Admins! I want a new structure (And I think you 2) [Archive]

amar7

13-02-2007, 10:59 PM

Hi everyone,

I like to see a new structure on this forum. There are many trolls and spammer who are imo treated right, so they cannot interrupt reasonable discussion on this forum.

The only big problem is, that we dont have any structure here.. We need definitly a new one. Just look on how the "General" Forum is overflowed..

I want everyone, who reads this and who is a fan of David Icke to give his opinions on this and I will regulary edit this one. Hopefully the admins will take over this one then.
I will start with the first two:

New Structure:
- About David Icke
- Experience with substances (drugs as suggested by an other thread)

So keep postin, until we have a new structure from different minds!

If possible, please make this one sticky.
Thanks, Amar7

amar7

13-02-2007, 11:40 PM

well i know many many forums, which work that way including a "collective vibe" ..
this is the worst idea, putting all in one. it would be chaos my friend

eternal_spirit

13-02-2007, 11:48 PM

Could give it a try. :D

amar7

14-02-2007, 12:41 AM

@shadow: too much threads in one subforum = chaos & no overview.
that easy.
The more members register here, the more you you can see the prove for that

every big forum has subjects and thats not without reason

teslafire

14-02-2007, 01:03 AM

Similarly, language and all higher cognitive brain functions are controls, what with all that organization - have a good think about it.

amar7

14-02-2007, 01:58 AM

true^^ also a forum with some (well partitioned) subforums doesnt indicate control, but just good arrangement
now u have a think 'bout it my friend ;)

drgonzo

14-02-2007, 02:07 AM

How could multiple subforums even have anything remotely to do with control? You don't shit in a urinal, it's the same concept. When I look at the general forum it's overwhelming, you can get lost in all these posts, and it's only going to get bigger and bigger and bigger as more people join. If we don't space things out posts will eventually scroll by as fast as a chat room.

amar7

14-02-2007, 02:11 AM

How could multiple subforums even have anything remotely to do with control? You don't shit in a urinal, it's the same concept.

ROFL !!!! :D
that was good and so true

amar7

14-02-2007, 10:57 PM

hello?? could i get any answer for this request? my thread has gone down because of this very reason..

amar7

15-02-2007, 03:30 PM

push

apemachine

15-02-2007, 05:25 PM

It seems to be a challange to get a straight answer. Either that or the rulers of the forum are debating wether or not this is the way to go.

I for one think it is. More forum-topics, the easier it is to navigate and find what you want, and will also ease the burden on the General-forum.

drgonzo

15-02-2007, 09:32 PM

Everyone's just busy I think, give it a few days.

limelady

15-02-2007, 10:05 PM

Hello armar7

You are not being ignored, its just that Sean has been busy on other projects for David these past few days, and I haven't had a chance to bring this thread to his attention. Please rest assured I will discuss this with him as soon as he is available, as I happen to agree that the threads (particularly general) are becoming harder to navigate and manage.

Sean is the administrator, therefore I cannot make decisions or the changes you are suggesting, but I'm sure Sean will do so as soon as he has time to look into it. Please be patient, as I am aware he is currently working up to 18 hours a day with little sleep at the moment, but I'm sure he will make your suggestion a priority as soon as he is able.

Thanks
Lime

amar7

16-02-2007, 02:38 AM

dear limelady, thank you for that answer. i hope it is going to be soon that sean has time, because in my opinion this is urgent for the surviving of this (chaotic but with potential) forum.
if i wouldnt like david icke and this forum, i wouldnt give a damn. but i really hope it gets better.
and thanks to all the mods, who delete spam postings and even ban the trolls that are infinitly coming up like vermin.

they are also doing a good job :)

have a nice day &
thx 2u too
amar7

amar7

16-02-2007, 03:01 AM

btw: i cannot edit my first post to add suggestions for the new structure!
could you give me the right to edit my post?

janeway

16-02-2007, 04:10 AM

I like this forum and how it works.
Ofcourse "General" is full of GENERAL stuff.
It is a very busy forum and that is the succes of it.
There are a lot of other sub headings which I like too.

A lot of interaction, worldwide.
And if someone is cursing or making non issue related remarks: I just skip it.

