Honestly, I thought it would be fortunate if even one viewer volunteered to become a moderator.
Compared to Shackleton's advertisement for Arctic expedition members, this was practically nothing.
Chaotic living patterns, no pay, occasional toxic viewers, possibly thankless work, no honor or glory even with hard work.
It's a job with absolutely no motivation.
Yet I felt a lump in my throat seeing so many viewers apply.
"This must be difficult work, why would everyone..."
- TearingApart: Honestly, I think there are quite a few people who are annoyed by those constantly asking for face reveals lol
- NonleWheelchairThief: For real, people coming to gaming streams and demanding female cam shows when Nonle clearly doesn't want to
- NoelCrutchBreaker: Fan love is one thing, but I think it's more about being fed up with those annoying viewers lol
- PuTSding: Wait, you guys with those nicknames are allowed to talk like that? Haha
- AlwaysNewLikeNonleRightShoe: Count me in too
- SilverPanthea: Woo trash
- Dispell: Why are everyone's nicknames like this lol
The touching moment didn't last long.
Looking at the viewers' nicknames made any tears I was about to shed disappear.
Why are they so desperate to mess with my wheelchair and crutches?
And what's with "Always New Like Nonle's Right Shoe"?
I was confused about that nickname for a moment until I looked at my right foot.
Well, I couldn't actually see it.
More accurately, I confirmed the absence of my right foot.
"Pfft."
It's so ridiculous that I can't help but laugh.
No, I think I'm laughing because the nicknames are genuinely funny.
It's not like these people are actually trying to do something to my wheelchair or crutches.
They just chose those nicknames as jokes.
- TearingApart: I didn't expect there to be so many applicants though
- NonleWheelchairThief: We need to filter out some of the newcomer applicants
- AlwaysNewLikeNonleRightShoe: Yeah, some people become mods just to cause trouble
- SilverPanthea: If you're going to be a mod, at least change your nickname lol
- Radraoch: For real, like I'd give mod powers to someone with a nickname like that
- NonleWheelchairThief: That was my plan
Anyway, as the viewers said.
I can't hire all the applicants, so I need to select just a few as chat moderators.
Thanks to this, I had the choice, so I could postpone discussing compensation.
If there had been some reward involved, there would naturally have been more applicants.
But there would also have been people who applied just for the rewards.
It would look better to give some gift as a token of appreciation to those who volunteered to be chat moderators, and it would be easier to select decent people.
So for now, I'll put the compensation discussion aside.
I need to establish criteria for selecting good moderators.
"Hmm. First, I want to thank everyone who volunteered. I recognize some familiar nicknames, and there are some I'm seeing for the first time today. But you all want to help keep my stream's chat clean. However, while I appreciate all the applications, I can't select everyone."
- TearingApart: Yeah, there's always a chance of picking someone weird who might cause a Tiananmen Square situation
- Nonle: It does feel a bit like dodging a bomb lol
- LexiaQueen: I think three or four people would be enough for now... maybe recruit more when we reach a thousand viewers?
- TearingApart: We'll hit a thousand soon lol
- LexiaQueen: Ah, content reproduction lol
I was just saying that because I didn't have much to offer as compensation.
But the viewers seemed to come up with their own reasons and accept it.
Thanks to that, I didn't need to make up any more excuses, so I asked about the selection process instead.
"How do other streams usually select moderators? You're all valuable viewers of my stream, so I can't rank you by affection or anything. And we can't decide this based on League of Champions tier either, right?"
- TearingApart: Life is... tier-based...
- SilverPanthea: Lol a content where mods reveal their tiers would be fun
- DualItIs: I don't accept your chat ban, let's settle this with a 1v1 mid
- Jolingom: Shouldn't Nonle do a top lane 1v1 since she's a top laner?
- KTCcoco: Nonle did mid 1v1s before, so let's go with that
- LexiaQueen: Usually other streams do an autopsy first, right? Looking at what kind of chat messages they've sent before helps filter out weird people
- AlwaysNewLikeNonleRightShoe: Oh no
- NoelWheelchairThief: No!!!!!
- TearingApart: I haven't said anything weird but I'm still nervous lol
The viewers offered good suggestions.
Internet streaming is definitely something the viewers know better than me, the streamer.
After all, I'm a new streamer who just started broadcasting recently.
But among them are experts.
Even without experts, when many people gather, good ideas tend to emerge.
It's like group projects—there's usually at least one brilliant idea.
Of course, ideas and execution are different things, and I usually ended up doing all the work myself.
"By autopsy, you mean... looking at what they've written before? Is this how it works?"
Unlike group projects where everyone just waits for someone else to take initiative, I immediately put the suggestion into action.
The operation itself wasn't difficult.
I just had to hover my mouse cursor over a viewer's nickname to see their chat history and some basic profile information.
Of course, I could only see the information they had made public.
I didn't need to know who they were, how old they were, or where they lived—I just wanted to see what kind of chat messages they'd sent.
That was enough.
- NonleWheelchairThief: We need to move the chat to avoid Nonle's mouse cursor!
- TearingApart: Moving moving
- SilverPanthea: Lol if you just don't chat, you'll naturally avoid it
- NoelCrutchBreaker: Genius
- NoelCrutchBreaker: Oh no, I chatted because of you so I'll get caught; are you really a genius?
- LexiaQueen: Lol you idiots
Viewers joking about trying to avoid my right-click.
