Forum Moderation

[Martin]

I'm glad to hear the times will be improving . @Bolt660; I see what you mean with the pointless posting rule, but one of the posts I reported just seemed very obvious that it was pointless and there was no explanation of why .



Couldn't agree more . I'm assuming there just isn't space at the moment, but hopefully it won't be too long .

I've just had a quick look through the ones you reported, and I did find one that I have changed my opinion about, and have dealt with it accordingly, and I apologise for that!

I think to put a reason for every post report we don't take action on may become a bit tedious, since there are quite a few of them, and the reason most the time is simply because we feel it doesnt break the rule, otherwise action would be taken. Of course, if you are unhappy that the outcome, and there is no explanation then you can always PM any of us, or chris and we will of course then re-look into it. The pointless rule is probably one of the most complex rules there is to understand and to analyse, whether something is in context with something in a thread, or whether its not really on topic. I think the rules have relaxed a lot over the years, and it is confusing adapting to this, as I see many posts these days that would have had action taken on them in the past, but of course we don't want to over-moderate in this current climate and stuff.

I'm confident that things will be okay, and just remember we are always here to chat via PM if you have any queries about anything

[sex]

Yeah it was before Martin was moved in to his current role .

Seems to me like it's you that has this 'vendetta against someone'. Ever since you basically pretended to be on my side, only to turn everything around on me, you've just been rude to me whenever I post. I think I can tell what is pointless and what is not, I've run a forum myself before.

err what are you talking about........................ LMAO i honestly have no clue...
wheres your forum now if you know all about the pointless rule, everyone has different meaning of what is classed as pointless...

[Inseriousity.]

I noticed a few of your pointless posting post reports the other day and wouldn't have taken further action myself. The ones I saw had a context to it that fit in with the thread discussion even if they did not add anything constructive to the issue. I suppose the feedback forum could have a similar rule to graphics and the [CC] type rule where only constructive replies to the issue were allowed but I think that's taking it a little far and would dampen the passion that some people have for their ideas even if they're not always able to eloquently express them constructively.

[sex]

i just came back to say im still pissing myself over mr-traniors post he sounds like hes gone crazy!!! LMAO

I noticed a few of your pointless posting post reports the other day and wouldn't have taken further action myself. The ones I saw had a context to it that fit in with the thread discussion even if they did not add anything constructive to the issue. I suppose the feedback forum could have a similar rule to graphics and the [CC] type rule where only constructive replies to the issue were allowed but I think that's taking it a little far and would dampen the passion that some people have for their ideas even if they're not always able to eloquently express them constructively.

fully agree, i don't think we should be cracking down either on minor things such as this when we trying to gain activity not scare people away

[Kardan]

I noticed a few of your pointless posting post reports the other day and wouldn't have taken further action myself. The ones I saw had a context to it that fit in with the thread discussion even if they did not add anything constructive to the issue. I suppose the feedback forum could have a similar rule to graphics and the [CC] type rule where only constructive replies to the issue were allowed but I think that's taking it a little far and would dampen the passion that some people have for their ideas even if they're not always able to eloquently express them constructively.

Is this about a certain number of photography threads where certain people just went 'Nice photo!' or sentences like that numerous times I did consider this quite annoying, but didn't report it myself as it's within the rules, sadly. Those people were definitely posting just for the sake of posting/post count/tokens, but there's no rule against that either.

There's also no rule about spamming the 'New Posts' page with tons of posts/threads, unless your in the spam forum...

So everything was okay, despite being very borderline...

[Zelda]

fully agree, i don't think we should be cracking down either on minor things such as this when we trying to gain activity not scare people away

agree with this definitely, I remember when I first joined also I was like really put off posting by the pointless posting stuff worrying that I'd just get warned for it immediately lmfao, and I'm sure that's what other people would think, I probably wouldn't have stayed if it wasn't for getting into events either lmfao

[Mr-Trainor]

"Isn't space?", I was unaware that there was a limit on the super MODs we could have...

