I think he is saying give mods glg membership which i am sure everyone is for
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That makes much more sense
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I would gladly pay GLG membership for mod work. Iām gonna start a new thread for all things moderator, so letās curtail that subject here and get back to ideas for general improvement.
This thread is useful as fuck for me, and is proving the power of community based action!
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you honey dickin?
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Maybe reminders built in to have the original poster review their post for relevant information once it becomes dormant and either manually edit(with a mod review) or flag for review to update the original post with the most pertinent data, or for removal. Just a way to encourage the community to clean up after itself while still leaving the final verdict for the mods.
As far as moderators go. I used to play a lot of text based multi user dungeon(MUD) games and they had an immortals system(fancy name for mods). Where players(contributors in our case) had levels to earn and with them gained abilities, as did the moderator āstaffā.
Highest level moderators would be in control of promotions and permissions of other moderators as well as moderator monitoring and member banning, this could also include a person specifically for reviewing slanger status.
High level moderators would be present to update/remove posts flagged for review(perhaps even as separate entities), to recommend members for moderator status, and to review members for banning if necessary and make recommendations of such to Highest level moderators.
Mid level moderators would be present to remove posts flagged specifically for removal, to send questionable removal requests(potential good data, etc.) up the chain to High level moderators, and to organize posts into appropriate categories(again these responsibilities should perhaps be split into different ādepartmentsā)
Low level moderators is all of us. Weāre the ones who need to be flagging inappropriate, duplicate, etc. posts for removal, asking people to refrain from posting without reading or searching first, remain professional and civil while asking others to do the same, and have healthy debates about what we feel is bad information in order to educate others or ourselves of the good information.
Organizational updates might help too, but I havenāt posted/read enough to speak of how it could be done better.
Just now reading through some derailed posts coincidentallyā¦ specifically a person to take derailments and branch them into a separate thread. I do think it is important to remember when weāre ācleaningā up long threads that what appears obvious, and as such irrelevant, to one person can be the lightbulb that changes everything for someone else.
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exactly. itās not easy deciding what is relevant and what needs trimmed.
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Maybe a blacklist thread with FACTS only. If you delt with someone and had a bad experience just state the FACTS. NO PERSONAL opinions, POLITICAL preferences, SEXUAL orientation or any other type of way you or the said person(entity) might FEEL. Just tell us about the business experience and save the rest for Jerry Springer.
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What if new members had to post in a new member section/thread first? Then let them post more in other threads based on how many likes they get? Then maybe at a certain level they can make their own thread? Or new users have a limited number of posts? I feel like this is how a lot of forums used to work but most opted for more overall traffic instead of quality content. We could use the new member forum to weed out the bad eggs?
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Tbh no one should just be sending money. We have enough money to catch flights, and enough sense to change location last minute. People have been doing this for years and it works. Trusting someone else to send product is a controlled delivery waiting to happen.
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At the end of the day we can post great ideas on here on how we should clean up the forum. My partner always says we get paid for results, thatās it.
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I didnāt want to create a whole topic about this as this thread seems relevant enough, but it seems I lost my āRegularā badge along with the trust level 3 verification. Anyone have any idea why that would happen and how to avoid it in the future?
Iām pretty sure itās an automagically generated thing by the system, and based around how much you read/interact on here. I know you have to have read X % of new threads, posts, etc. Or at least thatās the default setting in this software.
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Thatās correct
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Ah, I see. I was worried I pissed someone off or something. Guess I just got a whole lot more busy lately than I was a few months ago. Appreciate the clarification.
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Mmm.
@Future
I think you and the community made a great thing.
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Is the forum optimized for a particular browser? It looks like google is the best option over Microsoft edge.
Google:
Microsoft Edge:
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edit: In addition to mute user, could āfollow userā be an option?
The goal would be to only view posts written by certain individuals.
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You can do that by going to a userās profile page and viewing activity. You can also search @ their name and get results of anytime theyāve been directly referenced if Iām not mistaken.
Youāre better off being able to view the varied opinions though, thereās much to learn from all those different perspectives.
Interestingly enough, I canāt figure it how you would mute someone who has a private profile.
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Itās very vague on verified consultants. What are they verified in? If I was a new user and didnāt know the community than this would be a bit troublesome if I needed help immedatly. An easy look on the consultant section is hard to find what Iām looking for. Can you have a specific category for them and each verified consultant can have there separate thread. Nobody can post In the category but only on the consultants thread. This will help navigation. Also if they are verified what are they verified in. So if I was a new user and had a problem I know the ins and outs of the consultant and I can get straight to what I need.
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One more thing this is a crazy concept and probably the algorithm of the system canāt do this but it will help slice the same questions down by new people. Is there a way they can read a specific category by so many topics and that grants them access to post about that category? Also this may seem harsh but it could make this more educational but if we use this type of system you can have different tiers of education and can be unlocked by topics read. This way it will make people read the basics, intermediate, expert. Itās a passing of knowledge based upon how much time you put into this. If they decide itās to much than they can pay to play.