The Truth About Being a GD Moderator

[@auskgd]

Thanks for watching! I'm very happy to be where I am today, and I have a blast doing what I do. I really appreciate the Mod team and the community for the awesome opportunity :) Hope you guys enjoyed the video!

[@teamok1025]

Nice

[@kaiwynn3072]

Should this level get rated id: 98969581

[@kaiwynn3072]

I wish I was a moderator

[@Chipdoughgaming]

I realized that mods need some communication outside of gd and it would probably be the same for every mod thanks for good tips :)

[@Terensial]

can you friend me in discord i just wanna have a conversation on how u do this stuff if u dont wanna its ok for me im just asking thx :3

[@GDColon]

Really really good video, it's nice to hear someone's genuine thoughts on being in such a highly coveted position. IMO people idolize mods way too much, they're just dedicated players doing volunteer work for RobTop because they really love the game and its community. They're normal people like anyone else and I always try to remind people about it

[@baraaahmed8665]

I looooove gd colon

[@TireRire]

I love gd colon

[@auskgd]

That's an awesome way to describe it!!! Thx for the comment :)

[@pea-c]

hello

[@XenorpOfficial]

I love gd cologne

[@xdigorskipl4779]

"I worked for RobTop, He's a fraud"

[@johanvanwielen9308]

"He's done"

[@auskgd]

NAHH my bro rob goated

[@Palemis]

"IT'S OVER"

[@nopemopelo7344]

@@Palemis "he's over..."

[@ukulelebottom]

"its cooked"

[@TheBearmanGoober]

7:39 That’s a crazy looking door, looks like it took hundreds of objects to make

[@WilliamMaster1-GD]

I know what you're talking about 💀

[@josradu]

but in actuality it only takes four *refuses to elaborate further*

[@adieuing]

​@@josraduactually like 2 with the warp scale

[@freemaker11]

@@adieuingr/woosh

[@adieuing]

@@freemaker11 I know. I do not like the internet.

[@WilliamMaster1-GD]

I don't want mod that much anymore...

[@nnexterr]

Yooo the editing is on point. Honestly after watching it I gotta say you have a very sober way of looking at this, you are definitely worthy of the position youre in. I hope this reaches a bigger audience because this explains all the questions people have pretty well, video like this was much needed. Once again congrats on a whole year! c:

[@auskgd]

Yoo thank you for commenting and for the nice words. I really appreciate the kindness and glad to hear the video conveyed things well :)

[@gsmera]

yes very nice❤

[@DubstepFanatic1]

Wonderful video man! I can certainly relate to a lot of what you've mentioned. We're all human at the end of the day, let's just have some fun. x)

[@TheDanceMan567]

You guys are doing great! I respect you guys as mods and as people. The work you do is phenomenal.

[@noahmitchell2692]

Ausk and dubstep are like one of the best mods I ever interacted with on discord

[@Boritoman76]

Y'all are literally the most wholesome duo I've seen.

[@McMiner3244]

I know it can probably be very stressful to be a mod, considering more people send levels for them to check out. It can be overwhelming at times. But still, everything you say is 100% true. I heard that being a mod does have positives and negatives… Happy Modiversary by the way!

[@fakeblast]

A lot of people forget that not only mods, but prominent public figures in the community are all real people with their own lives and motivations, pretty good to touch on that subject, anything this community does is voluntary work, and nobody should feel forced to do anything great video :)

[@auskgd]

ty goat :)

[@kar17755]

W icon

[@GeckoGD]

great video! i think a large part of the reason for the "mods must take requests" opinion is just frustration with the level rating system honestly, it's incredibly difficult to get a level rated through level request servers & streams due to how many good levels are made & sent each day, so the anger with the system gets thrown onto moderators as they are the only ones who can help creators get levels rated hopefully if the system is revamped at some point then this frustration against mods who don't do requests will die out

[@alecrutz956]

it's also the fact that it comes down to literal RNG at times, when they have it randomized what level is selected next. And having to be heard in a chat spamming their levels, hoping to god the mod will choose your level.

[@MrNexis3]

This is so real. Lots of people treat mods as tools more than as people. All of you are players, same as us, after all. Like you said - you only have a few more buttons. I've talked with mods like Incidius or Hexagon who are more active in the platformer community and they are really chill people! I've learned how to disconnect them from their status and I just treat them the same as other cool players in the community. A lot more people should consider taking this approach.

[@auskgd]

Fantastic approach, I appreciate you for looking at things this way. :)

[@codysmith8639]

This seems very similar to modding any other large community Happy modversary!

