Personally I wouldn’t do this. Some of the keen people will be unsuitable and you’ll need to reject them. I recommend you work through a private shortlist of your most stable and level-headed members. You need people who will think before they act, who can engage in private conversations on sensitive topics without going public, and who can follow guidelines. If you talk to the right candidates, you might get useful feedback about how things are perceived even from people you don’t end up promoting to moderator.
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