r/DiscordModeration

Hey! I'm looking for a part-time, seasonal Discord moderator for an established roleplay server I've been running for almost a year. This is a niche role and I want to be upfront about exactly what it involves, so I've put together a full breakdown below. But first, here's the short version so you can decide if it's even worth reading further.

TL;DR — The basics at a glance:

What the server is: A private Discord server where a small community of writers collaboratively roleplay the MTV/Paramount+ reality show Are You The One?
What the roleplay is: Entirely text-based, written in prose—think collaborative storytelling, not gaming
Your job: Community moderation only. Enforce the rules, monitor channels, handle minor disputes, and be a neutral point of contact. No production work, no event running, no casting—that's all handled by me and my existing staff.
Time commitment: Sporadic check-ins throughout the day—not continuous monitoring. Primarily needed during weekday daytime hours.
Season length: Approximately 30–50 days, estimated mid-June through late July
Pay: Up to $100 for the season, negotiable. Can be paid in $25 increments every two weeks or as a lump sum at the end.
Age requirement: Must be 18+, strongly prefer 21+. The server has optional NSFW elements—you won't have to engage with them, but they exist and you should be okay with that.
Experience: Roleplay server experience is a plus but not required. Willingness to learn is.
Personality fit: Calm under pressure, neutral, rules-focused, doesn't take pushback personally
Immediate dealbreakers: Under 18, unwilling to enforce rules consistently, uncomfortable with the existence of adult content in the server

Still interested? Here's everything you need to know.

A note on what this actually is:

This is a text-based, collaborative fiction server on Discord—not a game, not Roblox, not anything visual. Think of it like a group of writers co-authoring a story in real time. All of the roleplay happens in text channels, written in prose, like chapters of a book. Characters have dialogue, internal thoughts, scene interactions—it's all written out. If you've done forum roleplay, Play-by-Post, or literate Discord RP before, this will feel immediately familiar. If not, but you're a reader or writer who can follow along with that format, it's very learnable.

You do not need to have been an avid roleplayer, but I do need to know that you understand the concept and can be brought up to speed on how these things work. I'm happy to share our full rulebooks with you before you make any decisions—I have two complete rule channels covering both server conduct and roleplay-specific rules. You're welcome to join the server to read them over, or I can copy and paste them and send them to you directly.

About the server and how a season works:

Before each season begins, writers submit character applications and go through an interview and vetting process with my production staff. I then review all applications, make casting decisions, and determine the matchmaking puzzle—who is whose perfect match—which is the core mechanic of the show. That entire process is handled by me and my production team. It has nothing to do with the moderation role, and you will never be asked to be involved in it.

Once the season is live, the cast of 20–24 characters lives in the house and the story unfolds in real time across the server's channels. Cast members get one attempt to solve the matchmaking puzzle every five days. The season ends when they either solve it or run out of attempts—typically between 30 and 40 days. It has never exceeded 40, and I actively try to keep it under that to maintain engagement. This season will run approximately mid-June through late July, but could end earlier depending on the cast.

The server operates on EST and has members across all US time zones, with a small number of members in Europe.

The role:

I'm looking for a neutral, rules-focused moderator. You will not be a participant in the roleplay. You will not run events, assist with production planning, or have any involvement in what happens on the show side of things—that is entirely my staff's domain and will remain so. Your job is solely moderation: being the consistent, impartial presence that keeps the community running fairly and the rules enforced.

Think of yourself as loyal to the rulebook first. One of the main benefits of having someone in this role is that writers can't accuse enforcement of being personal or biased. You're the neutral party—you're not anyone's friend in a social sense within this server, you don't have a character in the story, and you're there to do a job.

I will make clear to the community who you are and what your role is—including that the rules you're enforcing are mine, built over time with community input, not arbitrary decisions you're making on your own. If anyone has a problem with the rules themselves, that's a conversation for me, not for you. You are simply the person I've brought on to help enforce what's already been established, because I am one person and I cannot wear every hat this server requires while also actually enjoying being part of the community I've built.

