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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5086 |
Rigid moderation poll:yes/no ?
1. should we have a few trusted moderators?
2. should troublemaker accounts be deleted?
3. should troll threads be closed?
my votes:
1. yes
2. yes
3. yes |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5086 |
Quote: Can't we think of some 'karma' system, like on one of my favourite websites www.tweakers.net?
What if every single post on the forum could be given a value by the users?
Like "+1 helpful", "+1 informative" or "-1 off topic", "-1 troll".
As soon as you have posted in the thread, you can not add value to the postings. Also, you can only add your values once.
If a user ends up having negative karma, this could have consequences for his/her rights on the forum, like a posting time-out that increases in duration every time the karma hits zero.
After the time out, the user can gain karma again by posting positive/useful messages.
well I'd rather play an rpg game :) a bit too complex but interesting :) |
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Fungus
Registered: Sep 2002
Posts: 680 |
I still nominate TDJ, as he does hate us all equally.
:) |
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Mace
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 1799 |
@ Oswald: hehehe, RPG... :-)
Yeah, it looks a bit complex, but that's probably more my way of explaining. Also, it's the engine behind it, not the use of it that is complex. It probably needs some smoothing too.
However, it might be a bit over the top for this forum.
Better just get honest and impartial moderation. |
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Trazan
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 620 |
So I take it, after closer too 100 entries in this thread, most of you do ask for more active moderation in threads way out of topic and to prevent ppl from turning each and every thread into a flamewar!
As by requested; List of moderators goes as;
CreaMD, Zyron, CBA, Trazan, Wreg + Perff as sole Admin. |
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Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1085 |
Quote: So I take it, after closer too 100 entries in this thread, most of you do ask for more active moderation in threads way out of topic and to prevent ppl from turning each and every thread into a flamewar!
As by requested; List of moderators goes as;
CreaMD, Zyron, CBA, Trazan, Wreg + Perff as sole Admin.
but but, nobody respects those people!
<grinnik> ;)
edit: btw, why no voting for who should be moderator? |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Quote: I still nominate TDJ, as he does hate us all equally.
:)
True dat. |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Btw, I hope that this doesn't mean it will be impossible to have free-flowing threads anymore. Seen way too many forums die because of strict moderation. |
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Trazan
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 620 |
Quote: but but, nobody respects those people!
<grinnik> ;)
edit: btw, why no voting for who should be moderator?
Because ppl cant vote :)
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Mace
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 1799 |
Strict moderation is a big NO. Sometimes it isn't wrong to let things go their own way, even if it's on the edge.
IMHO, moderation consists of:
1) requesting normal behaviour
Sometimes people get carried away a bit too much. In such occasions a moderator can request to easy up a little to prevend a thread from going into the wrong direction.
Requests could be done by PM or in the thread itself.
2) closing threads
This could be done because the thread went WAY off topic, became way too insulting or because the topic starter requests so. Despite such a request, the moderator can decide to keep a topic open if there's still a useful flow of input, of course.
3) editing or removing posts that are WAY too insulting
We are not talking about the usual flaming and ranting, but we've got to be dealing with death threats or personal insults. In addition, I figure action 1) would be right.
The biggest problem I've seen happening is moderators acting as supposed gods, constantly correcting people and regularly editing posts. This is really very wrong, as both the value of the forum is decreased as the credibility of a moderator.
About voting for moderators, I agree with Trazan that that is not too good an option here :)
Best would perhaps be if people who want to have a say in it, just PM their suggestions to Perff.
Don't mind me being so impolite to drag him into this ;) |
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Style
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 498 |
BTW, am I the only one who looks at this topic on the front page and keeps seeing 'ring modulation'? |
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