Because you were asked. When standing out in a forum and demonstrating consistency, responsibility and supporting attitude you may get asked. Larger boards are

Because you were asked. When standing out in a forum and demonstrating consistency, responsibility and supporting attitude you may get asked. Larger boards are like organization with promotions. Abuse of power won‘t earn you one. There are steering structures. Sometime one has to adjust what moderators do and have a discussion on what happened. Occasionally one has to kick a moderator out. If you don‘t know why people help strangers then this may be worth a thing to investigate for you.