Imma say yes and no
its kinda difficult I guess bc there are a few people who become mods or whatever and are popular but then again there are a few who are popular but dont become anything. and than again I persnonally think I rather have someone as a mod I think know then some guy or girl who gets on once a year and I just know like his or her username. plus if you look at it at one point you gotta start somewhere with your "mod experiance" so I kinda dont think someone should have to have that before but i also gotta admit that if a mod without experiance is just doin shit around the forum then he or she doesnt deserve to be a mod anymore.