Should we ask the mods for a small number of moderated threads?
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Re: Should we ask the mods for a small number of moderated threads?
StroppyChops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:51 pmIt's like a second honeymoon for me, the novelty will wear off shortly. Also, I spend my spare time a little differently to you!Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:47 pmhaha when you first came back i felt up to the challenge, but then i realised theres no way i can keep up, i managed to overtake again the other day, now youre what 100 posts in frontStroppyChops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2017 10:46 pm I'm not going to apologise because you don't like the interaction between Jamie and I, but I would suggest you check our post counts - I imagine others have realised that we're subconsciously having a gentleman's race to a certain milestone, and given our karma counts, I don't think anyone else begrudges that as much as you seem to.
I employ Pakistani university students to data-mine karma, only a few cents per point...and how have you got that much Karma!
Edit: I see your meme-ing skills are strong now, young padawan...
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Re: Should we ask the mods for a small number of moderated threads?
Just to clear up what I said before here, and a bit more on the same topic.
But my concern is not aimed at you in particular. As someone else said, its a slippery slope.
Take one example, ME for instance: Tbh there are a few people - not regulars, and some post no more or very little - that I would want to delete no matter what they posted on MY thread if I was my own mod. But I don't think that this would be a good thing for a number of reasons, not the least being freedom of speech and diversity of opinion. Even if the OP is not a dictator, obviously they are going to put a bias on their thread by moderating things that they may find are offensive, OT or just stupid. Even with good intentions, that is censorship.
Another thing to consider with OP self-moderated threads would be - who gets to start these special threads ? On this forum, it would have to be every member's right to do this, since we are all equals, right ? But that could be a real shitstorm.
Last thing, AE suggested a forum for serious discussion which would be a little more strictly moderated - an anti-asinine forum if you will. Don't have to ban memes or jokes, but the OP could report posters that are impeding sensible discussion. More work for mods perhaps, but eventually it should settle down by itself. How many silly OT posts do you find in the cultural section for example ?
I think that perhaps it could work if there was a clearly defined Serious Discussion/ No Fun Zone. OPs from anywhere on the board could ask to get their threads moved to Serious Discussion if people are derailing it with OT.
And then of course, it will depend on how many people who post here actually want to have Serious Discussions.
SC, I was taking a swing at your proposal, it wasn't intended to be personal, except that you were the one who proposed the idea of posters moderating their own threads and deleting other people's posts, which is why I said YOU.Your theory, but in reality...
So YOU start the thread, then you decide what is OT and which comments don't suit you ? And then YOU get to play ban hammer !
Lol Jamie. He's not just after your "most posts" position - he also wants your hammer.
And who gets to decide if your thread is protected or not ? Which posters would be allowed to start these threads and to participate ?
Do you want an Anti-Asinine forum for serious people only which ban memes and punsters ? A No Joke Forum. (Lol. Silly allusion. Stop that right now.)
But my concern is not aimed at you in particular. As someone else said, its a slippery slope.
Take one example, ME for instance: Tbh there are a few people - not regulars, and some post no more or very little - that I would want to delete no matter what they posted on MY thread if I was my own mod. But I don't think that this would be a good thing for a number of reasons, not the least being freedom of speech and diversity of opinion. Even if the OP is not a dictator, obviously they are going to put a bias on their thread by moderating things that they may find are offensive, OT or just stupid. Even with good intentions, that is censorship.
Another thing to consider with OP self-moderated threads would be - who gets to start these special threads ? On this forum, it would have to be every member's right to do this, since we are all equals, right ? But that could be a real shitstorm.
Last thing, AE suggested a forum for serious discussion which would be a little more strictly moderated - an anti-asinine forum if you will. Don't have to ban memes or jokes, but the OP could report posters that are impeding sensible discussion. More work for mods perhaps, but eventually it should settle down by itself. How many silly OT posts do you find in the cultural section for example ?
I think that perhaps it could work if there was a clearly defined Serious Discussion/ No Fun Zone. OPs from anywhere on the board could ask to get their threads moved to Serious Discussion if people are derailing it with OT.
And then of course, it will depend on how many people who post here actually want to have Serious Discussions.
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Re: Should we ask the mods for a small number of moderated threads?
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Re: Should we ask the mods for a small number of moderated threads?
I'm chewing up your bandwidth? How many pineapples/sec do you get for $5/month?
Is chewing up bandwidth on the same level as censoring bad publicity? Just asking.
Is chewing up bandwidth on the same level as censoring bad publicity? Just asking.
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Re: Should we ask the mods for a small number of moderated threads?
Ah I see. I used to have a limited connection in rural U.S. which was something like $100 USD a month for 5 or 10 GB, so I thought you may have had the same. Haha, I know the pain of watching your usage metre creep up and the page still isn't loading.
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Re: Should we ask the mods for a small number of moderated threads?
we have 250GB
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Re: Should we ask the mods for a small number of moderated threads?
All good comments/suggestions, but I'm sulking now as I'm a precious snowflake and didn't get what I wanted! The original proposal for OP-moderation was seriously only to minimise additional work on the green shirts. Actually not in any way wedded to this idea, or variations, was just a question to the group. Others that I consider conversational heavyweights have not indicated * an interest, so I'm good with that.Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2017 1:45 am Just to clear up what I said before here, and a bit more on the same topic.SC, I was taking a swing at your proposal, it wasn't intended to be personal, except that you were the one who proposed the idea of posters moderating their own threads and deleting other people's posts, which is why I said YOU.Your theory, but in reality...
So YOU start the thread, then you decide what is OT and which comments don't suit you ? And then YOU get to play ban hammer !
Lol Jamie. He's not just after your "most posts" position - he also wants your hammer.
And who gets to decide if your thread is protected or not ? Which posters would be allowed to start these threads and to participate ?
Do you want an Anti-Asinine forum for serious people only which ban memes and punsters ? A No Joke Forum. (Lol. Silly allusion. Stop that right now.)
But my concern is not aimed at you in particular. As someone else said, its a slippery slope.
Take one example, ME for instance: Tbh there are a few people - not regulars, and some post no more or very little - that I would want to delete no matter what they posted on MY thread if I was my own mod. But I don't think that this would be a good thing for a number of reasons, not the least being freedom of speech and diversity of opinion. Even if the OP is not a dictator, obviously they are going to put a bias on their thread by moderating things that they may find are offensive, OT or just stupid. Even with good intentions, that is censorship.
Another thing to consider with OP self-moderated threads would be - who gets to start these special threads ? On this forum, it would have to be every member's right to do this, since we are all equals, right ? But that could be a real shitstorm.
Last thing, AE suggested a forum for serious discussion which would be a little more strictly moderated - an anti-asinine forum if you will. Don't have to ban memes or jokes, but the OP could report posters that are impeding sensible discussion. More work for mods perhaps, but eventually it should settle down by itself. How many silly OT posts do you find in the cultural section for example ?
I think that perhaps it could work if there was a clearly defined Serious Discussion/ No Fun Zone. OPs from anywhere on the board could ask to get their threads moved to Serious Discussion if people are derailing it with OT.
And then of course, it will depend on how many people who post here actually want to have Serious Discussions.
Edit: *much of
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