Being a LowEndTalk moderator is not an easy job.
A good moderator has a lot of threads being pulled from his shirt. On the one hand, mods have to protect the community from scams and frauds. In large part, this is done through the community’s never-flinching criticism of bad providers. What gets tricky is when someone barges onto the forum saying they’ve been abused – and now the mods are placed in the difficult position of having to sort the truth.
There are also rules – many, many rules – that need enforcing. How best to do this without banning people left and right requires either regulations the length of the IRS manual or a very deft touch.
How do you think they’re doing? Do you have an opinion? There’s a poll on the site right now where you can give input.
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Raindog308 is a longtime LowEndTalk community administrator, technical writer, and self-described techno polymath. With deep roots in the *nix world, he has a passion for systems both modern and vintage, ranging from Unix, Perl, Python, and Golang to shell scripting and mainframe-era operating systems like MVS. He’s equally comfortable with relational database systems, having spent years working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
As an avid user of LowEndBox providers, Raindog runs an empire of LEBs, from tiny boxes for VPNs, to mid-sized instances for application hosting, and heavyweight servers for data storage and complex databases. He brings both technical rigor and real-world experience to every piece he writes.
Beyond the command line, Raindog is a lover of German Shepherds, high-quality knives, target shooting, theology, tabletop RPGs, and hiking in deep, quiet forests.
His goal with every article is to help users, from beginners to seasoned sysadmins, get more value, performance, and enjoyment out of their infrastructure.
You can find him daily in the forums at LowEndTalk under the handle @raindog308.
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