How many do we even have? I'm thinking it's two since Jordan left? If that's right, then Martin would just become the 3rd wouldn't he?

Well like, if the current SMODs are doing all the work in an efficient time then there's no need to promote another to the role. However, I didn't realise there was only 2 - I hadn't actually checked (A).

I've just had a quick look through the ones you reported, and I did find one that I have changed my opinion about, and have dealt with it accordingly, and I apologise for that!

I think to put a reason for every post report we don't take action on may become a bit tedious, since there are quite a few of them, and the reason most the time is simply because we feel it doesnt break the rule, otherwise action would be taken. Of course, if you are unhappy that the outcome, and there is no explanation then you can always PM any of us, or chris and we will of course then re-look into it. The pointless rule is probably one of the most complex rules there is to understand and to analyse, whether something is in context with something in a thread, or whether its not really on topic. I think the rules have relaxed a lot over the years, and it is confusing adapting to this, as I see many posts these days that would have had action taken on them in the past, but of course we don't want to over-moderate in this current climate and stuff.

I'm confident that things will be okay, and just remember we are always here to chat via PM if you have any queries about anything

Yeah that was the main one . And yeah, I can see what you mean about replying to all of them - I guess if there's a lot of posts reports, or other things that need doing at the time, then it can be left out - it's definitely not a main priority .

err what are you talking about........................ LMAO i honestly have no clue...
wheres your forum now if you know all about the pointless rule, everyone has different meaning of what is classed as pointless...

My forum closing has nothing to do with me knowing about the pointless posting rule ?

I noticed a few of your pointless posting post reports the other day and wouldn't have taken further action myself. The ones I saw had a context to it that fit in with the thread discussion even if they did not add anything constructive to the issue. I suppose the feedback forum could have a similar rule to graphics and the [CC] type rule where only constructive replies to the issue were allowed but I think that's taking it a little far and would dampen the passion that some people have for their ideas even if they're not always able to eloquently express them constructively.

Definitely not one of them anyway, although Martin just dealt with that one .

i just came back to say im still pissing myself over mr-traniors post he sounds like hes gone crazy!!! LMAO

fully agree, i don't think we should be cracking down either on minor things such as this when we trying to gain activity not scare people away

Must be all the coursework I'm doing atm . But erm, Mr-Trainor* . Anyway, pointless posting isn't always a minor thing.

Is this about a certain number of photography threads where certain people just went 'Nice photo!' or sentences like that numerous times I did consider this quite annoying, but didn't report it myself as it's within the rules, sadly. Those people were definitely posting just for the sake of posting/post count/tokens, but there's no rule against that either.

Noo I never report those lol .

[Kardan]

Well like, if the current SMODs are doing all the work in an efficient time then there's no need to promote another to the role. However, I didn't realise there was only 2 - I hadn't actually checked (A).

I don't think there's any harm in having an extra super MOD if he's doing a great job. If it turns out that he's not needed as much, fair enough, but surely on the few occasions where he does help, it's not a bad thing? I'm also assuming that there isn't activity quotas for super MODs, because that would be silly

[Mr-Trainor]

I don't think there's any harm in having an extra super MOD if he's doing a great job. If it turns out that he's not needed as much, fair enough, but surely on the few occasions where he does help, it's not a bad thing? I'm also assuming that there isn't activity quotas for super MODs, because that would be silly

Hmm, well I think that with SMODs holding quite a lot of power in terms of their permissions, it's a good idea not to just give it to more people than necessary. I'm not saying Martin is unnecessary as SMOD or anything like that btw! I think it'd be great if he was SMOD, but I'm just speaking about the higher rank roles in general .

[Kardan]

Hmm, well I think that with SMODs holding quite a lot of power in terms of their permissions, it's a good idea not to just give it to more people than necessary. I'm not saying Martin is unnecessary as SMOD or anything like that btw! I think it'd be great if he was SMOD, but I'm just speaking about the higher rank roles in general .

Ahh, I'm only referring to Martin in general here really, he can easily be trusted with such powers, considering he's been ranked higher up before anyway