It's not like it's difficult to hover my cursor over someone when the chat isn't flooding by like a wave.
Besides, other viewers seemed to be considerate about letting me check the applicants' histories, as most people chatting were those who had volunteered to be moderators.
So those jokes were essentially just another way of making their presence known so I could see them.
I think people call this tsundere.
You know, when someone pretends not to care but actually keeps looking after you.
Anyway, first target.
If I had to pick the person who's probably sent the most chat messages in my stream, it would be TearingApart.
I started with their "autopsy," as the viewers called it.
(TearingApart: We need to take away this kid's spoon so they can't eat)
(TearingApart: After watching a prince like Celesti, seeing other spoons gives me cancer)
(TearingApart: There's a reason I only watch streamers who don't curse ugh)
(TearingApart: ChallengerAscent lol you did something good lol are you actually going to Challenger?)
They seem to have some anger inside.
But overall, they appear to be someone who enjoys my stream normally.
They probably came over after watching Jaemin's stream.
From their usual messages, they seem to watch other streams too.
Well, that doesn't mean they don't have affection for my stream.
They volunteered, so there's no reason to disqualify them.
- SilverPanthea: They're clean enough I guess
- QuitSmoking1stDay: There should be some embarrassing history to make it interesting
- TearingApart: Wait, are we doing autopsies assuming there will be embarrassing stuff? Lol
- NonleWheelchairThief: Traitor... are you the only one escaping like this?
The viewers also seemed fine with giving this person moderator privileges.
So I sent them a moderator authorization, and then moved on to check the chat history of someone who just sent a message.
NonleWheelchairThief, the kind of nickname usually called malicious.
And looking at their autopsy, they had quite a history of nickname changes.
(NonleWheelchairThief: Have you guys seen Nonle collabing with Celesti?)
(NonleWheelchairThief: The wheelchair transformation was awesome, going up and down stairs)
(NonleWheelchairThief: It even combined with carts and other peripherals lol)
(NonleWheelchairThief: Going underwear shopping with a friend? Ah... underwear thief might be a bit much...)
(NonleChickenLegThief: I should eat chicken legs for dinner too)
(NonleChickenLegThief: What are scientists doing? Shouldn't they hurry up and make four-legged chickens?)
(NonleWontEatJajangmyeonSoIllStealRadish: There must not have been any Chinese restaurants in the gift cards)
(NonleNeighborSisterSnackThief: But the neighbor sister's voice makes her sound like she'd be really pretty)
(NonleWalkingStickThief: I picked up a walking stick from the mountain as a gift for our Nonle... it looks awesome but I have nowhere to upload it...)
"Why do you have so many things you want to steal?"
For a brief moment, I wondered if I really had so many things worth stealing.
It feels like just yesterday I was eating cup noodles and waiting for death.
Thanks to people's interest, I'm living quite abundantly now.
But that's beside the point—this person is truly malicious.
They keep talking about stealing things.
What's absurd is that despite these nicknames, their actual chat messages were normal.
- NonleWheelchairThief: Ah...
- TearingApart: Lol their chats are actually clean lol
- SilverPanthea: Their nickname change history is so malicious lol
- wonderworldTF: Lolololol
The viewers laughed along.
When one person is embarrassed, everyone else enjoys it—that kind of content.
So that's why people suggested doing autopsies.
Well, the person whose chat history is exposed might feel embarrassed.
But if you've lived confidently, there's nothing to be ashamed of.
And their actual chat was clean.
Looking at the themes of their changed nicknames, they seemed to be someone who consistently watched my stream.
I think they pass the bar.
"Still, you seem to enjoy my stream and have a lot of affection for it. I think I'd be grateful to have you on board."
- LexiaQueen: Yeah lol
- NonleTrueSwordThief: From now on, I shall plunder Nonle's moderator powers...!
- TearingApart: This guy already changed his nickname lol
- NonleTrueSwordThief: I'll delete messages as I please and ban whoever I want!
- NonleTrueSwordThief: I'll be the first person to ban someone in Nonle's stream, and the first to be banned...!!!
[NonleTrueSwordThief has been chat banned for 5 minutes]
- TearingApart: Lololol this crazy guy lololol
- SilverPanthea: Wow what a way to make a public example
- AlwaysNewLikeNonleRightShoe: That public example lol
So I gave them moderator privileges too, and they immediately committed the outrageous act of banning themselves.
It was so ridiculous that I couldn't help but laugh.
But well, they weren't playing a prank on someone else.
They were pranking themselves to give everyone a good laugh.
That much is fine.
Next was someone I had my eye on, BurgeokSjigeok.
They said they would rule with an iron fist, so I needed to check if they were qualified.
(BurgeokSjigeok: Wouldn't it be better to show your face? There's no need to handicap yourself while holding a good weapon)
(BurgeokSjigeok: The result was good, but if Noel keeps playing like that, it'll be hard to climb...)
(BurgeokSjigeok: Wouldn't Horn be better than Jackson for first pick? I saw they play tanks well too, so why Jackson? Sometimes Spoon's words make sense...)
(BurgeokSjigeok: Hmm... people in this room keep saying nice things... but realistically, it's just a pro who got careless and got solo killed, and the coach gave a business card to save face...)
(BurgeokSjigeok: Constantly giving false hope isn't always a good thing...)
Words I had casually overlooked before.
But seeing them all compiled like this, I started to think they were subtly undermining my self-esteem.