For me it is very o.k.

amar7

16-02-2007, 04:33 AM

amar7

10-03-2008, 11:56 PM

push the 2nd
i didnt have internet a long time so i missed this thread.. I thought the moderators will work on it?
i think now it is more necesarry then ever to take such step, even if its quiet alot of work (Ithink)
so what do you as a member say and what do the mods say about that idea?

majicdragon

11-03-2008, 12:09 AM

I am happy to watch and see what happens.

drael

11-03-2008, 01:07 AM

Its certainly good to be adaptive. I can see room for a little shuffle in topics. Awakening itself is altering peoples perspectives, and surely there will come a time when the forum areas will need to be more organic. For me this means less division, and more merging of similar concepts, perhaps with a similar number of total catergories. Psycedelics and their experiences for example crosses over with meditation, out of body etc. (theres even some overlap with psychic powers, the matrix, awakening, 2012...it goes on and on, but some organisation is of course still useful).

On the topic of trolls etc, actually it seems to me as if some conflict with outside ideas would be good for confidence building, strength etc of the community that lives here. Of course, if u just opened the doors itd be a flood which isnt really ideal, but perhaps u could leave banned people with access to the rant room?

mynameis

11-03-2008, 05:26 AM

I sense a poll and a sticky thread coming.

amar7

11-03-2008, 03:45 PM

I would welcome such step, but the mods arent even replying on this subject and again within 1day the thread went completele down to the 2nd page.
Hopefully there will be a reaction soon cuz I like this forum but its way too chaotic and unbalanced because of what I've described her

kallista

11-03-2008, 04:26 PM

What's with the Raelean avatar?

dondaz

11-03-2008, 04:46 PM

Good thread. You're right amar7, the general is runing at full speed and good threads get burried beneath all the msm stuff. Sub-catorgories is a good idea. The forum could also do with a reference library too.

We do need a general section, even though it's trolled to high heaven with bollocks much of the time!

Keep the ideas coming.:)

lookfar

11-03-2008, 06:22 PM

I also agree that the General forum is very full & lots of good stuff gets lost very quickly.

We are keeping an eye on this thread, so keep the ideas coming guys. If you can structure something then we can put it to Sean & see what he says, as it's his decision at the end of the day....:)

I'll sticky it for a while to see what transpires.

thirdwave

11-03-2008, 06:49 PM

lemonique

11-03-2008, 07:27 PM

I remember ages ago I said that the page should be made bigger... so you can scroll down further and see more threads..... At the time I was told it was being looked into... I kept meaning to say something again but I think the page is to short....

Good point! At the moment the thread headings are 1cm in length...could they be reduced to 5mm or less? to allow more headings on the page ? other forums manage to get more thread starters on the front page.

Lemonique

thorleyart

12-03-2008, 09:31 AM

a general forum should be removed completely.
maybe instead a "general -for subjects that dont fit in any other sub"-forum

ABSOLUTLEY DISAGREE

The general section is my favourite part, specifically because it changes so much and there are so many different things being discussed. I like scrolling down the general section and looking at anything that peaks my interest.

lookfar

12-03-2008, 09:47 AM

ABSOLUTLEY DISAGREE

The general section is my favourite part, specifically because it changes so much and there are so many different things being discussed. I like scrolling down the general section and looking at anything that peaks my interest.

To be honest I think you've got a cheek demanding the forum be changed when you've only been on it a relatively short time.

Hi thorleyart

This thread was originally started on 13 Feb 2007 when the forum was brand new. Amar7 bumped this up a couple of days ago from way back.

I personally think it's good to receive feedback & recommendations from members on how to improve things here, as this place is growing rapidly by the day. I've temporarily stuck this thread to see if we can gather as much feedback from people as we can & then pass it onto Sean to see if we can move forward with it or not.

hagbard_celine

12-03-2008, 05:40 PM

ABSOLUTLEY DISAGREE

The general section is my favourite part, specifically because it changes so much and there are so many different things being discussed. I like scrolling down the general section and looking at anything that peaks my interest.

Yes, I find tha not all threads fit into a category, and some are so off-topic from David usual stuff that you need a general chat forum.

dondaz

14-03-2008, 05:08 PM

I like scrolling down the general section and looking at anything that peaks my interest.

