Umm. Thank you all, that you love me so much, and, want me to stay out of herculian and burdensome task of being a moderator.
Umm. Thank you all, that you love me so much, and, want me to stay out of herculian and burdensome task of being a moderator.
Last edited by manav; 05-29-2008 at 02:55 AM. Reason: Just like that!
Isn't that the nature of all men in the history of the world? I find it interesting that something that has been repeated time and time again in this world's history is now being discussed on a message board in the context of people wanting to be mods.
People who desire to be the heads of governments usually also do so because they want power. There are some who don't. There are some who are good leaders of the people. But in most of the world's history the people at the head of the governments have been people searching for power.
"We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion."
quite the analysis. I think the scope of your examples are much different than that of a message board, and the responsibilities have much more serious repercussionss if mishandled.
manav, would you like to be Myanmar's next Senior General?I think the scope of your examples are much different than that of a message board, and the responsibilities have much more serious repercussionss if mishandled.
Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart WayOriginally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
I have a feeling he'll be writing a tell-all memoir about Myanmar's "Special Dungeon" before he's even retired.
manav... did you like... hit your head during birth or something?
- 30 day inactivity, and the thread should be locked
- remove casual discussions out of some serious topics
- threads in general discussion will be deleted after, say, they get 6 months old
- posts in general discussions will not add to the total posts count
- users inactive for more than 6 months will be deleted
- remove all animated avatars (my favorite)
- signatures should not be longer than 100 characters.
- no pics allowed for signatures
Not rules, but that's what I would do myself, if this was a forum created by me. Take them as suggestions/checklist/tips/guidelines.
I will add more to the list.
A mod should just post no and lock it.
I would have done that long back, if I was a mod
Would have deleted the whole thread, in it's infancy
That would go to show how little you know about being a moderator.
Bumping a thread is generally seen as a bad thing, but there are legitimate reasons to bump a topic too. Busted rule.
That is a very vague topic. Perhaps you care to elaborate?- remove casual discussions out of some serious topics
The stupidest suggestion I've heard ever. There's a reason topics aren't deleted. Because people can search, find and digest the information inside.- threads in general discussion will be deleted after, say, they get 6 months old
A post count shows how many posts you've done. If it doesn't count some posts from a forum, it wouldn't be accurate, would it?- posts in general discussions will not add to the total posts count
Disabling post counts is an extreme thing that should be done carefully, especially in "special" forums such as places where trash gets moved.
And what is the point of this? People register so they can use the board's features, which may otherwise be unavailable. Plus many do read, but not reply, so this would be another grave mistake.- users inactive for more than 6 months will be deleted
And so you are being unfair to everyone. There's nothing wrong with animated avatars and they can be quite nice. As a moderator, you can instead warn people if they use inappropriate animated avatars.- remove all animated avatars (my favorite)
And limit the amount of useful information they can put in their signatures? That's extreme. Put a reasonable amount and warn users if their signature is too long.- signatures should not be longer than 100 characters.
Another unfair and poor suggestion. Signature pictures can lively up a forum, especially when they look nice. You are doing more harm than good, I would say.- no pics allowed for signatures
Limit it to 1 picture and put a height/width restriction, but don't remove it altogether.
>- 30 day inactivity, and the thread should be locked
I've been on forums where this was implemented. It was terribly annoying.
>- remove casual discussions out of some serious topics
Define "remove". Do you mean delete or move into a casual thread? Either way it breaks the flow of conversation and potentially removes valuable information.
>- threads in general discussion will be deleted after, say, they get 6 months old
Just because you don't go back and read old threads doesn't mean other people don't.
>- posts in general discussions will not add to the total posts count
One can post useless garbage in other forums as well. I don't really see this rule/guideline buying you anything.
>- users inactive for more than 6 months will be deleted
That's a fantastic way to lose your members. I've been known to take breaks, and if I came back to find my account deleted, I would be none too happy.
>- remove all animated avatars (my favorite)
Animated avatars within reason are fine, IMO.
>- signatures should not be longer than 100 characters.
I'd rather have a rule that specifies guidelines for creating a signature. That way you don't limit good people and still have justification for dealing with people who abuse the feature.
>- no pics allowed for signatures
See above.
My best code is written with the delete key.
Well... I asked one of the mods to delete this thread, they do not wish to do that, anyways, my replies:
- I have seen them locking a thread which was bumped after 30 days or so, why not lock beforehand?
- I will point out as they come from time to time.
- Since I think GD is for general discussion only, so no useful info therein. I never found any useful stuff.
- We can set a ranking system, plus, already there is a minimum posts threshold to use some features. In that case useless GD posts would not add up.
- See this: Threads: 98,211, Posts: 732,871, Members: 31,621, Active Members: 916
- Be equal for all, plus, this is not a comic book forum or movies forum.
- People advertise their own systems in their sig, mods do not notice.
- Sig is part of every post (usually), and pics will divert the attention, again we are not on a love board.