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Good Morning All!
Moderators and non Moderators alike, lend me your ears! (or eyes in this case!) With all the recent stress and aggravation caused by the JA's, we at Freeola are wishing to know exactly what:
A) Moderators - what would you like to be able to do, to be able to perform your jobs more effectively?
B) Regulars and chatters - What would you like to see Moderators able to do, to be able to help protect the forums from spammers and abusive users? Or do you think they currently have enough power?
Once we know exactly what you want to be able to do on here, without having to worry about alerting us staffies all the time, (although we should always be lurking to take action) we should be able to make this a better place to be.
Moderators and non Moderators alike, lend me your ears! (or eyes in this case!) With all the recent stress and aggravation caused by the JA's, we at Freeola are wishing to know exactly what:
A) Moderators - what would you like to be able to do, to be able to perform your jobs more effectively?
B) Regulars and chatters - What would you like to see Moderators able to do, to be able to help protect the forums from spammers and abusive users? Or do you think they currently have enough power?
Once we know exactly what you want to be able to do on here, without having to worry about alerting us staffies all the time, (although we should always be lurking to take action) we should be able to make this a better place to be.
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Machie wrote:
> I think closing threads would cause problems. I hate nothing
> more than seeing a mod close a thread and getting the final
> word.
Deleting a thread that is spam i would think would be good enough. When those who spam come in and start pointless threads be good to just delete the whole thing.
> I think closing threads would cause problems. I hate nothing
> more than seeing a mod close a thread and getting the final
> word.
Deleting a thread that is spam i would think would be good enough. When those who spam come in and start pointless threads be good to just delete the whole thing.
If mods deletes posts or edit them then there should be some message left in place of the original message such as
Post deleted by 'Moderator' then the date and the reason why it was removed.
Its a tricky issue as some people could find some things wrong or offensive that other users wouldn't.
Post deleted by 'Moderator' then the date and the reason why it was removed.
Its a tricky issue as some people could find some things wrong or offensive that other users wouldn't.
Seraphim wrote:
> I dont think anything will divide us. Im sure were all grown up
> enough not to have a hissy fit who gets to be able to ban
> someone.
I think closing threads would cause problems. I hate nothing more than seeing a mod close a thread and getting the final word.
> I dont think anything will divide us. Im sure were all grown up
> enough not to have a hissy fit who gets to be able to ban
> someone.
I think closing threads would cause problems. I hate nothing more than seeing a mod close a thread and getting the final word.
Banning is fine, the only person I have concerns about is biglime. Hopefully he and the rest of the mods know that only those who sign up to mess up the forum and cause problems should be banned.
Bullett wrote:
> Then who decides which mods are 'suitable'?
>
> That'll boil down to favouritism and no doubt divide the
> moderator community because some were deemed 'more reliable'
> than others.
I dont think anything will divide us. Im sure were all grown up enough not to have a hissy fit who gets to be able to ban someone.
> Then who decides which mods are 'suitable'?
>
> That'll boil down to favouritism and no doubt divide the
> moderator community because some were deemed 'more reliable'
> than others.
I dont think anything will divide us. Im sure were all grown up enough not to have a hissy fit who gets to be able to ban someone.
Bullett wrote:
> No, banning is unnecessary. You don't even have to delete their
> posts. Limit their posting rights and let a staffie decide.
>
> Mods should not be allowed to ban.
Banning is not unnecessary. So your saying all this spamming is ok? If people respect the place there will be no reason to ban them. However its reasonable enough to do if it happens.
> No, banning is unnecessary. You don't even have to delete their
> posts. Limit their posting rights and let a staffie decide.
>
> Mods should not be allowed to ban.
Banning is not unnecessary. So your saying all this spamming is ok? If people respect the place there will be no reason to ban them. However its reasonable enough to do if it happens.
Then who decides which mods are 'suitable'?
That'll boil down to favouritism and no doubt divide the moderator community because some were deemed 'more reliable' than others.
That'll boil down to favouritism and no doubt divide the moderator community because some were deemed 'more reliable' than others.
I wouldn't let them ban people - not unless it was made very clear by the staffies what circumstances would allow for a user to be banned.
Could see people getting banned just because the moderator doesn't like them as soon as they do something a bit out of line.
Or only allow a couple of the more respected moderators to be able to do it.
Could see people getting banned just because the moderator doesn't like them as soon as they do something a bit out of line.
Or only allow a couple of the more respected moderators to be able to do it.
Seraphim wrote:
> I disagree, i think we should be allowed to ban those who abuse
> the forum. Main reason is there is always a mod about more then
> the staff. So if someone started spamming the place. Instead of
> just deleting there posts one after the other you can just ban
> the person doing it. If this is abused by any moderator then
> they can easily have there moderator position ended. Though
> maybe just have one or 2 reliable people from each section to be
> able to ban.
No, banning is unnecessary. You don't even have to delete their posts. Limit their posting rights and let a staffie decide.
Mods should not be allowed to ban.
> I disagree, i think we should be allowed to ban those who abuse
> the forum. Main reason is there is always a mod about more then
> the staff. So if someone started spamming the place. Instead of
> just deleting there posts one after the other you can just ban
> the person doing it. If this is abused by any moderator then
> they can easily have there moderator position ended. Though
> maybe just have one or 2 reliable people from each section to be
> able to ban.
No, banning is unnecessary. You don't even have to delete their posts. Limit their posting rights and let a staffie decide.
Mods should not be allowed to ban.
How about a suggestion I gave awhile ago. It can apply just to JATs and Newbies. Being able to ban JATs and Newbies after 3 warnings by different mods.
There are usually a lot of mods around throughout the day. Between 8am and 1am the forum would be protected.
I included Newbies just incase they waited 90 days till they striked. =)
There are usually a lot of mods around throughout the day. Between 8am and 1am the forum would be protected.
I included Newbies just incase they waited 90 days till they striked. =)
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