Moderator

A Moderator (often called a Mod) is a person designated by Jagex to keep RuneScape an enjoyable place. Just about the only requirement to become a Player or Forum Moderator is that the player in question has to be noticed by Jagex as a player worthy and trustworthy of the status. To become a Jagex Moderator, someone has to work for Jagex in person, as "over the web"-styled jobs are not offered. Different types of Moderators include:



Dual Moderators
Dual Moderators are Players who have both Player Moderator and Forum Moderator status.

Several years ago, Jagex changed the policy such that a player cannot be both an in-game moderator and a forum moderator. Players who had the "Dual Moderator" status before the change were grandfathered in. For a certain period, when a player became either a player or forum moderator, they could not be chosen for the other, unless they had their moderator status revoked at some time and earned the other status later on. It is said that only few dual moderators exist although, it has been confirmed on the forums by Jagex and by some forum mods, that there are many more than that, but they are not allowed to reveal it to normal players due to the player moderator rules. Jagex changed the policy back and new people can now be Dual moderators..

Are You Community Focused
On the fifth of August, 2009 - Jagex opened up a thread called, "Are You Community Focused". This thread allowed players to post telling Jagex they are interested in becoming a RuneScape Player Moderator or Forum Moderator. The thread has been open for more than eight months now, and has accumulated over 2,000 pages (20,000+ posts). This thread has been confirmed, by a Jagex Moderator, that it was a permanent sticky. The forum thread has been closed as Jagex recently decided that the thread was not the best way to look for potential moderators.

The thread was deleted due to recent forum changes. It was reposted on 8 April 2010. After it was reposted, it had over 1,000 pages (10,000 posts). Coupled with the 2,000 from the thread before, there had been over 30,000 posts on the thread.

Mod Emilee confirmed on 18 October 2010 that the thread Are You Community Focused is removed and will not come back.