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Forum and Website Discussions / Moderation issues
« on: April 09, 2004, 01:41:12 am »
This is one of the hot topics, if you say the wrong thing it turns out bad for you. Still id like to say a few things about the moderation style of this forum and how i think it could be improved.
I heard more and more complaints lately, about posts or even entire threads, that get deleted/closed for no or no rational reason. At least that is what those people tell me, but i cant really talk about that matter, since i dont know the contens of those posts and threads and i dont know about the reasons the mods had to delete/close them. So the basic problem is: if a post/thread gets deleted/closed, noone knows why the mod did that, just because the mods simply dont tell.
Now here is the salvation of this problem like it is done in some other forums i happen to read occasionally: if a post is abusive,spam, against the rules.... delete the \"politically incorrect\" parts and post why they were deleted instead. Furthermore warn the poster for his behaviour, so that he will be banned for say 3(just a random figure) incorrect posts.
The deletion of threads is another, in my opinion very bad, tool for some mods. Many people think of it as a kind of censorship and once again dont understand why certain threads had to be deleted. This is why this \"solution\" should be used very, very and i mean VERY scarcely. Instead you should rather close the thread, while posting a reasonable explanation as to why it had to be done. Remember most threads contain at least a bit of useful information and should therefore remain.
Those ideas are neither new nor are they mine, but i thought id bring them to your attention, since they seemed to work very well for some other forums.
I heard more and more complaints lately, about posts or even entire threads, that get deleted/closed for no or no rational reason. At least that is what those people tell me, but i cant really talk about that matter, since i dont know the contens of those posts and threads and i dont know about the reasons the mods had to delete/close them. So the basic problem is: if a post/thread gets deleted/closed, noone knows why the mod did that, just because the mods simply dont tell.
Now here is the salvation of this problem like it is done in some other forums i happen to read occasionally: if a post is abusive,spam, against the rules.... delete the \"politically incorrect\" parts and post why they were deleted instead. Furthermore warn the poster for his behaviour, so that he will be banned for say 3(just a random figure) incorrect posts.
The deletion of threads is another, in my opinion very bad, tool for some mods. Many people think of it as a kind of censorship and once again dont understand why certain threads had to be deleted. This is why this \"solution\" should be used very, very and i mean VERY scarcely. Instead you should rather close the thread, while posting a reasonable explanation as to why it had to be done. Remember most threads contain at least a bit of useful information and should therefore remain.
Those ideas are neither new nor are they mine, but i thought id bring them to your attention, since they seemed to work very well for some other forums.
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