[JennyorAlice]

Do you think that hiring a teen to be a staff member on your forum is a good idea?  Why or why not? 

How do you go about hiring a staff member on your forum?  What method has worked best for you?

[Mike30]

Do you think that hiring a teen to be a staff member on your forum is a good idea?  Why or why not? 

How do you go about hiring a staff member on your forum?  What method has worked best for you?

In many many cases, a teen does a better job on a forum than an adult. It all depends what's in the teen's mind. Ask why he/she would like to be a staff member. In fact, just to see a teen as a staff member, my first impression inspires me respect.

There are some basic core values that any staff member should have, despite the age.

-Respect to others in actions and ways to express them self.
- Take the position seriously. It is not a game to deal with people. They are not caws.
- And enjoy what they do.

About the knowledge, is not as important as the points mentioned above. In fact, they will learn a LOT doing so.

That was my 2 cents :)

[kingcool52]

I don't see the problem with it if they are mature enough. I ran various different sites when I was a teenager (technically I'm still borderline a teenager - 18) and I don't think my users had any problems with it at all. I've seen adults that are awful staff, I don't think age is a huge factor when hiring staff

[JennyorAlice]

I think it all depends on how mature the person is.  I've seen some teenagers that can be mature and I've also seen some adults who are not very mature at all.  I tend to go by their maturity level and not how old they are.

[zoldos]

I don't use staff other than myself.  I had huge issues on my old adult forum with a "friend" that I made Co-Admin.  He admitted he was going to delete me from my own forum and also got a bunch of a**hole friends to spam it with like 50-60 insulting posts a day...

I removed him, banned his IP, and we are no longer friends. :(

[JennyorAlice]

I don't use staff other than myself.  I had huge issues on my old adult forum with a "friend" that I made Co-Admin.  He admitted he was going to delete me from my own forum and also got a bunch of a**hole friends to spam it with like 50-60 insulting posts a day...

I removed him, banned his IP, and we are no longer friends. :(

That sucks that that person did that.  I don't get why a person would want to do that.  That just goes to show the immaturity of some people and what their state of mind is.  Some people can be immature regardless of what their age is.

[zoldos]

Agreed.  I made a really graphic, detailed blog about it on my Deviant Art page, and within minutes, a brand new profile popped up, and contacted me claiming to be the stalker's friend.  The person wrote me asking me to take down my blog.  I didn't, and blocked the account (obviously it was him again).

This was 12 years ago and to this day, when someone makes a weird comment, I think it's him. :(

[Sir Twisted]

I think if the individual is mature and is able to present themselves as they are representing the staff team on the forum, then why not. We may not all be prefect when it comes to this and that on a website, however, as long as the individual is committed and dedicated then that's a great reason.