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[Torches&Pitchforks]

DyingTolerance, on Dec 13 2009, 05:58 PM, said:

Ryan only mods the music forum. He certainly shouldn't mod anything else, he's already abused his power a few times.

If Ryan's entitled to mod the music forum only, why can't we elect certain people to look after different forum sections?
Like, for example: Enemy could mod the 'Emo stuff' section. Sunshine could look after Community Discussions and so on. It would have an advantage in having less trouble for everyone.

[Effy]

Halcyon, on Dec 13 2009, 06:00 PM, said:

If you made Enemy a global mod as opposed to an admin, would he still be able to approve accounts? He wouldn't have access to email addresses then, as far as I know. Though I'm not exactly sure of the mechanisms of account approval, it's the one aspect of IP boards I've never tried out.

No you need admin permissions to validate members, you also need to view their email addresses -because half the time you can spot spam bots just by what email they have.

[Perpetuated]

I think we should just take validation off, see what happens.

People might be being put off by the delays: EB doesn't validate, and they suck less than we do right now.

[Halcyon]

Torches&Pitchforks, on Dec 13 2009, 07:07 PM, said:

If Ryan's entitled to mod the music forum only, why can't we elect certain people to look after different forum sections?
Like, for example: Enemy could mod the 'Emo stuff' section. Sunshine could look after Community Discussions and so on. It would have an advantage in having less trouble for everyone.

That's the emo corner system. It works quite well, but it can mean different rules for different sections, which can be extremely confusing.

Effy- I thought as much. Yeah.

[Torches&Pitchforks]

Halcyon, on Dec 13 2009, 06:14 PM, said:

That's the emo corner system. It works quite well, but it can mean different rules for different sections, which can be extremely confusing.

Well can't they all share the same rules?

[DyingTolerance]

Torches&Pitchforks, on Dec 13 2009, 01:07 PM, said:

If Ryan's entitled to mod the music forum only, why can't we elect certain people to look after different forum sections?
Like, for example: Enemy could mod the 'Emo stuff' section. Sunshine could look after Community Discussions and so on. It would have an advantage in having less trouble for everyone.

Why alter the entire forum system to accommodate unnecessary mods?

[Halcyon]

Torches&Pitchforks, on Dec 13 2009, 07:15 PM, said:

Well can't they all share the same rules?

In theory yes, in practise if a mod is running only one section they can tend to be too strict or not strict enough, and people get punished for things in one section that they wouldn't in another, which is unfair.
And more mods than are needed would be present.

[Effy]

Perpetuated, on Dec 13 2009, 06:12 PM, said:

I think we should just take validation off, see what happens.

People might be being put off by the delays: EB doesn't validate, and they suck less than we do right now.

That's an idea, I'm just worried about the spam bots; for some reason we seem to get fuck loads signing up everyday.

Halcyon, on Dec 13 2009, 06:19 PM, said:

In theory yes, in practise if a mod is running only one section they can tend to be too strict or not strict enough, and people get punished for things in one section that they wouldn't in another, which is unfair.

Case in point: Ryan

[Perpetuated]

I can set up email rules to deal with that, if I read up on regexes.

[Torches&Pitchforks]

DyingTolerance, on Dec 13 2009, 06:16 PM, said:

Why alter the entire forum system to accommodate unnecessary mods?

It could have it's advantages by having the mods to organize threads, moving them, etc. more effectively. This way, time could be saved for Effy and Lady and the others. They wouldn't need to worry about having to go through the entire forum just to deal with a minor problem every once in a while.

[Perpetuated]

I like how I'm being disregarded from all of this. Loverly.

[Naraa]

DyingTolerance, on Dec 13 2009, 06:26 PM, said:

I'd be for Bobby, if he'd sign on more often. I miss him

If bobby was more active, I'd vote him straight to the top. He's just plain awesome. And would do absolutely great as a mod.

[Halcyon]

Torches&Pitchforks, on Dec 13 2009, 07:23 PM, said:

It could have it's advantages by having the mods to organize threads, moving them, etc. more effectively. This way, time could be saved for Effy and Lady. They wouldn't need to worry about having to go through the entire forum just to deal with a minor problem.

Well ya know, not many threads are made each day, I come on LE only every few days and there are usually only 2 pages of threads with new posts. That's very little in comparison to EC, which would have 5 pages each morning, and that's after I'd read through all the previous day's posts the evening before.

I don't think there's a problem with abrasive posting, threads in wrong sections, or anything like that, the main point of contention is the validation. LE ISN'T a huge or active forum, and more mods aren't really necessary- I say trim off the excess, sort something out regarding the validation, problem solved.

[Effy]

Perpetuated, on Dec 13 2009, 06:24 PM, said:

I like how I'm being disregarded from all of this. Loverly.

That's what you get for disappearing for months at a time!

[DyingTolerance]

Naraa, on Dec 13 2009, 01:28 PM, said:

If bobby was more active, I'd vote him straight to the top. He's just plain awesome. And would do absolutely great as a mod.

Lol, or he'd spam every thread with "Pingas!"

Perpetuated, on Dec 13 2009, 01:24 PM, said:

I like how I'm being disregarded from all of this. Loverly.

Oh hai...

[Perpetuated]

I've deactivated validation, and will probably put it back on tomorrow. But still.

[Daring Motive]

So this, "The Great Mod Debate", it's solved?

[Perpetuated]

There never was a debate.

[DyingTolerance]

Daring Motive, on Dec 13 2009, 02:00 PM, said:

So this, "The Great Mod Debate", it's solved?

I'm afraid you're extremely late, my friend.

[Daring Motive]

Haha I know... I didn't even know ken recomended me for a mod until about half an hour ago.