I feel it should be emphasised that being a forum moderator doesn't give you power over anything other than being a tool for enforcing the forum rules. It shouldn't go without saying but I don't trust many of the people in this community to not accidentally fall into confirmation bias against certain individuals.
Also I'm not applying. I personally don't have an interest in moderating the forum. somewhat contrary to what I just said, it seems people follow the forum rules well without much guidance.