# How to choose moderators from community members

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**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [25. November 2017 um 03:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-choose-moderators-from-community-members/74774 "2017-11-25T03:06:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [25. November 2017 um 04:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-choose-moderators-from-community-members/74774/3 "2017-11-25T04:03:15Z")

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I wrote up some thoughts long ago here:

> **[A Theory of Moderation - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/05/18/a-theory-of-moderation/)**

The TL;DR version is:

- above all else, they must participate heavily, and plan to do so for a long time in the future

- even temperament and patience are huge

Beyond that, I strongly advise that you **have several moderators and make sure they check with each other on anything difficult**. If it is straightforward (obvious spam) then they can obviously handle it alone, but when things get hairy, they should have a policy of checking their response with at least one other mod to make sure they are setting the right tone.

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