[@SubStra]

I remember being so hungry for a GD Moderator badge four years ago for some kind of status in the community and will to spend HOURS EVERY DAY JUST TO SEND LEVELS… But now that I’ve grown up from it, I realised how genuinely frustrating the treatment has to be. For example I still play the game almost everyday, but sometimes I just dip for two weeks to do other things I’m passionate about and that’s completely natural. With mods however, this kind of “break of rhythm” might result to the community shaming you for not doing your job properly (even tho it’s not even your job to log in EVERY SINGLE DAY and the rest of the mod team would definitely understand)… but the surface level of players really do consider mods as a level rating machine. It’s sad since I used to hunt creator points as well just like everyone else and there’s nothing bad about it. But now that I stopped caring so much, my perception of mods as human beings changed so rapidly.

[@auskgd]

Great comment, thanks for sharing ur journey :)

[@Syncro_09]

@@auskgd I’m actually a content creator too but I am just not as popular those people that wanna talk to you are most likely just 5 year olds and sometimes I get them, just gotta shrug em off brother! And your a great mod don’t let other opinions effect you. STAY STRONG!!

[@zgruzy]

this is the best video you could've made on the topic, you expanded on what Devilmine said in his twitlonger and I feel really really bad about subconsiously talking to mods cuz they're cool

[@auskgd]

it happens with everyone to an extent haha, I appreciate you being willing to acknowledge it and appreciate the comment too :)

[@Radrox01]

I understand your role as a moderator, it is a role in which you must have a lot of responsibility, it must be frustrating to spend the whole day playing requests, as it must be very tiring, btw you are in a university, that makes the "Taking requests" harder. I want to say a HUGE THANKS for being this incredible moderador, IMO you're the "best" one (there's not a BEST moderator, I just say you as the best because you're a good person and you're Brazilian, as me) Sorry if my english is bad, but thank you so much Ausk! ;)

[@ItsLuminousGD]

Although there are lots of cons to being a mod, I think it would be an incredible feeling to be able to make someone’s day with one click of a button. The fact the moderators can do that is what’s inspired me to try and become a mod. I understand your point about people messaging you just to get a level sent, but I think that the pros far out way the cons, and I would literally give my left kidney to become a mod. Brilliant video, and it’s nice to see this from the perspective of an actual mod, rather than people who make videos because they take level requests and just think that they are pretty much mods. Also it would be great to have an ingame system where you could request your levels directly to mods, so if people don’t have discord and stuff, their rate worthy level could still get rated. Also there could be some sort of request mod who is not qualified enough to send levels to Rob, yet can remove complete troll levels from the list of mod checks. For example, people who are in the top 100 creators could vote on levels to get taken off the list because they are troll levels or completely un-rate worthy and if it gets 3 or so votes, the level gets taken off the list to ensure there is no corruption. Anyway, brilliant video and have a nice day 😀🤩

[@xavion16]

super happy for you, its insane for how far you've come, much love!

[@auskgd]

much love xavi ty dude ❤️

[@Kingsman265]

As someone who met tons of mods through their position I couldn’t agree more. There are tons of people who will obviously just want something but if it wasn’t for people being modded I never would have met them in the first place. I met some awesome mods and the mod community is a great place for creators to improve.

[@jemmashye]

Oh hey, keep up the great streams! I didn't expect to run into you on a random comment section- 😆

[@Kingsman265]

@@jemmashye yo

[@Boritoman76]

Bro aren't you like "new" to gd? Yet you're EXTREMELY EXTREMELY active in the community like wth, also glad you're not shitting on him I was a bit afraid you were gonna do that for some reason lol.

[@natsumiGD]

This made my view completely change on gd mods, tysm! also great video:D

[@Acrellux]

Very well done video. Covering many questions that future mods may have before they apply, as well as educating regular members of the community about the position, is commendable.

[@auskgd]

I really appreciate that, thank you for commenting :)

[@ChildeMaine]

Happy modversary Ausk! Amazing vid and it could help people see what being a mod is one (I’m def one of the,) so kudos to that

[@rsoara.roseorsmth]

he started modding the same day tidal wave was verified

[@WilliamMaster1-GD]

really :O

[@sprknn]

lol

[@medaides]

Hi ausk, I recently stumbled into your video about getting motivation to create. I watched the entire thing and I thought it was awesome. You did exactly what you wanted and you gave me the motivation that I needed and i started a level, now I have a full length level and something I am actually proud of. I just wanted to say thank you.

[@ItsLuminousGD]

Brilliant video! I love surprise Ausk vids!

[@auskgd]

lol thank you!! many more to come!

