About a month or thereabouts is probably a reasonable timescale although it depends on how active on the boards someone is really. For example if someone had only posted about 2 or 3 times in that period it would probably take a bit longer to get a feeling for how they were, and how well they'd be as a moderator.
Good to hear some of Sonkkem's new Hufflepuffs already have moderator experience - would be cool to have a few more moderators in the next few weeks. You don't really need to know html by the way ElvenMist but it's OK if you'd rather not be a moderator at the moment - just enjoy it here, that's all ya need to do.
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