Yeah, I like it for the same reason! Very diverse!

drael

15-03-2008, 01:38 AM

I have to say im really starting to feel like these catergories are just another form of box. I mean health is seperate from meditation, which is seperate from psychic abilites etc etc. All these things are the same thing. Perhaps we could use colours or numbers or something more abstract? or is that too ascended of me...?

limelady

15-03-2008, 01:52 AM

blane777

15-03-2008, 01:55 AM

Well i kinda feel its about time we all spent more time developing ourselves as the consciousness we are supposed to be and pulled the plugs from the wall and let these machines rot in the plastic grave we made them :)

steevo

15-03-2008, 02:03 AM

When I was relatively new on here I asked the same question, for the catergories to be changed because General was moving too fast but I got used to it and quite like it now.

But it is a shame that lots of stuff in the General section dont get seen cos they quickly move down the list. Is there any chance that on starting a new thread in the General Section the poster has to nominate another catergory for it to be automatically placed in say after a week and then the thread can easily be used for future reference maybe ?

amar7

15-03-2008, 03:14 PM

I've temporarily stuck this thread to see if we can gather as much feedback from people as we can & then pass it onto Sean to see if we can move forward with it or not.

Actually this would take too much time, and we gotta know first, if this suggestion is accepted or not..
my first one is still the same: make a sub for drugs/substances. i think that alon would make general about 10% lighter.
Members who got more than 1000posts should comment more about this, cuz they know whats going on.

Also a very very big problem to me is the title of most threads. Totally meaningless and confusing.. like "You gotta see this...( Video )" or "FreakOut!!!" or "Are volcanoes..."

such members should be warned and eventually if they ignore, banned..
maybe the moderators here are just not enough or lazy to organize such big forum!
If they would do it properly, they'd hav my props cuz i myself couldnt manage it, its much work! But I wouldnt call myself moderator because of that reason. I think we gotta have major changes here

steevo

15-03-2008, 03:22 PM

Actually this would take too much time, and we gotta know first, if this suggestion is accepted or not..
my first one is still the same: make a sub for drugs/substances. i think that alon would make general about 10% lighter.
Members who got more than 1000posts should comment more about this, cuz they know whats going on.

Also a very very big problem to me is the title of most threads. Totally meaningless and confusing.. like "You gotta see this...( Video )" or "FreakOut!!!" or "Are volcanoes..."

such members should be warned and eventually if they ignore, banned..
maybe the moderators here are just not enough or lazy to organize such big forum!
If they would do it properly, they'd hav my props cuz i myself couldnt manage it, its much work! But I wouldnt call myself moderator because of that reason. I think we gotta have major changes here

Why do we need a drugs/substances catergory :confused:
The illuminati runs the drugs trade, what more is there to say ?
The illuminati can go f*ck their drugs :mad:

amar7

15-03-2008, 03:23 PM

But it is a shame that lots of stuff in the General section dont get seen cos they quickly move down the list.

Is there any chance that on starting a new thread in the General Section the poster has to nominate another catergory for it to be automatically placed in say after a week and then the thread can easily be used for future reference maybe ?

Thats exactly right.. many very good threads just go down under some uninteresting bullsh*t
what do you mean with that nomination? sry my english aint the best, so can u explain?

Yes, I find tha not all threads fit into a category, and some are so off-topic from David usual stuff that you need a general chat forum.
Of course not every thread fits in a category, but I say the admin could make this overflowing general forum at least 70% slimmer
I am registred at some Forums and few even bigger as this. But I never seen such highspeed 'loss' of actually good threads

amar7

15-03-2008, 03:32 PM

Why do we need a drugs/substances catergory :confused:
The illuminati runs the drugs trade, what more is there to say ?
The illuminati can go f*ck their drugs :mad:
Thats also right for the most part mate.- But I think cannabis and hashish are harmless compared to other illegal drugs and even compared to alcohol.

PS: thats not a recommendation to use any drug! they're generally bad for your health (legal as much as illegal drugs) and if you gotta do it,in a responsible way

antiem

15-03-2008, 03:37 PM

The general section is my favourite part, specifically because it changes so much and there are so many different things being discussed. I like scrolling down the general section and looking at anything that peaks my interest.
MY problem with that is as English is not my mother language, I lose the overview and so miss a lot of threads. I can't hold on to the tempo. :o

amar7

16-03-2008, 09:34 PM

thats also my problem, cuz my english isnt very good.
i think we got many international members here, so we are not the only ones i think.
even if this was my mother language, still i think the general one is moving wayyyyyyyy too fast!!

amar7

17-03-2008, 04:28 PM

Well there are some plans in the pipeline that will change a few things round here when they're put in place.