[@flakeygd]

This video is actually quite enlightening. It made me realise some mistakes I may have made in the past of my treatment of some mods, so thank you ausk

[@MathGuy825-yy3bw]

This was a great video for me to understand what being a mod is like, besides from just the surface levels of being a "level rating machine." I'm very happy that someone made a video about this, so everyone can gain insight from this part of being a moderator that not many people knew about. Great video, and happy modiversary. :)

[@auskgd]

Thanks :)

[@yum1km493]

Amazing video! It's really nice to finally see the moderator side of the game and learn from that

[@itsmekrazyy]

as a level request streamer myself i’ve always been a little curious about how mods handle being in their position and this answered most of my questions, well done video! 👍

[@glizzywizard7]

i wanna say you brought a lot of light into what a mod goes through i thought it was easy and not very hard but youve shown me the ups and downs and i wanna say thank you

[@maroplaygdpl]

i feel like this was the video the community needed

[@cronibet]

One thing about the rating system is that, levels can get lost, no matter how many sends you get. For example recently one of my levels has reached 6 sends, at it has gone by 2 weeks which is weird, still somehow not found by Rob. I have had happened before with my past levels too, idk what’s causing it.

[@Swishbue]

I really enjoyed your explanation! I do think people really just forget that people online are real people as you said.

[@MadgamerX]

very good and informative video! love how you explain things in simple, slow terms and not with tons of fast paced hyper editing with complicated terms. heres a star ⭐️

[@auskgd]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad to hear the pacing is nice, because that's also what I personally prefer watching (and making). I know it's not for everyone, but I definitely enjoy the whole process a lot more when I don't have to worry about any kinda of insane editing and can just focus on what I wanna say or other things like that :)

[@Rykiion]

very powerful video. awesome to hear your perspective on things 🙏

[@galofuf]

i know mods are often idolised and looked up to a lot, though they have the power to send levels, and i'd always wanted to know the casual aspect behind one. this was a beautiful insight

[@auskgd]

thank you :)

[@noahmitchell2692]

0:57 YO THATS MY LVL!!!! ALSO YOOOOOO NEW AUSK VIDEO!!!

[@WilliamMaster1-GD]

Cool

[@noahmitchell2692]

Thanks :)

[@danielintheworldoftheunive8240]

Nice

[@DeadlockedX]

@@danielintheworldoftheunive8240I found you again

[@Boritoman76]

Lovely 1.9 level!

[@Camtugames]

Straight up probably one of the more interesting videos ive seen from the mod team?

[@auskgd]

glad to hear :D

[@jus-ta-terminator19]

"I worked for Robtop, he's a fraud"

[@TrezzGT]

Nu uh

[@EpicYT-GAMERFORLIFE]

I really like this video, as a beginner creator trying to get my first rate, I think mods should get more credit, all mods are really nice, for example, The moderator Ares saw my level, and didn’t sent it, which is fine, he gave me tips for the level, and he was super nice. Anyways, Have a good day Ausk :)

[@auskgd]

Thank you for commenting and for the kindness! :)

[@AsterGB]

ggs on modiversary! 🎉

[@auskgd]

ty! :)

[@ambinub]

hi man, awesome video:) love your voice! i've gone from beating every rated level you've made to watching every video you've made:D

[@ShibaPlayzYT]

Why is the title giving me I WORKED “FOR ROBTOP HES A FRAUD” vibes

[@makzuisbad]

1:25 my level 🫶

[@jenniferwhitby9326]

Wait what

[@Herobrinepleaz9]

This was interesting to watch! Hopefully your mod career is sucessful as well as your irl life too :D

[@Liepek]

yo its herobrine

[@T_for_1]

Congrats again on the 1 year of mod ❤

[@yourlocalgoat]

Great video! Many things you mentioned in this video also count for leaderboard moderators. While the things we do are obviously different, treatment for every type of mod should be the same and some people really struggle with that. I also hope that this video opens the eyes to those who may not be in the know on how things like moderation work. Thanks once again :D

[@auskgd]

Thank you for the comment! :)

[@robloxglitch8707]

If I were a mod I’d tell the people “Today I will accept requests at 00:00 (time and area) until 00:00. Any requests sent outside of that time will not be accepted.” But I know hundreds of people will submit levels in that period of time, so it may not be possible to see them all, and I’d also mention that, even if it’s obvious.

[@Z3R3P]

Really interesting video, and i don’t know how is that, but I can say that being a knowed creator you can have the same treatment as a Mod too, people asking for collab or asking request to sent to mods (bc I do) but sometimes I’m like, let me take a little break and there’s people like, broo my level is waiting for you, and I’m like, bro I’m not mod and I’m getting stressed, I don’t want to imagine how will this feels if I get promoted one day…

[@funion09]

great video!! keep up the good work!!

