Originally Posted by
01101101entor
Rather than making a ****zy rant about the problem as some people seem to think is the answer, which will just result in the repetition of the problem itself, ive decided to try and put down the problem with the infractions system more clearly.
Since the system has been introduced, an infraction carries less weight hence are given easier, in most cases to easily, and for things where they are not really appropriate.
The problem was responded to with the update of rule
"C18. Do not make off topic posts - Off topic and random posts are not allowed. Your post must be related to a post made earlier in the thread or about the thread itself."
In which the bolded clause was added, Basically stating that posts could relate to subtopics arriseing from the central topic. Aka someone makes a topic about there favorite cerial. people are then allowed to discuss other cerial, as its related, of praphs another issue todo with the ceral? this is how a conversation, even on a forum works.
This isnt a support forum, this is a community, or at least thats what ive always taken it as, hence the idea isnt to make ask a question, get it answered and finish. But instead raise a discussion point "a topic" then discuss it and things that come out from it"
Heres where the first problem arrises, since certain modoraters feel its there solum duty to go threw a thread and infarct every member who has made a post even slightly deviating from the core topic, and then every member who responds to that, exsample being a certain return topic, in which people began talking about what habbox was like when they were there, i come back to it minutes later, theres a red line on every post.
I think there needs to be more discression in where these infractions are given.
Now, theres a reason forums have moderators, people who check posts, as opposed to an alogruthm that automatically scans and makes judgements. That reason is mod's are human, they can make informed choices, or at least i would hope they can.
Hence, while a machine would infract someone who may have accidentally made a spelling mistake and not noticed, a mod, wouldnt not. When someone accidenly double posts, we've all done it, laggy networks often the blame, it would also infract them, but a mod wouldnt...
Well on habbox this isnt true, mods infract people even when it obviously isnt there fault, a mod should be able to make the distinction here, whether someone has simply made an honest mistake or has broken a rule. Not just mindlessly adding infractions to anyone who does anything that doesn't directly adhere to rules.
There are alot of edits, where they are truly uncalled for, in one topic, questioning this issue, someone defending a mod got infractcted by them for exsample after an obviously honest mistake?
I mean, is the problem here mods that mods are maybe not gieven enough leniancy to make desisons based on the circumsatnces? or that the mods hired are not really fit for a job that requres thought that goes beoned what a few lines of php could do "/
Point being, i Feel the system should be relooked at by admins, and ajusted to better fit the needs of the community.
The Mods job, is help the community run smoothly. Not to jam the works, thats what the spammers do, and the mods are supposed to stop.
The moderators should be respected, fair and able to make proper choices, in many cases this just doesn't appear to be true, hence why its almost Mods V Members at the moment, which is as far from what it should be as its possible to get without the forum totally collapsing.
The moderators should be chosen not just because of a clean record, but becuse they have respect within the community and are an active part of it, not people no one has ever heard of and whos only contribution is a few red lines on peoples posts.
This is just my opinion, but i feel i have made a number of valid points. I hope that at least some of it is taken in to consideration.
