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Boards.ie needs reform

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  • 30-05-2011 11:54am
    #1
    Kevin joyce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭


    Boards.ie has a very bad rep for power mad mods, That needs to change, People should only be allowed serve as a forum mod for 6 months.
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    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Kevin joyce wrote: »
    Boards.ie has a very bad rep for power mad mods Citation needed, That needs to change, People should only be allowed serve as a forum mod for 6 months.
    FYP


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    #3
    Stark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,992 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    And have inexperienced often trigger happy mods moderating every single forum on boards.ie? No thanks.


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    #4
    Daemos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    Kevin joyce wrote: »
    Boards.ie has a very bad rep for power mad mods, That needs to change, People should only be allowed serve as a forum mod for 6 months.
    What a compelling argument


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    #5
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    Do you mean mods should only have a 6 month period to which the should be able to moderate?


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    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    I like your thinking OP. make Kevin Joyce a mod! In fact him the only mod.


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    #7
    Delirium
    Moderators Posts: 51,798 ✭✭✭✭Delirium


    Kevin joyce wrote: »
    Boards.ie has a very bad rep for power mad mods, That needs to change, People should only be allowed serve as a forum mod for 6 months.

    How would that resolve a power mad mod problem? If anything it would potentially make it much worse due to the high turnaround of mods in the various forums.

    Add to that, you've have a large number of mods being trained in at any given time (assuming we allow a mod to remain in a forum to train them).

    Are previous mods excluded from being mods again at a later date? Where are you going to source the large number of people required every 6 months to give up their free time to moderate a forum?

    Would it not be a better idea to review these 'power mad' moderators and try to see if anything needs to be done there, rather than tear down a system that for the best part seems to work well for the site?

    If you can read this, you're too close!



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    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    phasers wrote: »
    I like your thinking OP. make Kevin Joyce a mod! In fact him the only mod.
    But only for six months.


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    #9
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Kevin joyce wrote: »
    Boards.ie has a very bad rep for power mad mods, That needs to change, People should only be allowed serve as a forum mod for 6 months.

    Whats this really about Kev?


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    #10
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    Boards is, in my opinion, vastly overmoderated to such an extent that discussion is stifled. (with some exceptions of course)

    But that is more to do with the amount of posters, its an inevitability when a forum is so popular. If a relaxed attitude was adopted (such as on certain private forums) things would get wrecked pretty quickly by tossers. Give people an inch and they take a mile. Thats ok on small forums but on bigger ones that turns into a disaster.

    I think moderator should exist to facilitate discussion and ban those who insult, not act as supreme dictators locking threads left right and center. Forums should not be moderators personal kingdoms.


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    NeverSayDie
    Registered Users Posts: 515 ✭✭✭NeverSayDie


    At least the OP has a consistent track record in calling for increased moderation;
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72297773

    Other than that, what they said. New, inexperienced mods all over the place all the time somehow doesn't seem like the solution to whatever problem that's being invented here.


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    #12
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    Kevin joyce wrote: »
    Boards.ie has a very bad rep for power mad mods, That needs to change, People should only be allowed serve as a forum mod for 6 months.

    Using an alternative account, so, site banned.


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    #13
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    lol


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    #14
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    hehehe

    Hoisted by his own petard!


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    #15
    Dymo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Dymo


    I'd be happy if they just fixed the search function, bring back google search which was relevant.


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    Oopps, forgot to close...


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