Its a wee way off yet, but I have a strong feeling most of you will approve ;)

hi limelady, can you give a glimpse of what you talked about ? i would love to know..
Also a forum style/colour selection would be gr8 I think, but not as important as a complete deep restructuring this forum sub!
now i hope i will get an answer from you dear limelady before this goes down again within a few hours.. then we can let that thread rest in peace
wether you agree on my point or not. i just would like to get a clear answer first

steevo

23-03-2008, 09:50 PM

In case you dont know about this Amar7, if you click on "User CP" on the left of your screen near the top, it shows you all the threads that you have replied to. Hope this helps with your navigation of the forum cos it certainly helps me cos otherwise I wouldnt be able to cope.

limelady

23-03-2008, 10:13 PM

hi limelady, can you give a glimpse of what you talked about ? i would love to know..
Also a forum style/colour selection would be gr8 I think, but not as important as a complete deep restructuring this forum sub!
now i hope i will get an answer from you dear limelady before this goes down again within a few hours.. then we can let that thread rest in peace
wether you agree on my point or not. i just would like to get a clear answer first

Hi armar7, I'm sorry I missed this post, but the thread has popped up again so I'll answer now.

Sean has some ideas which he intends to look into as soon as he's finished with his current projects, but I don't really feel its my place to go making any specific announcements about this as yet. Its maybe a few months away yet also, and his ideas may need tweaking here and there before he settles on something, so it's probably a bit premature to have even mentioned it. But I did so because I wanted to let you know that the ongoing evolution of this forum, and changes that may become necessary in order to meet our expanding needs here, is not being ignored or over-looked.....its in fact something Sean has given quite a lot of thought too recently.

But he's a busy lad, so everything will happen in its own time. :D

i_am

23-03-2008, 10:20 PM

I would just like to put im my 2c here :)

Instead of expecting the mods, who are few, to sort it out, how about everyone takes responsibility for their own posting?

Instead of putting everything in General, put some thought into it and post it in the approporiate forum to start with?

amar7

20-05-2008, 11:45 PM

Hi armar7, I'm sorry I missed this post, but the thread has popped up again so I'll answer now.

Sean has some ideas which he intends to look into as soon as he's finished with his current projects, but I don't really feel its my place to go making any specific announcements about this as yet. Its maybe a few months away yet also, and his ideas may need tweaking here and there before he settles on something, so it's probably a bit premature to have even mentioned it. But I did so because I wanted to let you know that the ongoing evolution of this forum, and changes that may become necessary in order to meet our expanding needs here, is not being ignored or over-looked.....its in fact something Sean has given quite a lot of thought too recently.

But he's a busy lad, so everything will happen in its own time. :D

Dear limelady, Did sean read through my thread and is it still in planning or completely forgotten?
I mean the more we let this forum go on, the more difficult i.e. impossible is changing it going to be..
Really I mean watch the situation now pls..
The general section has 10.000 threads and the rest (except news) doesnt have even 1.000.
I am registred in so many forums and such a heavy disbalance and (in my view) chaos I've rarely seen.
As for I like this forum, I wish that a change is gonna happen, even if I doubt it now after all the time I've opened up this thread it is more than a year :(

limelady

20-05-2008, 11:53 PM

Hello amar7.....fear not, the plans have not been buried or forgotten.

I said in my previous post this would all be a few months away, and without getting into a specific date, I can assure you some changes are coming VERY soon now. :)

amar7

21-05-2008, 12:14 AM

Thanks limelady, happy to hear that!
Ppl (including me) post mostly here, because the post/thread gets the most attention here only.. If I'd make the same thread in some other category I'd might get no replies at all.
I am excited about the change that's comming :)

amar7

05-11-2008, 11:59 PM

Hi Limelady, can you give an update on my request..?

also the embedded video (like youtube) function of this forum is very annoying. Everytime I try to change the volume within the video window, there comes the next video.. Also the rest of the thread is made dark and by trying to select a part of the thread text, the video clip gets automatically closed. It should be independent from the thread itself. At least I find this very annoying.

ps:It would be a nice christmas present for me and other members of this forum to change these things (phpBB, my advice for this forum)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b313/RBTL/christmas_funny_picture_10.jpg

mushroombot

06-11-2008, 12:15 AM

also the embedded video (like youtube) function of this forum is very annoying. Everytime I try to change the volume within the video window, there comes the next video.. [/LEFT]

I second that - im running fire fox btw. Thanks to everyone running the forum.

amar7

06-11-2008, 03:11 PM

hey sweet limey, where are you?

haukipesukone

06-11-2008, 03:14 PM

Instead of putting everything in General, put some thought into it and post it in the approporiate forum to start with?

