A moderator is someone chosen by Duolingo to perform forum moderation, course moderation, or both. Forum moderators can be identified by a green or gold ring around their profile picture and a small "MOD" tag near their username. The "MOD" tag only appears in forums where they are a Moderator.
Note 1: Duolingo has implemented an Ambassador program. The word "Moderator" applies to forum moderators. All Incubator volunteers are "Contributors", regardless of position within their contributor team. Position will be indicated as described in the official Duolingo article: ambassadors.duolingo.com
Forum moderation[]
Community Volunteer Forum Moderators, or forum moderators, assist users in learning how to use the various discussion forums, help answer questions, and make sure activity in Duolingo's discussion areas is in keeping with Duolingo's terms and guidelines.
These moderators can be identified in discussion areas by a green or gold ring with a Global Ambassador (GA) shield icon around their profile picture AND a blue tag that says "MOD". As of March 2015, there were a total of 170 forum moderators.[1] There are many more now.
There are two different types of forum moderator accounts: global and language-specific. Global forum moderators can moderate any public forum on Duolingo.
Language-specific forum moderators can moderate any public forum within a limited set of language courses. Outside of those courses, their moderator consoles disappear. Contributors are usually forum moderators for their course.
Becoming a forum moderator[]
In 2013, Duolingo announced the new volunteer position of forum moderators when it released the website Guidelines.[2]
In 2015, Duolingo released an updated Help Page, detailing more about the process of becoming a moderator,
Note 1: Duolingo has to have a need for more moderators before they invite more.
Course moderation[]
Course moderation involves managing the progress of volunteer-created courses in Duolingo's language Incubator.
The moderators of a course can be identified by visiting http://incubator.duolingo.com/ and clicking on the course in question.
Becoming a course moderator[]
To become a course moderator you must submit a course contributor application at http://incubator.duolingo.com/apply and check the box indicating that you are willing to moderate. Course moderators and contributors must be fluent in both the language the course teaches and the language it teaches from.
Reporting incidents[]
What to report
Duolingo and Forum FAQ , under Duolingo Guideline Clarifications and Forum Norms and Reporting Issues.