| re: This board could use some rules and moderators | |
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Bright_Eyes 10:30 pm UTC 08/04/07 |
| In reply to: | re: This board could use some rules and moderators - Bright_Eyes 10:14 pm UTC 08/04/07 |
| The above post is not necessarily a serious suggestion, more a way of me saying that pidunk has not done things that warrant a ban and that requesting that she be banned is a waste of board space. That's my real point. > > Just an advice, to make sure what's okay and what isn't. > > Moderators surely can't be too hard to find, and there's > > not always need for a ban. Just suspend people temporarily > > from posting for a couple of days, or restrict them to a > > number of posts per day. Can't be too hard to set up > > technically. > > > > As for the rules, just some basics that should be common > > sense but isn't on the internet. Threatening, trolling, > > impersonating, harrassing... > > I wouldn't have brought this up myself, but just in > reading this board in 2007, there seems to be a LOT of > board space dedicated to discussion of whether or not > particular members should be banned, as opposed to Jim > Steinman stuff. This is also the only board I read that > doesn't have written rules. I know admin issues are none > of my business, but I think any board that bans people > should have the rules written. > > Wouldn't hurt to have a sticky thread that says something > like > > > > Rules for this forum > > > You can get banned for: > > 1) very extreme vulgarity, obscenity or offensiveness > > 2) very extreme threats or harassment > > 3) registering or posting in a serious attempt to > impersonate someone who you are not > > 4) posting so much that everybody else's posts scroll > quickly to the bottom of the page > > 5) possibly other stuff at the discretion of the admins > > > > > > > Off the top my head, that list just seems to be what > people actually do get banned for around here. Might as > well state rules that are already being enforced. If the > board had written rules, I would hope there might not be > so much posting about who you want banned. People wouldn't > feel like the admins should be "persuaded" or "negotiated" > into banning, because the list of things you can get > banned for is written plain as day. > > It would also make it clear that having beliefs that > cannot be verified is NOT, by itself, a ban-worthy > offense! There are probably lots of things about Steinman > that many of us believe that are more about > rumor/mythology than solid biography. > > Written rules I don't see as a sign that board-members are > immature, or that things have gotten really bad, I think > it's just business-as-usual for an internet forum. | |
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