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Originally Posted by Melvin
I think if the boards become moderated to heavily it will stifle the community, perhaps it can be more reactive, to deal with problem posters. As opposed to assuming every new person has nothing to contribute, and stopping them talk.
Also re newbies like me, surely the aim is to grow the community as much as possible, to grow the show and so on. It can't be good for KATG if the forums are only for people who have been around from the start.
It can seem quite cliquey anyways and you might end up putting off new people ever posting and contributing at all if you go too far with moderating.
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From what I have noticed Melvin, you seem to contribute appropriately when you do post. There have been quite a few (especially lately) of new members starting new threads that for one reason or another cause trouble. Currently, there is NO moderator to complain to to correct the situation.
Hey old schoolers... remember the OLD SCHOOL chat? Keith would come into the chat rooom and assign powers to people that he trusted so that things stayed contained or civil or whatever. True... some with powers were assholes that targeted certain people (i.e. Mali) but most know how to shut down those that were disrupting the environment. I say we need something like that...
Mods that you can report "violations" or "abuses" or "spamming" to. Mods that can send warnings to people violating the terms of use. There could be some sort of system that would lead to someone getting banned. Sort of like employers do for violations of company policy. Establish some guidelines for use and have someone monitor that use. It's not a perfect solution but it would help.
It makes me sad that in EVERY new thread now someone makes even a single benign off topic comment and everyone jumps on them. Conversations shouldn't be strictly limited to the topic at hand and should allow a little stream of consciousness thinking... that is different than thread hijacking.