[wp-forums] Forum moderation

[Michael B]

On 3/22/06, Podz <podz at tamba2.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Petit wrote:
> > Podz:
> > In the support forum there is a sticky om Forum moderation.
> > It is open for anyone to append to, and maybe it should be closed.
> > Someone just jumped in with a support request and I recommended to start
> > a new thread.
>
> My thinking:
> - people posting requests into a thread such as the above indicates they
> are having difficulty in working out how to make a new post. While it
> does indeed start spinning things away, it does indicate a need for the
> forum. This has been addressed in the list of things to be done.
>
> - Closing a forum thread about moderation is - for me - a bad thing to do.
> First: it implies that moderation is a static element and discussions we
> have on the list show that it is far from static.
> Second: useful suggestions can and do come from the many users of the
> forums. What we see now is the culmination of knowledge and wasn't a one
> shot wonder from anyone past.
> Third: It's a _sticky_ and as such a lot of people ignore it after their
> first view. This can be a good thing. If someone wants to post every 6
> hours about forum moderation in that thread, fine - that thread is
> moving nowhere. If we close it then the forum user can legitimately open
> a thread and *bump* it repeatedly - that would cause noise and in the
> end it would cause us to moderate it - rightly or wrongly. Either way
> closing the thread can make work for us.
> Having an open thread has far more benefits they way I see it.
>
> P.
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Agreed.  My only wish is that those that have specific accusations direct
them towards you or Matt.  I certainly don't like the ambiguity of bad
moderators.
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