You report directly to me, and only to me. In the rare event that I'm fully unreachable, I will designate a specific staff member to act in my absence and communicate that to you in advance. Outside of that, everything comes to me.

Staff members are held to the same rules as everyone else in the server. They are not exempt, and any situation involving a staff member goes directly to me.

What the time commitment actually looks like:

This is not a 9-to-5, and you will not be sitting at your computer for hours at a stretch. Think of it more like keeping a general tab open. Every hour or two, you'd scan the active channels—you don't need to read every word of every scene thoroughly, but you're doing a pulse check to make sure nothing has gone sideways that I might have missed. Most of the time, everything will be fine.

Weekends are generally covered—I'm not working and I'm available to handle things myself. The window where I most need coverage is weekday daytime hours, when I have a day job and can't pull myself away to deal with something in real time. If there are specific days you know you can't commit to, that's a conversation we can have and it won't necessarily be a dealbreaker.

You should not feel like you are spending hours every day on this. If a single person is consistently consuming that much of your time and energy, that's a signal to me that we need to talk about whether they should still be in the server—not a signal that you need to work harder. When issues do come up, sometimes that means privately DMing someone to address something directly. But if I notice we're repeatedly reaching out about the same minor thing, I'll put together a general reminder announcement for you to post—a friendly heads-up that addresses it broadly without singling anyone out.

If something flares up while I'm unavailable, I need you to be able to intervene in the moment—not to fully resolve it, but to stop it from escalating until I can deal with it properly. Acknowledge the situation, make clear it's being handled, and hold the line.

Responsibilities:

Active moderation:

Periodic channel scans throughout the day, roughly every hour or two—not continuous monitoring
Address minor rule violations as they come up: redirect misplaced posts, remind writers of setting or conduct rules, handle clear-cut situations directly
Be available via DM and a support ticket system (which will ping both of us) for writers who want to flag a concern

Scene reading:

Read scenes with a moderator's eye—if something looks like metagaming (a character acting on information their writer shouldn't have access to in-character), flag it
Watch for setting violations—a character freely texting family, having a normal phone, or otherwise breaking the logic of the reality show environment we've established

Out-of-character monitoring:

Keep an eye on OOC channels for conduct issues: passive-aggressive comments, jokes that land badly, anyone making another writer feel uncomfortable or targeted
Watch for signs of roleplay bleed—where a writer starts taking in-character events personally in a way that's affecting how they treat others. You don't need to handle the deeper emotional side of that; flag it to me and I'll step in.

Documentation:

Maintain a shared private log of complaints and infractions—a simple running record of who flagged what and when, so we have documentation if we ever need to escalate to a warning or ban

What gets escalated to me:

Anything with no existing rule precedent
Situations that feel too nuanced or interpersonal to resolve cleanly
Anything turning into an extended back-and-forth—if a disciplinary situation is taking up significant time, it comes up to me
Any ban decisions—those are always my call
Any situation where someone is being outright disrespectful or hostile toward you—that is a conduct issue like any other, and I will handle it

If you're unsure whether something falls within your scope, err on the side of flagging it to me. I'd rather be looped in unnecessarily than have something handled in a way that sets an unintended precedent.

A note on scope—what the moderator is and isn't for:

I'll be transparent with the community about what your role is and isn't. You are the point of contact for rule questions, conduct issues, disputes, and situations where someone needs a neutral party to step in. That is your lane.

What you are not for: emotional support, processing feelings about the roleplay, venting about the season, or situations that are more about how someone is feeling than about a rule being broken. Those conversations belong with me or my production staff. If someone comes to you with something in that category, it's completely fine to redirect them—you don't have to be cold about it, just be clear about where they should go.

Communication and confidentiality:

Any conversation you have with a community member in your capacity as moderator may be shared with me. I will make clear to the community that conversations with any staff member—including the moderator—are not private from me as server owner. For routine issues, I don't need a full recap—a quick "I let so-and-so know they couldn't do X" is enough. For anything more complex, I'd like to be looped in directly, whether that's a summary after the fact or being added to the conversation in real time as a third party. I may not respond—I just want visibility.