[@crim-n19]

Thanks for being a mod brother we appreciate your work

[@Fivealiveisgood]

Nice video! Very well edited and structured.

[@cyanboigd]

Being a mod seems to be fun imo mainly cuz you can help people get their levels rated especially new creators! Seems worth it

[@pc19937]

It's quite great that you've agreed to keep the mod role when you have university going on!

[@KingEggplant987]

having to tell ppl mods are also humans too is crazy this did actually made me aware of a lot of things (especially with level reqs)

[@JJJCM33]

you forgot to include the video with editor tricks in the end lol, great video tho and it did change my definition of a gd mod

[@auskgd]

BRO my bad i missed that

[@oldpernilong0]

The work you have done for this community is incredible! You are not only representing GD and Robtop but you are also representing 🇧🇷. W Mod.

[@auskgd]

W comment, thank u :)

[@cironix]

Since the start I’ve seen you grow, Yes I sound corny but I’m happy for your achievements ❤❤

[@alexiscoolngl]

Good video Ausk, very interesing

[@EntergeticalakaBot]

0:53 WHOAH OK I NEVER EXPECTED TO BE IN A AUSK VIDEO WHAT

[@Lation]

really enjoyed your insight. very interesting :)

[@haxongd]

8:05 That last door looks like it took hundreds of objects to make, but you can actually ju- Hope you enjoyed the minigame lol

[@auskgd]

LOL awesome work :)

[@SeriouslyGoodGuy]

it's much easier to say than done, great vid.

[@exiled_shadegd]

It’s really cool to see the game from a mod’s viewpoint, makes me think of them more as human and not some annoying guy who didn’t send a level I think looks great (or something alone those lines)

[@ArcticWoofxD]

I actually don’t mind about what the role of a GD moderator is. I always think of them as a bridge to communicate between us and robtop and I appreciate that you give your voices to those who doesn’t have any strong community presence in the game and give a spotlight especially those who’s new to creating and wanted to get notice of their work only that they don’t have anyone to have a direct connection to the community for exposure of their creation. I hope we treat the mods the way they treat us. 😊

[@TheGamingGod2024]

Nice video Ausk! Keep up the good work, im your new subscriber btw ❤️

[@AkiiiiDesu]

i've always been hesitant to send levels gd mods mainly because i feel like im just bothering them or being an "annoyance" to them idk. this probably comes from when moderators i've messaged in the past either havent responded or missed my message (im just a bit of an overthinker). im happy to hear that you're fine with it maybe might send some levels that I or my friend made to you. although they may not be up to standard i always would love some feedback aswell :))

[@WavegameGD]

Great video ausk! I’m going for mod at the moment but it’s very hard to get it..

[@Boritoman76]

This Is EXTREMELY Well Made And Really True..

[@NQFgmd]

I always try to act like mods are just normal dudes. I agree with colon.

[@NickG981]

I would genuinely like to befriend mods but every time I try to contact them they just don't respond. It's not that I'm trying to get anything out of them but because I want to know what being a mod is like and just becoming friends with the person. It upsets me that they just think I want to use the mod for a sent level. You bring up really good points though. Being a mod probably is really hard at times. You're doing great though!

[@Salvo_0019]

3:48 i proceeded to dm 8 moderators to play my level! Thanks!

[@lemniscate.526]

I haven't really tried to talk to a single mod about anything yet but after seeing this I might just try to find a time for myself to do that.

[@Kaiwala]

The point about conversations feeling like they are only talking to you to get what they want is so real. I get a lot of DM's every day from people much younger than me making 'small talk' and whilst I don't mind too much, I'd rather they join my community and talk to me through the public channels. That way they can interact with their peers instead, because when they talk to me it just feels really weird and parasocial. I find it hard figuring out what kind of community figure I want to be, because I'm not the type of guy to close my DM's and be very private- I do enjoy being open and honest with people. But at the same time that honesty can give people a false sense of "friendship" with me that is not reciprocated at all. I get being young and online can feel lonely sometimes. So I understand where these people come from, I've been in their shoes plenty of times. But now that I myself have a big enough audience that I technically have "fans" part of me is wondering if I need to start becoming more and more private to protect my self interests, at the cost of coming across as more rude and mean spirited. Cause all it takes is 1 person with the wrong information to doxx me. Or to tell me some deeply private stuff that they probably shouldn't tell me because how do they know I can be trusted? What if they give personal information to somebody after me and then that person ends up taking advantage of it? It is incredibly dangerous and I am scared for lonely young kids in this community that put blind faith into content creators and streamers like me.

