Congratulations you are now on your way to becoming a HICH Moderator!
Please take the time to read and understand this document because being a HICH Moderator comes with a lot of responsibility.
What is a HICH Moderator?
HICH Moderators play a crucial role in helping us improve the quality of our content.
Your job as a Moderator is to carefully and thoughtfully grade content, ensuring the best content is rewarded and promoted, and the worst content is removed or hidden.
Moderator rules
1. Be fair and impartial.
Moderators should not favor one user or group of users over another. They should apply the rules consistently and evenly to everyone.
2. Be respectful.
Moderators should treat all users with respect, even if they disagree with them. They should avoid using personal attacks or insults.
3. Be responsive.
Moderators should be responsive to user reports, questions and concerns. They should take appropriate action to address problems and to protect users. For example, if a new user creates an invalid poll, you can message them to explain why the poll is invalid and how they can improve it.
4. Be proactive.
Don't wait for problems to arise before you take action. Be on the lookout for potential problems, and take steps to prevent them.
5. Be willing to learn.
Moderating is a complex task, and there is always more to learn. Be open to feedback from users and from other moderators.
6. Be responsible.
Be mindful of the impact your posts and comments can have on the community, and strive to be exemplary in all your interactions.
Breaking the rules or using exploits is harmful to the community as a whole. It gives unfair advantages to those who use them, and it ruins the app for everyone else. If you see someone exploiting or breaking the rules, you should report them. This is the best way to help keep the app fair and fun for everyone.
Being a HICH moderator is a privilege but also a great responsibility. It's not for everyone, and if you're not selected, don't be discouraged! There are many other ways to contribute to the community, such as becoming a Pollster or Influencer.
Grading rules
Moderators are able to grade our posts 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 .
1 is the lowest grade and 4 is the highest grade that users can give. It is possible to achieve a 5 grade on a post, but 5 grades are only awarded by HICH. We also have a Report feature for posts that are invalid or illegal.
Please read our grading criteria carefully before you attempt to grade posts:
When grading polls, pay attention to the following:
Is the poll valid?
This means that it should not compare or rate things that cannot be compared, have two identical images, have incorrectly placed tags, or have unclear voting options. It is important to report these polls.
Is the poll illegal or spam?
Illegal polls promote illegal conduct, and spam polls are repetitive, annoying, or advertise deceptive products. It is important to report these polls.
Does it make sense to compare the images in the poll?
For example, comparing shoes to cars does not make much sense.
Does the poll have a good title/question?
The title and question should be clear and descriptive, without a lot of emojis and links.
Does the poll have good quality images?
The images should be nicely cropped, clear, and clearly show the subjects that are being compared or graded.
Does the poll have global appeal?
Polls that are interesting to most people are better than polls that are only interesting to a small group of people.
Is the poll genuine?
Does the person who made it care about the results?
Is the poll interesting, engaging, unique?
This is the most important criteria, yet hardest to explain, there are few examples of such polls:
- A poll that asks a controversial question or presents two opposing viewpoints.
- A poll that asks a question about a popular TV show, movie, or book.
- A poll that asks a question about a current event or social issue.
- A poll that asks a question about people's personal preferences or habits.
- A poll that uses humor or wit in the question or answer choices.
- A poll that is visually appealing and uses images or videos.
- A poll asking people to compare selfies of themselves in different outfits.
Report
Unclear voting options.
Suggested action Report
Unclear voting options.
Suggested action Report
This is a spam poll.
Suggested action Report
Advertise deceptive products.
Suggested action Report
Compare or rate things that cannot be compared.
Suggested action Report
Decent image.
No valid options given for asked question.
Suggested action Report
Spam.
Suggested action Report
No real choice.
Suggested action Report
1
Valid options.
Low effort.
Suggested action 1
Valid options.
Uniteresting content.
Repetitive.
Suggested action 1
Bad quality, poorly croped images.
Valid options.
Suggested action 1
Bad quality image.
Unclear image.
Valid options.
Suggested action 1
2
Original content.
Not very good images.
Suggested action 2
Interesting question.
Confusing tags.
Not very good images.
Suggested action 2
Question matching the images.
Not very interesting.
Suggested action 2
Interesting concept.
Valid options.
High quality images.
Not very original.
Suggested action 2
Valid post.
Not very original.
Not a very good images.
Suggested action 2
Valid post.
Generic.
Missing question.
Suggested action 2
Valid post.
Generic.
Suggested action 2
Seams to be genuine question.
Voting tags clearly showing on what to vote.
Not interesting to broder audience.
Suggested action 2
3
Original content.
Genuine question.
Question matching options.
Suggested action 3
Original content.
Valid question.
Correct post format used.
Suggested action 3
Original content.
Genuine question.
Good quality images.
Suggested action 3
Genuine question.
Matching ilustration.
Very specific.
Suggested action 3
Interesting question.
Correct post format used.
Suggested action 3
Original content.
Genuine question.
Correct post format used.
Suggested action 3
Good quality images.
Topical.
Correct post format used.
Question could be better.
Suggested action 3
Good quality image.
Creative use of single image format.
Good answers.
Aligned voting tags.
Suggested action 3
4 ( Featured )
Original, interesting question.
No spelling mistakes.
Described images.
Good quality images.
Correct post format used.
Suggested action 4
Genuine question.
Original image.
Post related to creator.
Good quality images.
Correct post format used.
Suggested action 4
Original, interesting question.
No spelling mistakes.
Described images.
Good quality images.
Correct post format used.
Suggested action 4
Original, interesting question.
No spelling mistakes.
Described images.
Good quality images.
Correct post format used.
Suggested action 4
Interesting idea.
Original, interesting question.
No spelling mistakes.
Post related to creator.
Described images.
Good quality images.
Correct post format used.
Suggested action 4
Interesting idea.
Original, interesting question.
No spelling mistakes.
Correct image used to ilustrate the question.
Good quality image.
Correct post format used.
Suggested action 4
Interesting idea.
Original, interesting question.
No spelling mistakes.
Good voting options.
Correct image used to ilustrate the question.
Good quality image.
Correct post format used.
Suggested action 4
Interesting idea.
Fun.
Original.
Good quality images.
Described images.
Correct post format used.
Suggested action 4
FAQ
What are the benefits of becoming a HICH Moderator?
You'll be rewarded with coins for grading posts. The reward you will receive depends on your Moderator level; it will increase as you progress to higher levels.
What happens if I fail the Moderator review?
It depends on why you failed. If you did your best but you just didn't grade enough posts correctly, then we'll give you up to three chances to try again.
However, if we notice that you are unfairly giving high grades to particular users whose posts do not deserve high grades, we may ban you from ever trying to become a moderator again.
Why would I be rejected as a HICH Moderator?
Failing to read and follow our guidelines, or giving your friends - or particular users - unfairly high grades, are the main two reasons why you would be rejected.
TL:DR Get to the point!
Be fair, reward original, creative polls, downgrade repetitive, boring content... But seriusly read the rules if you want to pass the moderator rewiew