That's one of the best comments I've read in ages.

qasrose

06-11-2008, 03:21 PM

a general forum should be removed completely.
maybe instead a "general -for subjects that dont fit in any other sub"-forum

also an introduce yourself forum would make a friendly atmosphere

i can understand your opinion, but if you were registred in some big forums, you would realize the chaos here.. you cannot have an overview that way.
we need new sub-forums and every wrong posted thread should be then moved into the right one.

thats the best way, i just hope that we have behind this ppl who do actually have the time to lead this into the right direction
(its nothing about dicatorship as some weird ppl claimed. thats just how it hast to be)

I agree that their should be an Introduce yourself sub forum, that way we would be able to know who the new members are etc. But I am not sure I agree on removing the general part. General is their for anyone to talk about anything other than conspiracy's etc so removing this would just simply just flood the forum, I like the way it is at the moment though imo

qasrose

06-11-2008, 03:23 PM

Hi Limelady, can you give an update on my request..[/LEFT]

If their is any updates Sean or Lime will respond to you.

particlezen

06-11-2008, 03:44 PM

why not just use the "new posts" function to navigate the site if you want everything lumped together?

anthony65

06-11-2008, 03:50 PM

Or put General and Today's News at the bottom of the page...?

Most people are too lazy to scroll... :)

haukipesukone

06-11-2008, 03:52 PM

Or put General and Today's News at the bottom of the page...?

Most people are too lazy to scroll... :)

That's a good idea.

steevo

06-11-2008, 05:16 PM

That's a good idea.

It IS a good idea that is :)

steevo

06-11-2008, 05:20 PM

Or put General and Today's News at the bottom of the page...?

Most people are too lazy to scroll... :)

Or maybe put them in the middle of the other caterogories and not next to each other and maybe that would force us to view the other catergories that we tend to be too lazy to look at ?

amar7

07-11-2008, 12:23 PM

Or put General and Today's News at the bottom of the page...?

Most people are too lazy to scroll... :)

that wouldn't make a difference, now that the general forum is known by many ppl..
If they had made it at the start of the forum, you'd be probably right abbou t it ;)

danster82

07-11-2008, 12:37 PM

Ive already suggested they consolidate the sections there are too many people dont post in them sections for the obvious reason that no one will read their posts. When looking at the sections you can easily consolidate at least 3 of every section into one

amar7

07-11-2008, 03:30 PM

exactly!

This Forum of thousands of subjects and threads should be sorted in the right direction.

But first there's gotta be many subforums. And one for "threads which doesn't fit in other subs"
To keep this one small, not like general, the long-time members and mods with a large amout of postings should discuss, which things are discussed most here.
Its a difficult thing to do, cuz the forum members and threads are many.
And as I've written before, by the time with these growing numbers, it gets more difficult to organize this

I don't know if the moderators/admins are ready to do all this work, as it would take alot of time, thought and nerves to sort things out here and moving things into the right direction.

Is here any mod/forum advisor or whoever works for this forum willing to finally answer my request?

amar7

07-11-2008, 06:30 PM

push 1

amar7

08-11-2008, 01:49 PM

push2

dondaz

08-11-2008, 06:28 PM

I think a Freeman On the Land or at least a Law section would go down a treat, and a banking section too!

raptorialis

08-11-2008, 06:34 PM

I like this forum just the way it is.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_7A6XmYjhj8k8M:http://nanopower.chem.ucla.edu/happy-face.gif

amar7

09-11-2008, 12:58 PM

If the admin/mods etc take the decision to do that, it would be good to close the forum for as long as it takes and make a temporary one, where people still can discuss, but they'll be deleted when the new forum opens up

I wonder now, where the replys of mods are..

amar7

11-11-2008, 08:09 PM

here I am again....... page 5 within 2days
and seemingly noone will take responsibility to better the forum, because it is much work

xpleet

11-11-2008, 08:14 PM

limelady

12-11-2008, 04:43 AM

hey sweet limey, where are you?

