I was exactly the kind of petty, bordering on tyrannical, moderator back when I was a teenager. I moderated a website with an active community of over 10000 teenagers. This was a big deal in the 1990s. It quickly went to my pubescent, hormone-fueled teenage head. But it ended up being a valuable experience. In terms of being confronted with my own 'dark side', and in terms of learning how to deal with people.