not allowed to dissuade from contributing" Viki thang.

[crazyjennster]

I think it depends on which moderator it is. Typically, for an english moderator, there will be duties like commenting to comments, subbing/segging, and others. There are usually more than one for english, so I think a newbie can handle it as long as they understand what is expected of them at the beginning. For other languages though, being a moderator is handling the team at their respective language, so I agree that newbies should not be in that position, BUT if there is a person who is willing to train them alongside, then I think they should be fine. We do need people who are inexperienced to be experienced through training so they can moderate for more shows in the future. The general rule of thumb for me is if they are a QC, then I think they should be allowed to be one, but it depends on their experience.

[irmar]

I think this is one part of the "What is a good moderator" discussion.
One part is the duties: the practical stuff one has to do, either we keep to a minimum (choosing the team, opening and closing episodes) or we like to do a bit more (editing) or even much more (communicating, mentoring etc).
The other part is the attitude with which these duties are performed. Which is very important too.