Hey.....sorry I haven't responded before now amar7. I've been off-line for a week shifting house.....moved to the country. Its taken an age to even get a phone connected, let alone an internet connection, and even now I'm only on a temporary dial-up connection (:eek:) as there is (apparently) a major fault that needs sorting on several lines out here before I can get my DSL back.....so.....:o

Anyway, in the time since I last posted on your thread, there have been a few changes I'm sure you've already noticed (new researchers sub-section and chat .... which is not properly up and running as intended yet). Things just take a bit of time, and Sean is really the man in the know with regard to further changes to forum format, and he's getting there with it. :)

drael

12-11-2008, 04:49 AM

Id be facinated to see an abstract subject system.

One could use colours, numbers, or animals for example.

limelady

12-11-2008, 06:04 AM

Id be facinated to see an abstract subject system.

One could use colours, numbers, or animals for example.

You design it - I'll submit it for consideration! :D

kale

12-11-2008, 06:14 AM

this sites just a fancey version of ATS....

mountainwarrior

12-11-2008, 06:24 AM

****************** forum is prolly the busiest conspiracy forum on the internet..

i'm not a fan of the forum anymore, but i love how it was back in the days when elaine ran it.

it was always the first place on the internet to get breaking news! you felt like you were part of the action! part of a team! part of a community of detectives on a mission to save the planet!

if i ran the david icke forum i would make the general forum AND breaking news forum(2 separate forums) just like the old GLP forum!(without the stinkin pins!)

i would keep the rest of the subsections just as they are!

viola all problems solved!

simplicity + most profound, groundbreaking forum on the internet!

haukipesukone

12-11-2008, 09:30 AM

Id be facinated to see an abstract subject system.

One could use colours, numbers, or animals for example.

Something like that might be cool.

I think there are too many different sections. That's why everyone posts everything in General and News. If there were less sections people would be forced to see threads about things they may normally not be as interested about, and thus learn something.

Something more abstract would be better. More concise.

Some section name's topics seem a bit random, especially to a newbie.
Spot the odd-one out:
Earth Changes / Global Warming / Chemtrails / Weather Warfare
Meditation / Human Consciousness / Ascension / 2012 Mayan Calendar

amar7

13-11-2008, 08:01 PM

The Problem is that a lot of people unfortunately embrace useless argumentations and talk about things they don't actually know about but this won't go away no matter what kind of forum this is because you can't change the programming that affects people's mind in all kinds of ways.

Ignoring is the key and you don't even need a forum function for that.

I disagree on the last point you made, imo the general forum is so full of bullshit threads and also some very thoughful things, which go down in most cases very fast unless it gets constantly new posts, cuz it is overloaded here

amar7

15-11-2008, 01:56 PM

Hey.....sorry I haven't responded before now amar7. I've been off-line for a week shifting house.....moved to the country. Its taken an age to even get a phone connected, let alone an internet connection, and even now I'm only on a temporary dial-up connection (:eek:) as there is (apparently) a major fault that needs sorting on several lines out here before I can get my DSL back.....so.....:o

Anyway, in the time since I last posted on your thread, there have been a few changes I'm sure you've already noticed (new researchers sub-section and chat .... which is not properly up and running as intended yet). Things just take a bit of time, and Sean is really the man in the know with regard to further changes to forum format, and he's getting there with it. :)

The main problem is the general-forums overload and that new sub-section is didn't solve this problem.
It got even worse over here, a thread rarely stays on the first page for more than few hours or a day..

Would be nice if Sean could reply to this

astrochicken

15-11-2008, 03:25 PM

What pisses me off me are shills & trolls being sucessfull in getting newsworthy and informative threads moved in to the rant room, through excessive subjective posts á la "yes i am" , "no you're not", "yes you fucking are", "no, i'm fucking not".

I've seen many a good thread *vanish* from where it deserved to be,
based solely on information contained and thus not being read by more.

amar7

16-11-2008, 08:53 PM

limelady

16-11-2008, 09:03 PM

I absolutely agree with you on that point, astrokchicken.
This forum also has to be better moderated. There has to be forum guidelines, that get strictly followed.
No personal attacks would be also an important one. Many ppl here get personal, because no mod really cares. There are just too few of them here to manage the whole thing.

