Members Trying To Do Mods Jobs

[Fluffy_Bunny]

Okay, it's not just this forum. You've probably noticed it too. What's the deal with regular members (who may or may not have been on a forum for a long time) doing the jobs of the moderators? Members say things like "hey, that's the wrong forum", "stop spamming", etc. What is it? Don't you think the moderators can do a good enough job? In general, moderators do a great job and I don't think they need the extra help. Opinions?

[J'Pol]

These two threads need merged - get a MOD

[(>Zero Cool<)]

There are a number of &#39;regular members&#39; as you call them, that have been here a while and know the rights and wrongs of posting on this board and if they feel that they can &#39;guide&#39; or &#39;advise&#39; then I think they should go ahead. They have helped a number of users and topics in the past without having to bother the mods. However if you (the general you not fluffy bunny) feel that they are out of line then you have the chance to say so as the &#39;regular members&#39; do not have the power to edit your posts or lock the topic. There are only a limited number of mods and they can only be on at certain times and while I agree they do a good job I am sure that they don&#39;t mind getting a hand from time to time.

[WeeMouse]

I&#39;m sure the Mods don&#39;t mind that little bit of extra help, y&#39;know?

Just my opinion tho..... :)

[j4y3m]

I hate people who do that if they are so bothered they should ask a mod to move it merge it delete it ect.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by stupidguy@28 June 2003 - 17:56
I hate people who do that if they are so bothered they should ask a mod to move it merge it delete it ect.
I did.

[j4y3m]

Not you just them in particular.

[Lilmiss]

Originally posted by (>Zero Cool<)@28 June 2003 - 16:24
There are only a limited number of mods and they can only be on at certain times and while I agree they do a good job I am sure that they don&#39;t mind getting a hand from time to time.
hear hear.

/and big raspberries to anyone who says different&#33; :D i think the mods do a great job, and they all derserve a round of applause&#33; ;)
they cant be everywhere all the time, and the more the merrier in my opinion. :rolleyes:

[crazy_billy_bats]

Little bit of help here and there doesnt go amiss im sure &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

If its new members that dont know about posting in specific parts of the forum, its quite silly to think that as bad - it can only be seen as good. The quicker people realise then the better, no?
Mod&#39;s cant be around checking everything all at once, so if people are telling them the right thing to do, i see no problem with it &#33;&#33;

:D

[fugley]

I find this topic upsetting - please delete&#33; :(

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by fugley@28 June 2003 - 18:06
I find this topic upsetting - please delete&#33; :(
:lol: :D

[Lilmiss]

Originally posted by fugley@28 June 2003 - 17:06
I find this topic upsetting - please delete&#33; :(
:D

but hairy butts and astro turf are allowed? :rolleyes:
tut, mods, moderate &#39;im.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by stupidguy@28 June 2003 - 17:59
Not you just them in particular.
Who are them in particular.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by lilmiss@28 June 2003 - 18:03
[ i think the mods do a great job, and they all derserve a round of applause&#33; ;)

I think they deserve a round of drinks particularly when fudgey forgets to take her tablets.

[Rat Faced]

Originally posted by JPaul+28 June 2003 - 17:24--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JPaul @ 28 June 2003 - 17:24)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-lilmiss@28 June 2003 - 18:03
[ i think the mods do a great job, and they all derserve a round of applause&#33; ;)

I think they deserve a round of drinks particularly when fudgey forgets to take her tablets. [/b][/quote]
Is it your round?

Excellent....Glen Moray for me please ;)

:D :D

[Illuminati]

I agree, mods do the job effectively - But I believe that the effectiveness of mods can only go to an extent alone; to be truly effective, they need the support & help of the mods. Which a lot of people do, including myself.

Doing these things openly, I agree are a bit more bang instead of an actual shot. But most of those AFAIK who do help the mods do so in PMs, notifying them of things which mods may have passed over.

