Trial Moderators

A Trial Moderator is a staff member who has just been recruited through application. It is the lowest staff rank. It is essentially a combination of the two former ranks, Pre-Moderator and Processing, which were removed over the new year period.

There are currently between 10 and 20 Trial Mods (number is small and regularly changes). A Trial Moderator can become a Moderator through recommendation and promotion. Trial mods are trained by higher ranking staff members.

Formerly, when someone got accepted to be staff, they'd become a processing (which was technically not staff), before moving on to be a Pre-Moderator. As of January 2020, however, these ranks have been combined. Someone who is accepted to be staff becomes a staff member straight away instead of being processed.

Trial Mods can only kick players, while Mods can also ban.