I feel this is an unfair accusation, as the moderators are ALWAYS doing their best to ensure personal insults are dealt with according to the forum guidelines.

You have to realise we have to juggle freedom of speech with the forum guidelines constantly, and at times there is a very fine line and we therefore must make a call or try and ascertain a members intentions. More often than not the moderators get it right, but other times we are dammed if we do and dammed if we don't because we just can't please everybody. But I can assure you the moderators always do their best.

Also, we never talk moderation on the forum threads due to member privacy, so forum members really have no idea what sort of action is being taken against other members, and I can assure you the forum is monitored 24/7.

But at peak times we cannot read every post obviously, so this is where we must rely on members reporting any abuses they may spot that we have missed.

We may not always agree that it IS abuse being reported, but we look into every reported post and take action where considered necessary.

darketernal

16-11-2008, 09:22 PM

Limelady makes a valid point. Every reported posts gets at least 5 mods reading it within a few minutes, and often times we don't feel it has broken a forum guideline and so we might flag the thread to watch it closer.

As far as nothing being done, if you saw the shear number of posts we have to delete in which someone called someone else "a fucktard dicksucking shitcock", issue points again that poster towards being put on warning or banned... then have to deal with that poster who feels their free speech has been censored by the nazi mod team in PM's...

Then when said individual has done it several times in one day, and we put him/her "on warning"... another person who liked this person, who never saw the deleted posts, and who has not read the forum guidelines which clearly state "moderation issues are not to be discussed in the open forum" will start a thread called, "Poster X was banned/put on warning for no reason/I want to know the reason!" which then leads to one of us deleting said thread, and issuing points against this person, who then feels the nazi moderation team has struck with the heavy hand of censorship yet again, when if they had read the guidelines they would have know their thread would be deleted.

Then the average forum member who doesn't see the 90% worst insults on the forum, because we block them from public view rather quickly sees a few minor insults on the forum and thinks "the mod team sure doesn't do very much.. that guy told someone else they were silly for believing differently than him and they did nothing!", when the real reason is, there is a fine line between enforcing the rules and imposing on someone's free speech, and sometimes the insults are not severe enough to warrent our interference in the natural flow of conversation.

Limelady, does that about sum it up?

Oh again for those not familiar with the forum rules, here they are:
http://www.davidicke.com/forum/faq.php

apekteina lordosis

16-11-2008, 09:31 PM

fucktard dicksucking shitcock

thanks that brought a chuckle. personally i don't mind being insulted providing the insulter does it with a certain amount of panache and originality.

anyways without wishing to sound like i am trying to suck the moderators collective fat one, i think y'all do a top job :)

limelady

16-11-2008, 09:34 PM

Limelady, does that about sum it up?

Oh again for those not familiar with the forum rules, here they are:
http://www.davidicke.com/forum/faq.php

Indeed!

I think a few people might be rather surprised at what we have to deal with, and as I have stated before, its not an easy task and very often its a thankless one.

Having said that, there are some absolutely fantastic people on this forum who give us their full support, and it is THOSE people who make even our worst days worthwhile and keep us here when sometimes we REALLY feel like fleeing to the hills! :D

drael

17-11-2008, 04:30 AM

Thank you! You do an amazing job. Other forums balk at what you do.

steevo

17-11-2008, 12:33 PM

Thank you! You do an amazing job. Other forums balk at what you do.

I agree (but 'm not sure what "balk" means). Anyway, thanks mods, youre doing extremely well and in very difficult conditions too.

amar7

17-11-2008, 08:47 PM

Sorry, I didn't mean that. I also gave props to the mods for their work before, as they're spending many time and nerves on this forum, cuz here we have many retards interrupting a good discussion of the members. Still I think we have to few mods, because of the huge number of members here. To move every thread into the right section and so on.
You don't need to care about members, who say it's all dictated here.. Obvious breaks on forum guidelines should be deleted and warned also

Anyway, the issue I was talking about still remains, it's the heavy overload of the general section. I hope that the responsible person would reply on this finally (sean)
We have some of very good going down because of other less important things.

I wish that I can get an accurate reply on this. Wether its yes or no

thanks