I&#39;d say that for every member you hear spouting like they&#39;re a mod, there&#39;s another two regulars PMing mods to notify them of things out-of-hand. Though I can&#39;t be sure of that - The mods would most like correct me here :)

[j4y3m]

Originally posted by JPaul+28 June 2003 - 17:23--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JPaul @ 28 June 2003 - 17:23)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-stupidguy@28 June 2003 - 17:59
Not you just them in particular.
Who are them in particular. [/b][/quote]
Just people who don&#39;t tell mods and just post there moaning when they know the only people who can do anything about it are mods or admins ect.

[Lamsey]

If anyone feels some Mod work is required on a topic, feel free to PM any online Mod. They&#39;ll be happy to run the rule over it.

It certainly makes our life a lot easier.

[Bender]

Originally posted by Illuminati@28 June 2003 - 19:44
I agree, mods do the job effectively - But I believe that the effectiveness of mods can only go to an extent alone; to be truly effective, they need the support & help of the mods. Which a lot of people do, including myself.

Doing these things openly, I agree are a bit more bang instead of an actual shot. But most of those AFAIK who do help the mods do so in PMs, notifying them of things which mods may have passed over.

I&#39;d say that for every member you hear spouting like they&#39;re a mod, there&#39;s another two regulars PMing mods to notify them of things out-of-hand. Though I can&#39;t be sure of that - The mods would most like correct me here :)
I&#39;m going all the way with Illuminati here. :)
PM us if you see something wrong - saves us board browsing time. :D

[J'Pol]

Is there a report this post option with this software. I have seen that in other forums.

[[B][O][T]]

That&#39;s correct, however Paul dosnt want it enabled.

BOT

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by [B][O][T]@28 June 2003 - 22:06
That&#39;s correct, however Paul dosnt want it enabled.

BOT
Are we aware of why. It would appear a simpler solution than his pinned.

[Bender]

Originally posted by JPaul@28 June 2003 - 22:59
Is there a report this post option with this software. I have seen that in other forums.
There is. It was enabled when the board was a lot smaller (3000 members) and Paul still did the modding.
Result: dozens of useless PM&#39;s per day, because everybody who noticed something pressed the button.
Sending a PM is a lot less impulsive, so I wouldn&#39;t mind if it stayed that way. ;)

[J'Pol]

That makes sense, thanks metal mate.

[MediaSlayer]

I told someone their software question belonged in the softwareworld instead of movieworld and I felt guilty for a couple of days. Hope everybody forgives me.

[Illuminati]

There is. It was enabled when the board was a lot smaller (3000 members) and Paul still did the modding.
Result: dozens of useless PM&#39;s per day, because everybody who noticed something pressed the button.
Sending a PM is a lot less impulsive, so I wouldn&#39;t mind if it stayed that way.&nbsp;

I can understand that - The more work needed to report something, the more likely that only the most problematic posts will get notified by the most dedicated about it.

&#39;tis the natural instincts of man unfortunately :D

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by MediaSlayer@28 June 2003 - 22:25
I told someone their software question belonged in the softwareworld instead of movieworld and I felt guilty for a couple of days. Hope everybody forgives me.
No, frankly you are a bar steward and should feel guilty a lot longer. How could you.

BTW didn&#39;t somebody work out that I was you once.

[MediaSlayer]

BTW didn&#39;t somebody work out that I was you once.
Yeah that was pretty funny JPaul. Back to this Modding thing though. I think subtle hints work well. I mean if the person is new but acting like "Mr. Big Pants" then maybe someone could hint to them and they&#39;ll get the message. Or PM. I&#39;ll admit that I&#39;m new I learned on a 486x66 comp and I didn&#39;t do alot of surfing with that version of Microsoft IE that&#39;s for sure. It was a slow era. I was capable of creating config.sys and autoexec.bat files and that was the extent of it. Excuse my noobiness.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by MediaSlayer@28 June 2003 - 22:36

BTW didn&#39;t somebody work out that I was you once.
Yeah that was pretty funny JPaul. Back to this Modding thing though. I think subtle hints work well. I mean if the person is new but acting like "Mr. Big Pants" then maybe someone could hint to them and they&#39;ll get the message. Or PM. I&#39;ll admit that I&#39;m new I learned on a 486x66 comp and I didn&#39;t do alot of surfing with that version of Microsoft IE that&#39;s for sure. It was a slow era. I was capable of creating config.sys and autoexec.bat files and that was the extent of it. Excuse my noobiness.
n00b. I remember writing batch files in dos. From a hardware point of view I remember the first computers I used had a floppy and no hard drive. We thought it was great when we got the second floppy.

