fdk
Contributor
I've never had to "dismiss" a moderator as such, so never really had to consider this issue. I once asked a Moderator to step down as he had become fairly inactive, to which he agreed, and I once just removed a Moderator who I hadn't heard from for a few weeks. Had that person reapplied and provided a reason as to why they'd suddenly dipped, I'd have certainly considered taking them back on.
As for "troublesome" mods... I think it's very important to have a screening process in place to try and avoid hiring these types of people in the first place. Of course, it's always possible to make a bad decision, and very occasionally somebody can just have a meltdown and do something completely unexpected, but these things should be rare. If a moderator had to be removed for a reason like this, it'd absolutely be a no-go for me on considering re-hiring that person in the future.
As for "troublesome" mods... I think it's very important to have a screening process in place to try and avoid hiring these types of people in the first place. Of course, it's always possible to make a bad decision, and very occasionally somebody can just have a meltdown and do something completely unexpected, but these things should be rare. If a moderator had to be removed for a reason like this, it'd absolutely be a no-go for me on considering re-hiring that person in the future.