On your end: anything discussed between us, or any action you take in your role, stays between us. You do not discuss disputes, complaints, rule enforcement actions, or conversations you've had with community members with anyone other than me. I may choose to share certain things with my production staff—but that is my decision to make, not yours. This applies even to situations that seem minor. Part of being a neutral party is respecting people's privacy even when you're the one enforcing the rules.

Emotionally, this role requires steadiness. If someone pushes back on a rule or gets defensive when you correct them, you hold the line calmly and neutrally. You are not there to argue, get emotional, or take it personally. If someone is being genuinely hostile or disrespectful toward you, that stops being your problem to manage—you tell me, and I handle it.

A note on NSFW content:

The server has optional NSFW elements, which is why this role requires someone 18 or older—no exceptions, as this is a hard server-wide rule. I would strongly prefer someone 21+.

Out of character, there is a designated NSFW channel for explicit conversations. Part of your job is simply making sure those conversations stay in that channel and don't spill into general spaces—routine redirecting, nothing more.

In character, NSFW scenes between characters do exist, but they are handled entirely by me. I am the only person who creates those private channels, I am the only staff member with access to them, and you will never be required to read or engage with that content. The only time I look at one of those scenes myself is if a participant flags that the other person crossed a boundary—and that is my responsibility to handle, not yours.

The fact that this content exists in the server is something you should know going in. If that's objectionable to you, I completely understand—this may just not be the right fit, and there's no judgment in that.

Timing and onboarding:

I'm hoping to make a decision on this role within the next couple of weeks. The season itself runs approximately mid-June through late July, so there will be a window between when I bring someone on and when active moderation begins. I'll use that time to brief you on the existing community, walk you through the rules and channel structure, and make sure you feel fully oriented before things get busy. You're welcome to observe the pre-season process for context—but you won't be expected to do anything during that period.

Compensation:

This is a project-based position for the duration of one season, approximately 30–50 days. While the position is volunteer-based, I am happy to compensate you monetarily for your time and effort, with around $100 at the end of a completed season as a thank you, with that number potentially going up depending on how demanding the role has been.

You might be a good fit if:

You have experience with literate, prose-based roleplay servers—reality TV RP is a bonus but not required
You're fair-minded, consistent, and comfortable telling people no when rules are rules
You can read collaborative fiction with a critical eye and notice when something feels off
You're available to check in sporadically throughout the day, especially on weekdays
You're comfortable operating independently but know when to escalate
You are 18+ (21+ strongly preferred) and okay with the existence of NSFW content in the server, even though you won't be required to engage with it
You can remain calm and neutral under pushback without taking it personally

To apply:

Send me a DM with a little about yourself, any experience you have that feels relevant, and any questions or concerns you have going in. I'd love to have a conversation before making any decisions. I'm also happy to share the server's rulebooks with you ahead of time—either by sending you a server invite so you can review them directly, or by sending the content to you—so you know exactly what you'd be working with before committing to anything.

Hey, I’m looking to get back into Discord moderation.

I used to mod for a few smaller servers about a year ago, nothing huge, but I’m familiar with general moderation tasks and how things run day-to-day. I’m a bit out of practice with bots now, but I learn pretty quickly and I’m fully open to being trained again if needed.

I’m 16 and currently working part-time as a prep cook in a restaurant. My job is on pause at the moment, so I’ve got a lot of free time during the day. When it resumes, I’ll be less active on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, but I’m very active on the other days and usually online quite a lot overall (I’d say around an 8/10 activity-wise).

I’m mainly looking for:

Mod / helper / trainee roles
Community staff positions
Anything I can grow into over time

I’m also open to unpaid roles or a trial at first if there’s potential to move into paid positions, benefits, or in-game currency later on. I’m just looking for a server where I can be useful and actually contribute consistently.

If you need someone reliable who’s active and willing to learn, feel free to reach out.

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