## * [Marco Ceppi](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi) [asked](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305902#3305902):* Why would you ever want to be a moderator? (It’s seriously not a [glamorous position](http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2409/by-experience-what-characteristics-should-a-moderator-have/2410#2410)) ---- ** [jrg](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305924#3305924):** Why would I ever want to be a moderator? Well, I *love* serving the community, and being a moderator would just enable me to serve the community more, and in "better" ways. ** [fossfreedom](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305938#3305938):** I'm a fan of Ubuntu and love this site. I try my best always to help to improve Q&A's, frequently helping directly through answers and comments and explaining & most importantly following up queries and issues ** [Amith KK](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305940#3305940):** I want to be a moderator because I want to help a site with a big awesome communal hand because I <3 the community ... I know that one moderator can't be free of flags for more than 3 minutes. Also I can't earn rep too fast, So I can help the community without having 10k ** [William](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305947#3305947):** I would like to be a moderator so I can help make the site better for other users. Moderator privileges remove the initial restrictions of having a lower reputation, and give the person who is a moderator more power. Being a moderator shows how much you serve the community. And, don't forget the diamond. ** [Octavian Damiean](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305949#3305949):** Basically because what I enjoy most on the SE sites is to do maintenance work so it is the most logical step. Being more effective to help your community maintain the site. ** [Bruno Pereira](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305953#3305953):** Because it would increase the possibilities I have of contribution on the site and removing the limitations and need to be flagging to solve something I can do it myself. I can work by myself and my work speaks for me, being a moderator would speed up things over something I already do. ** [Roland Taylor](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305972#3305972):** I've never known glamour, I want to be a mod to serve. ** [jokerdino](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3312935#3312935):** That is actually easy to answer. I want to serve the Ask Ubuntu community as a whole. Not just through answering the questions, which would limit my usability to specific topics. Hence, I think becoming a moderator is the logical step forward if you want to continually serve the site in as many aspects as possible.