Why? It's a terrible job. The members you serve are thankless, the queue of problems to solve are endless, and you're blamed for [i]everything[/i] that goes wrong in the forums. Admittedly, I wanted to be a ninja once upon a time. Then I asked myself why. To me, it was just the next rank in this text-only RPG. I wasn't in it for the community. I was in it for me. I wanted the fame, glory, and recognition of being one of the greatest Bungie community members around. I'm competitive, and I wanted it as confirmation of my achievement on the site; as validation of my hard work. Then a couple years passed. I left Bungie.net for a while, and came back to a place without ranks. Ninjas barely stood out among the populace, and the community I came back to wasn't the one I left. Ninjas were the butt of everyone's frustration, and no one seemed to care what had happened to us. In that moment, I realized that the good of our community is much more important than anyone's personal goals. So, of you want to become a mod, ask yourself if you're in it for you, or for the community. Only if you truly want to help those around you, should you even try to become one. Otherwise, just enjoy this forum for what it is.