As a matter of historical interest, that was why the C drive was called that, because A and B were floppies.

[balamm]

Consider yourself lucky to have had floppys&#33; I started on a TI 99/4-a with tape backup. RS-232 was it? With a horrible scream from the cassete deck if you forgot to decrease the volume before a backup.
I was quite privileged in that I managed to purchase one of the few extended basic modules available.

10> if c>230 then 440 else ......... 2 days to program a bloody sprite to jump up and down on the screen lol

(I&#39;m sure the syntax is incorrect by the way for those of you who notice such things)

[Lamsey]

I did (and still do) some programming on my trusty old Commodore 64. I made a Breakout clone and a Snake clone, both of which were rather crude but still fairly playable :)

[balamm]

I know this is off topic but it&#39;s funny how history repeats itself-

TI vs C-64 vs Tandy

Windows vs Mac vs Linux

I&#39;m just rediscovering the C-64 now through roms and emulators I&#39;ve downloaded. Surprised at how well it runs on a modern PC too&#33;
With the recent trend towards micro systems and ram drives, maybe more stuff will come out of the attic.

Anyway..... before Lamsey moves my ramblings to another part of the forum lol,

Yes, pm&#39;s are helpfull. I still like to spend a bit of time participating in the forums myself.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by balamm@28 June 2003 - 23:29
Consider yourself lucky to have had floppys&#33; I started on a TI 99/4-a with tape backup. RS-232 was it? With a horrible scream from the cassete deck if you forgot to decrease the volume before a backup.
I was quite privileged in that I managed to purchase one of the few extended basic modules available.

10> if c>230 then 440 else ......... 2 days to program a bloody sprite to jump up and down on the screen lol

(I&#39;m sure the syntax is incorrect by the way for those of you who notice such things)
If you want to get really serious. The first time I programmed a computer it was using an alphanumeric keypad. We put the code in using hex. After having spent days writing it and compiling it manually. The programmes were saved on "tickertape".

[Somebody1234]

Or punchcards. <_<

http://www.lysator.liu.se/history/images/Punchcard-2.jpg

[namzuf9]

The first time I dipped my toes in programming waters deep was on a Sincliar Spectrum 48k. I got it to draw a circle&#33; :w00t:

[MUSLEMAN]

computers you guys had computers i had to hand write my programs on a sheet of paper :lol: :lol: :lol: show offs :lol: :lol: :lol:

[balamm]

You had paper? whoah&#33;&#33;

[dgmortal]

this thread is getting way off topic :P could a mod move this to the software or hardware discussion section? :D ;) :lol:

[namzuf9]

Originally posted by balamm@29 June 2003 - 02:13
You had paper? whoah&#33;&#33;
In my day we just had coal from t&#39;pit and the backs of our hands. We could&#39;nt use the coal too much &#39;cos it was our family&#39;s dinner. Shall I carve father?

[DVD PIRATE]

Originally posted by Fluffy_Bunny@28 June 2003 - 16:08
Okay, it&#39;s not just this forum. You&#39;ve probably noticed it too. What&#39;s the deal with regular members (who may or may not have been on a forum for a long time) doing the jobs of the moderators? Members say things like "hey, that&#39;s the wrong forum", "stop spamming", etc. What is it? Don&#39;t you think the moderators can do a good enough job? In general, moderators do a great job and I don&#39;t think they need the extra help. Opinions?
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[tite-wad]

Originally posted by dg_mortal@28 June 2003 - 21:43
this thread is getting way off topic&nbsp; :P&nbsp; &nbsp; could a mod move this to the software or hardware discussion section?&nbsp; :D&nbsp; ;)&nbsp; :lol:
I don&#39;t think it belongs in either of those forums...

http://members.roadfly.com/tite-wad/space.GIFHey&#33;http://members.roadfly.com/tite-wad/space.GIFLookie there&#33;http://members.roadfly.com/tite-wad/space.GIFBack on topic&#33;&#33;&#33; :P