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General Discussion

Posted by Michael Hess
Michael Hess
24,512 Points

Benefits of Becoming a Mod?

What are the benefits of becoming a moderator on the treehouse forum?

2 Answers

Caleb Kleveter
MOD
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

I'm not sure what you mean by benefits, but the following posts talk about what they do and how to become one:

How can a student become a Moderator for Treehouse Island?

What are MODs?

What does the little "MOD" in orange mean next to some members names? Just really curious. And a bit jealous hahaha.

Michael Hess
Michael Hess
24,512 Points

Caleb,

By benefits I mean what does one get in return for being a mod?

The warm fuzzy feeling of helping others? A reduction on price of membership or a free membership? etc

Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

Nothing that I can think of except an orange circle around your profile photo.

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

You can put it on your résumé as volunteer work helping other students.

Michael Hess
Michael Hess
24,512 Points

Cool! Thank you!

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Goes very well on your LinkedIn page if you have one.

https://au.linkedin.com/in/chrisupjohnaus#background-volunteering-container

Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

Can MOD's mark any answers on the forums as best answer instead of just their own posts?

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

Yes we can.

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Caleb Kleveter,

Can MOD's mark any answers on the forums as best answer instead of just their own posts?

As Colin Marshall mentioned we can but it's not a tool we simply use for our own benefits, from time-to-time I go back through old posts in the forum and assign correct answers as a lot of posts get missed and the OP (original poster) forgets to mark the most helpful answer.