Forum Moderator

A Forum Moderator is a regular player selected by Jagex Ltd. to enforce and promote the community on the RuneScape Forums. There are currently 261 Forum Moderators. Forum Moderators have a green background with a green crown beside their name when they post on the forums. They have no powers in-game and do not receive any further benefits. Other types of moderators include Player Moderators and Jagex Moderators. Forum Moderators are chosen primarily on the quality (not quantity) of their posts and by being an active member of a forums community.

What is a Forum Moderator?
Q. What is a Forum Moderator?

A. A Forum Moderator is a volunteer player who has been hand-picked by Jagex staff to assist them on the forums. They post on the message boards just like any other forum user, except that they have the added responsibility of using a set of tools to remove any inappropriate content that they happen to come across.

Known abilities

 * Forum Mods have their own private forums for moderating related discussions.
 * Forum Mods can lock threads.
 * Forum Mods can hide threads.
 * Forum Mods can move threads.
 * Forum Mods can hide posts.
 * Forum Mods can edit titles.
 * Forum Mods can issue 24-hour forum mutes that are quickly reviewed by a Jmod.
 * Forum Mods have more ways of contacting Jagex mods than regular players.
 * Forum Mods have regular private surgeries with Jmods.
 * Forum Mods can "escalate" threads so that they will quickly be viewed by a Jagex mod.
 * Forum Mods have a section of the website which provides guidelines and procedures for what they do.
 * Forum Mods can post on a thread even if it is maxed out

Trivia

 * When the official version of the forums were released, there were 40 active Player Moderators.
 * Forum Moderators were originally known as Player Moderators because current Player Moderators had not been created yet.
 * Free-to-play players can become Forum Moderators if they can post on the RuneScape Forums.
 * Players who become Forum Moderators will notice that their previous post(s) before being a Moderator will not have a green background. Also, if they get their Forum Moderator status removed, their previous posts will remain green.