Do these forums need moderators?

[Rye]

Originally Posted by dool

The problem of having a minimum number of posts to start a thread is that it encourages quantity over quality. Those that want to start a pointless thread can spam 100 posts pretty quickly

umm then the mods need to delete posts that are spam...I mean if somone just starts posting 30 post in a row its fairly easy to spot and said account should be banned. every other forum i visit does this so why cant they here


ps cananyone tell me how to get my question mark back im stuck with this É grrrr

[kataish]

Originally Posted by Rye

ps cananyone tell me how to get my question mark back im stuck with this É grrrr

Try closing the window and opening a new browser. It happened to me once in paltalk, but just closing the window and opening it again worked for me.

If that doesn't work, try rebooting.

[jwdd27]

Originally Posted by kataish

Try closing the window and opening a new browser. It happened to me once in paltalk, but just closing the window and opening it again worked for me.

If that doesn't work, try rebooting.

^^^off-topic^^^

Yes, the moderation should be more hands-on. A lot of the junk is caused by one asshole posting off-topic shit, which then drags other people into an argument.
So there should be more than four or five mods, and they should delete duplicate or superfluous threads, and ban people who get over-excited.

But I doubt I'll be around to see it. The deletion of the *NA threads was malicious and was disrespectful towards the fans who have done so much to "spread the word", and build the "community" which attends events and buys merchandise.
Disk space is CHEAP at the moment, I don't believe that was an issue.

Yes to moderation, no to the Forums. Bye.

[Rye]

Originally Posted by jwdd27

^^^off-topic^^^

Yes, the moderation should be more hands-on. A lot of the junk is caused by one asshole posting off-topic shit, which then drags other people into an argument.
So there should be more than four or five mods, and they should delete duplicate or superfluous threads, and ban people who get over-excited.

But I doubt I'll be around to see it. The deletion of the *NA threads was malicious and was disrespectful towards the fans who have done so much to "spread the word", and build the "community" which attends events and buys merchandise.
Disk space is CHEAP at the moment, I don't believe that was an issue.

Yes to moderation, no to the Forums. Bye.

agreed, im still here cause I need a place to stay in touch with some of the peeps, its just easy. As fer it bein the KATG forums i could give a fuck. If everyone moved to say D&D forums I would go and play there.

[kataish]

Originally Posted by jwdd27

^^^off-topic^^^

stfu. he asked a question, i answered it.

cya.

[berger77]

What about just closing a thread, instead of deleting it. And state why it got closed or such. What about having a warning level?

[picard102]

Originally Posted by DJ Trashy

I'm pretty sure that there is a way to archive or segregate old threads without affecting the current members' post counts. Can someone check the vBulletin forums or tech support for that?

Archiving would still mean they continue to use up resources. Deleting the massive threads do more to alleviate resource consumption then deleting multiple tiny threads unfortunately.

[naes]

Part of this seems to be the random crackdown. Up until this event, there was never any real "moderation" taking place on the forums that I had seen. I tend to disappear when the weather is nice, and then come back when I cant get outside. So perhaps my view on this is a bit off. All of a sudden there was a big crackdown. It seemed to be primarly in responce to highmike, and spooky. To be honest, I just set highmike to ignore, and that seemed to help. As for spooky, there was no need to set him to ignore, but I have a feeling that he pushed for this. As I said, its just speculation, but just a day or two after I had talked to him in the chat, it happened. That would be a shame. He had his own site to mold in his image, and this place had a life of its own. Plus, once a major crack down takes place, it tends to stifle people. Also a shame, cause on or off topic, it was damn funny.

[Rye]

Originally Posted by picard102

Archiving would still mean they continue to use up resources. Deleting the massive threads do more to alleviate resource consumption then deleting multiple tiny threads unfortunately.

there is almost 300 pages of unviewed threads you tellin me that would not alleviate any probs? BS it was just easier and an asshole move.

[Bebe]

Originally Posted by berger77

What about just closing a thread, instead of deleting it. And state why it got closed or such. What about having a warning level?

This is a good point. There are no specific rules for this forum, but people get banned for breaking them - without warning as far as I am aware.