(Site is a graveyard - How can boards save itself?) Any update?

And that does not contradict anything I said so I've no idea what your point is.

Lads, any kind of mandatory fee would absolutely crater the amount of people using the site.

I kinda agree broadly with what Tony Eh has had to say. The site isn't that bad really and a lot of those who complain the loudest only represent a certain part of the userbase.

It's not perfect, it is in decline, but IMO this has nothing really to do with moderation. Most users on the site never interact with the mods or accumulate warnings etc. Messageboards are on the way out and there's no interest from those running the show in dedicating any effort to the site: that's it really.

the nature of the S and S forum is completely different though to CA. Subbing to have a private/sensitive place to discuss tantric sex is a bit different to needing to pay to have an opinion on an upcoming general election etc.

better to implement hardcoded limits to who can post in CA so you can’t just reg new troll accounts every few minutes or keep a backlog of sleeper accounts with no post count.

The idea of a subscription was always that it would be a voluntary contribution. There was added benefits to being a subscriber, but if you weren't a subscriber, you wouldn't notice. You might get an extra star in your field, or instead of "registered user" it would say "subscriber" or a handle of your choice.

And is that not already the case? I had always supposed that having multiple accounts was a no-no. Was that naive of me?

What about closing an account and then opening a new one - I see that's been suggested earlier. Again, I would have thought that was, if not actually banned, then at least frowned upon?

If a player bad mouths the volunteer coaches of a sports team because they were dropped or whatever, they can expect short shrift in return.

I think one of the reasons posts may not be getting reported is a perception nothing happens, due to the lack of visible mod activity on the thread. The poster may have been sanctioned, or not, you don't know. For long time in CA the only visible sign of activity might be a message "Poster X threadbanned".
Other than that… posts deleted and stuff done by DM.

Multiple posters have flagged recent posts in this thread in CA, it has been 3 days and nothing has happened to content which under multiple boards rules is completely unacceptable.
I am not mentioning the poster here, but I am bringing it up as an example of why people perceive they are wasting time reporting posts.

I know the CA mods have a lot of their plate, and do trojan work but it is not an isolated incident that egregious posts are left in situ for long time despite being reported.

Have a look at the posts from 25th August 6pm or so on this thread, last page.

There's similar comment on this Help Desk thread, also reported, comments still there.
Look at 10th August 5pm.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058363766/doesnt-boards-have-a-policy-about-hate-speech#latest

Ok. Nobody should be rude .

If a mod is acting on a reported post, they should leave the post in place, delete the inappropriate content, and leave a brief statement of mod action in the post.

In this way, reporters can easily see if mod action was actually taken. Original reported post remaining as is implies no mod action.

The only reasonable exception should be if nuking a rereg troll, where all posts are normally deleted.

If you are prepared to do the mod work, that should include leaving a mod comment when action is taken.

OK I tend not to get time to Mod in CA but I know I have the permissions to do so

I hope to see more of this, it's as though CA in particular has fallen into this trap of eg. 'beasty etc. normally handle this forum so I'll let them keep at it' for the sake of consistency or whatever, but some of the posts in feedback lately indicate that eg. beasty etc. may be rightly taking more time off from the site lately whether from IRL or burnout so it's good of people with the permissions to come and step in, IMHO.

One minor suggestion, maybe it's worth rotating mods in from other forums. Just so long term mods don't face burnout and have more support..

People might be reluctant to do that because the mod will see it.