Moderation is a little "soppy"

[Matthew]

Yes but they can like be in charge of the whole forum as well of being assigned to a sub-forums so if anything go wrong they get the blame like sub-managers

Departments aren't set up in a way that 'handing out the blame is easier than it otherwise would be'

Super mods moderate the whole forum, and offer advice and support to the moderators. SMODs are not there to be 'blamed for everything that goes wrong'.

[Chris]

I think the moderation department worked best with the 'global mod' system where every mod could deal with every section.

I've been away for the past week and a bit, but before I left quite often it was just me online throughout the day, and I can't deal with problems in other forums. I remember once there was a spam bot which was spamming in a forum that I don't moderate, and all I could do was post a report in the mod section and just wait. I could do nothing more and not only is that bad for the forum as a whole, its extremely annoying when you find a rule break and can do nothing more than leave it/report it for a super mod to deal with.

I think if global mods return, then the department wouldn't need to be increased in size and rule breaks would be dealt with much faster.

Don't know where you got the idea that it was just you online in the day from Matt

Also if you issue infractions to spambots then you can temp ban them until someone is online to perm it.

how does it take a long time to think of a colour, run it through mattg and release it. Sure if the manager wants, make a poll to gauge views. Even that only take a few days surely .

You'd be surprised. I suggested that we run a poll with a huge list of colours for everyone to pick as it gives members more involvement. Afaik Brandon did create the thread for it but must have changed his mind last minute. Ultimately there is only so much we can do to get new donators and other updates out there because obviously the final decision is with Brandon and sometimes it does take a while to get his views on things.

[Matthew]

Don't know where you got the idea that it was just you online in the day from Matt

Also if you issue infractions to spambots then you can temp ban them until someone is online to perm it.



You'd be surprised. I suggested that we run a poll with a huge list of colours for everyone to pick as it gives members more involvement. Afaik Brandon did create the thread for it but must have changed his mind last minute. Ultimately there is only so much we can do to get new donators and other updates out there because obviously the final decision is with Brandon and sometimes it does take a while to get his views on things.

Yeah I didn't mean like from morning to evening I meant at times it was just me online, and then when some mods did come on even they didn't moderate the correct forums to deal with the spambots posts!

And yeah I realise I can temp. ban the bot, however I can't deal with the posts.

[sex]

It's a real shame that the department has declined like this. Early 2011 it was completely different. We had 2 managers, 3 smods and around 6-8 normal moderators which worked perfectly fine, but it does seem that we are low in numbers nowadays. I haven't got a lot to add as it has already been said, but obviously the only solution is to get rid of lazy moderators and to bring in some new ones who are full of motivation and raring to go.

In regards to forum events and updates. It's not as though we don't discuss these things, it's just that they take so long to actually happen that we go round in circles and get no where. You wouldn't believe how long it took to get the ltd donator sorted.

same should be said for moderators who constantly leave and come back :rolleyes: if they leave more than twice dont let them back at all. they obviously dont care about the department enough and are probably just lazy and dont want to do the work

[Matthew]

same should be said for moderators who constantly leave and come back :rolleyes: if they leave more than twice dont let them back at all. they obviously dont care about the department enough and are probably just lazy and dont want to do the work

This point always arises and in a way I agree, however often its a case of 'best man for the job' and sometimes people can't avoid leaving the dept, i.e I've left a few times due to a lack of time and then returned when I do have time. It was better for me to resign rather than doing a half-arsed job!

Often it is annoying when people resign and come back a lot though. It does show a lack of motivation imo.

[Futz]

Why do you even care? You must be such a cigarette if you actually take the time to review the moderation on a forum that has little problems with anything

[Chris]

same should be said for moderators who constantly leave and come back :rolleyes: if they leave more than twice dont let them back at all. they obviously dont care about the department enough and are probably just lazy and dont want to do the work

I'm assuming thats aimed at me? Nonetheless thats not true. Everyone has their reasons for leaving and then coming back later and I think you'll find that it happens in every department. Just look at some of the managers here. Grig for example has left habboxlive in the past, but does that mean he doesn't care about the department and doesn't want to work?

[sex]

no but it shows a lack of motivation and no it wasnt aimed at you i dont even know who you are?

[Martin]

no but it shows a lack of motivation and no it wasnt aimed at you i dont even know who you are?

He happens to be one of the most hardworking, active and dedicated moderators on this forum who actually cares about doing things for the benefit of the forum. Which also kind of breaks your theory, because I believe people leaving can be for completely different reasons, and doesnt always mean its because they dont care about a department or aren't prepared to put the hard work into doing it. People come and go, that's life- it does not mean they are any less capable of doing the job to a high standard. Motivation can be low sometimes, but it becomes even harder when you get people constantly moaning about imperfections and silly trivial things when we are here because we enjoy the job and care about the forum. We would not be doing it otherwise.

[sex]

He happens to be one of the most hardworking, active and dedicated moderators on this forum who actually cares about doing things for the benefit of the forum. Which also kind of breaks your theory, because I believe people leaving can be for completely different reasons, and doesnt always mean its because they dont care about a department or aren't prepared to put the hard work into doing it. People come and go, that's life- it does not mean they are any less capable of doing the job to a high standard. Motivation can be low sometimes, but it becomes even harder when you get people constantly moaning about imperfections and silly trivial things when we are here because we enjoy the job and care about the forum. We would not be doing it otherwise.

Jeez calm down, i never said a bad word about you boyfriend all i said was i didn't know who he was. No need to get so worked up.

My post wasn't even aimed at him so there was no need for you to attack me just because you have a some e-crush on him or whatever it is. It;s not "my theroy" either, another moderator and several other people posted the exact same thing about leaving being down to motivation.