I copied and pasted something that Pecker said in another forum. I think this sums it up the best.
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Down where the South begins.
Age: 63
Gender: Male
100% Straight, 0% Gay
Posts: 34,843
Moderators and/or Administrators do the nuts and bolts work at keeping the site running smoothly. Our goal is to keep LPSG a fun place to be. We're often putting out fires between members or groups of members and we do a lot of technical stuff.
The Guide program is a work in progress. We plan to have several (eventually many) members with experience and skills, kind of mentor newbies and be available to answer questions about how to perform specific things like posting pics to the Gallery or showing multiple Quotes in a post, etc. They will also act as liasons between the membership and the Moderating Team when more authority is needed to help a member