Moderator

A Moderator(Or Mod) is a user-selected by the Admin Team to moderate and enforce rules on Chatgum.

Moderation Basics
The Moderation System is sorted into four groups: Sub Mod, MIT(Moderator in Training), Moderator One and Moderator Two. These ranks allow for simple ranks and levels for a Moderator to grow through. The majority of the Moderation System apart from Two is completely run by the mods themselves and not by the Admin Team, who do the actual promoting. When a user is given a promotion to either a Moderator One or Moderator Two, they are given modified report controls to enable self-controlled ability revokes, information, and report functions to enforce Chatgum rules on user's breaking Chatgum's Terms of Service. If a user is given Moderator Two Rank, they even capable of muting a user for a given amount of time(revoking their ability to chat, direct message, and post tiles for up to one week.)

Payment for a moderator is free VIP, which is restored

Sub Mod Abilities:

 * Direct contact to moderation groups and direct contact to Moderators
 * Permitted to place a mod design in some scenarios.

Moderator in Training Abilities:

 * Officially recognized as a moderator.

Moderator One Abilities:

 * Ability to remove a user's Profile Photo if it is considered breaking the rules of Chatgum, restoring it to a randomly selected default profile photo.
 * Ability to remove a user's background photo if it is considered breaking the rules of Chatgum, restoring it to a randomly selected default profile photo.
 * Ability to remove a user's ability to upload any photographs until the mod deactivates the function on both profiles and tiles.ModeratorBadgeSelect.png
 * Ability to remove a biography a user writes on their profile if it breaks the rules of Chatgum.
 * Ability to delete a tile if it breaks Chatgum's terms of service, a thread of a tile, or a reply to a tile.
 * Ability to change their badge to better disguise themselves in with the crowd.
 * Are able to drop notes upon commiting an action.
 * Capable of seeing previous offenses in your records.

Moderator Two Abilities:

 * Ability to mute a user(Revoke their ability to chat, direct message, and post tiles for a given amount of time.)

History
Originally, the Moderation team was only inclusive of members specifically selected by the Admin Team to monitor the chats for inappropriate behavior.

Once the tile update occurred, however, the Moderation system completely changed, allowing for a user to sign out a forum on Chatgum's Website to become a Moderator as with the invention of tiles more moderation was required to keep the app clean.

By the time of late 2016, the final and current Moderation system was developed to give Admin's control of promoting and the ability for a Moderator to accept certain user's as 'Moderators in Training' or MIT to show them the ropes. If the moderator decides they are ready, they will contact a Mod 2, who will become their second trainer, and then contact Jay to see if they're ready to get promoted to Moderator One.

Controversial
In 2017, several tiles were made to expose the moderation for allowing corrupt members which quickly grew to app-wide attention to the Moderation Team's final and current Moderation system.

By Mid 2017, it was discovered that several popular mods of many communities were abusing their power with the help of popular tile makers. Due to this the Moderator Team has received a bad name and leaves a bitter taste in the eyes of many users and will forever be remembered in their reputation. Though since then the Admin Team has been more strict about who can become a Moderator.

Moderation Complaints:

 * Moderators were either ignoring their duty, being bias toward certain users, or breaking rules themselves.
 * Certain Moderators were allowing users of the opposite sex to flirt with them to avoid a ban.
 * Certain Moderators were given moderation despite not fulfilling the requirements.

How to Become a Moderator
To become a Moderator, you must have been on Chatgum with a good clean reputation for a decided amount of time by the Admin Team or by a Moderator.

When you have evidence of this, contact a Moderator and they will evaluate your profile history. If you haven't been muted on that account or have any previous history of rule-breaking for a decided amount of time you may be trained by the Moderator. Once you become an Sub Mod, if you have a good record as one you will be granted MIT access. If a MIT has done a good enough job and a new moderator is required they will be promoted to Moderator One.

It is unknown how one becomes a Mod 2, but it is assumed from long periods of time with a good record.