[@Liepek]

brother.

[@SuperProCraftYTB]

Kaiwala casually dropping a 6 page essay

[@Zzedrik]

I was a moderator for a server that had this rating like system, the people just opening random conversations just to get approved by a mod was just so tiring, I quit 4 months later.

[@FirefoxGMD]

Happy modiversary, Ausk!

[@kar17755]

I love your videos! You're really nice, helpful and clever! New subscriber!

[@The4DRY4N]

com licença, senhores, mas eu sou amigo do ausk desde a época do lendário ataraxia by ausk & more 🧐 mas falando sério, eu adorei ver você falando da sua experiência como mod; enquanto o time de moderadores tem suas controvérsias e tals, é bom lembrar que todo mundo na comunidade, no final das contas, só quer aproveitar um joguin de quadrado que pula :)

[@auskgd]

um GOAT bem aqui aqui mesmo e valeu pelo comentário :)

[@Remidyo]

Amazing video setting up what mods do and what expectations they get hit with, it's quite the different perspective a casual player will have compared to a mod of the game so these insights are really interesting! Unrelated but Wait did I hear Zelda Spirit Tracks OST on this yooooooo

[@auskgd]

Tysm for the awesome comment! And you're goated for getting the OST (actually, I use a ton of different stuff from Nintendo and lots are from games I didn't play, but they are great regardless haha)

[@Azillia]

This was good to watch lol, there were many things that even i didnt know about

[@Ligtat]

The yapping i was waiting all week! Your videos are great, amazing editing, quality and story telling. Can we be friends now, mod?

[@auskgd]

tysm dude :) ALSO Friend requests starting at only $2099!

[@TheZinkYT]

Great video, cool to hear your perspective!

[@auskgd]

Thank you! :)

[@SkaldoGMD]

hey ausk happy modversary! great video, this changed my perspective on gd mods

[@H4MAT0]

I love how this also applies to creators who just make levels for fun.

[@Hekroeehrj]

you forgot to talk about how when you are promoted to mod, you go into a court of law and make your last name is Geometry Dash.

[@tempesto7559]

I've always found this community strange in the way they treat mods. I see people suck up to or idolize mods, or straight up bully them and I have no idea why. They're actual people and players like the rest of us

[@ventis109]

congratulations! thx for sending jolly.

[@Db0yYT-GDAR]

It is rare for a good video mod to talk about his career, and this may create a lot of people who want to become a good video mod.

[@baconmonke]

In reference to 3:33, personally i'd like to greet the person THEN send them my level, i feel its much more rude to just DM someone to say "check my level and send it to robtop" with no manners or anything, however i could understand why you want people to just be straightforward with the number of DMs you must get

[@flxr9]

wowowo why did you use the auto icon as reference for a sad mood :| (good and important video tho, cool to hear some inside thoughts)

[@MeArgo77]

See I have wanted to be mod for a while, but after watching this video, is it really worth it? I mean you can talk to cool people and send levels for rates, but is it worth getting a million dms asking for people to send your level(s)? Or all the pressure that people would say you are a bad mod if you don't do what they want you to do. Is it really all worth it? Being a moderator means RobTop trusts you and your expectations and wants you to recommend him levels to rate. That is almost it. If you ask me, I would say I do want to be a mod, but the stress and pressure of "You're a bad mod because you _______" would just tip you off the edge and coming to think of it, you might as well reconsider.

[@BaconManiaGD]

good video bro, I hope the issues with people being fake asl stop soon

[@Phinicrast]

im totally agreed with the misinterpretation because i know also that when you're a moderator many people will just go to you to say like ''hey rate my level i really want cp'' or because they want a level rated. Extra: And i know probably that im not going to get a level rated because im lazy

[@waselu7578]

In the end, those problems are rather human ones that will happen in every community, especially when it gets big like GD. They are real problems of course, but not strictly related to GD I believe

[@Occar___gd]

its a good thing you made this video and i thank you for it

[@DeseaTM]

2:00 its pretty funny to me how Im doing the complete opposite by juat staying away from the mods knowing they are way out of my reach at that point

[@auskgd]

Nah we are not out of ppl's reach, we're just random ppl that are passionate about the game and the community, thats all

[@pc_gtag_vr]

how do u even contact a mod if you need to show them a lvl and what do you do if the level is an extreme demon and they cant do it

[@shadowknight00M]

"understandable. get demoted. have a great day."

[@cox1nhagd]

i love ausk videos :)

[@BisaCraft]

Well thoughts m8 Great video

[@maybepossiblything]

I feel bad for the mods that have to delete comment bot levels. Like the ones with gore or whatever in them.