r/IndiaMeme Council Applications

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What platforms are you applying for?* This field is required.Kindly check the announcements and/or pinned posts for availability of seats in below platforms.

Reddit Community (r/IndiaMeme)

Reddit Live Chat

Discord Server (r/IndiaMeme but Kezhual)

Discord Grievance Committee

Lemmy World (c/IndiaMeme)

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What is your username?* This field is required.Write N.A. if account does not exist. However, remember that applicants with accounts on both these platforms are preferred, regardless of activity. If you are applying for Lemmy World and do not use Reddit, then use the Reddit field for your Lemmy username.

Reddit Username [TYPE THE USERNAME WITH u/]

Discord Username [TYPE IT WITH @]

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Which of these do you think you can do better?Select all that apply.

Content Creation

Active moderation (mod queue approvals/removals, warning/muting, etc.)

Ideas and plans for the improvement of the community

Driving Engagement

Organisation - Settings / Flair / Wiki on Reddit, Roles / Settings - Discord

Creative work - Icon / Banner / Appearance / Write-ups

Technical work - AutoModerator / CSS

Handling the users, solving problems/issues

Other

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What is your gender?* This field is required.

Choose your gender.

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What is your age range?* This field is required.

Choose your age range.

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Do you understand any of these languages (enough to be able to moderate content or participate in other community communication)?* This field is required.Select all that apply. You may also select the second option if you're familiar with dialects of Hindi or Hindustani/Urdu.

English

Hindi

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If applicable, please write any other regional or foreign languages that you know enough, to be able to moderate and/or handle community communication.LEAVE BLANK AND CLICK NEXT if you only know English and/or Hindi. Separate answers with a comma.

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Do you consider yourself an active member of r/IndiaMeme?* This field is required.If you think you will not be able to spare time in the future, stop yourself now! Being associated with the community council requires a lot of time and patience.

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For how long have you been using Reddit/Discord?* This field is required.We are not asking for your account age, we are asking about your experience with these platforms.

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How much time do you think you will be able to spare for the community?* This field is required.

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Do you have prior experience being a mod of an active/inactive community server? If yes, specify the community(s)Optional Please write all the communities that you have actively moderated / are moderating. if you are no longer a moderator, we will confirm with the present moderators of the community you mentioned.

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What skills of yours do you believe can help the community? What can you bring to the table?

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Why do you want to be a part of the team? Why do you think you are fit for the post you are applying for?Write about your visions and goals for the community.

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Please provide constructive criticism for community.Feel free to write what you think are shortcomings in detail. Do add what you can do to improve it. NOTE: Make sure to mention the platform (if you are writing for the Discord, mention it. If you are writing for the Reddit community, mention it). This will not affect your application, in fact, help us in shortlisting.

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According to you, who is a good moderator? What are the qualities of being a good moderator? Do mention what you feel are unfair moderation practices.

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How would you handle difficult situations?For moderators 1. A post has decent engagement, but violates rules, what would you do? [Or for chat, a topic that is highly inflammatory] 2. A controversial post [or topic of discussion, for chat] intentionally created to flame the community which is not rule violating, but has a lot of negative / derogatory responses, what would you do? 3. An extremely abusive modmail. How would you respond? 4. Hateful comments, or conspiracy theories a) true or b) false, against the moderator team. For grievance committee - how would you handle cases in which the users and mod teams are at odds with each other? In addition, think about any such difficult situations that you have observed in the server and what you would do to solve them.

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What are your opinions on inclusivity and diversity in the community?* This field is required.This community is inclusive for everyone: zero hate against any community, whether religious, caste or place of birth are tolerated. People regardless of their gender or orientation are welcome to participate in the discussion. Moderators are mandated to remove all negative sentiment against any of these classes. In addition, anyone who is above platform age (In India, 13+ for Reddit and Discord) is welcome to participate and bullying based on that is strictly not allowed either. Taunting someone for their economic or social status, or the institute they go to / work at, or even the stream/subjects they chose is strictly banned. Please give your opinions on this. This is a core value of the community, so if you disagree with any of these, kindly stop filling the form right now.

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Anything else that you would want to say?Write anything which may make us prefer your application.