Forum moderators

[VectorKing]

I think it would be a great idea to have moderators for some forums, just people who have the power to lock threads, close them delete them and move them, sticky threads in their forum and so forth. we already have intro moderators but i think we need moderators for several more forums.

• Tracker reviews, this could be a team of people who moderated tracker reviews and/or was a special team of people dedicated to writing high quality reviews, this suggestion is expanded here
• general discussion. the amount of spam that goes on there is horrendous, and a moderator or two that deleted all spam daily and i would actually go into that forum. just because its in tiddle taddle now doesn't mean it needs to be filled with spam.
• Bittorent Discussion again lots of spam in this forum too, just one or two people deleting spam daily and maybe making some interesting topics and also competitions.
• Graphic zone, you could have one or two people simple maintaining the forum and making competitions, i know a few forums where they just have a weekly competition for who can make the best sig/logo/avatar/design etc.. for no purpose apart from just having some fun. plus the prize could be a different invite each week, or bonus points or even other random things the moderators would think of. right now the main things that goes on in that forum is just request threads mostly.
• Seedbox reviews, again similar to tracker reviews you could have a review team dedicated too reviewing seedboxes.
• The chopping block a team dedicated to finding scammers and cheaters. I don't need to explain why this would benefit the forum..

These moderators wouldn't replace any staff in any way, but simple make their job easier, I know that there is tons to maintain in the forum and this could really help. to simple give away some of the easier jobs like deleting spam and locking useless threads to moderators, to free major staffs time to focus on other things. Most forums I am on have moderators, and it always works extremely well.

This is just a suggestion no mini modding and/or undermining of authority intended.

[Morph]

--- i think this would be a good idea and helpful in the same time for both sides ( Admins/ Super Mods and users ).. people would know who to adress to for specific problems/ advices and stuff like that when it comes to matters related to, let's say Seedbox Reviews, and staff members could take care of other business, but freely supervising the other/ forum mods actions, just like in the intro section...

--- my thoughts only ( no mini-modding/ power, authority undermining intended )

[Darius]

Well this could be a good idea to implement because this way valuable members of this forum would help keeping T-I clean and organised.

Like you said,the ability to close/move some threads,edit some posts,delete the spam,detect scamers and cheaters,create good tutorials and reviews given to some deserving good members will only go for the best and everything will improve.

Because those are just some minor things I don't see any reason to not aprove this.

And one more thing,it would be great if each section would have it's own moderator.

[Exa]

I agree with some of your points, but on a whole I don't really see a need for lotsa new moderators as you seem to suggest.

• Tracker reviews, this could be a team of people who moderated tracker reviews and/or was a special team of people dedicated to writing high quality reviews, this suggestion is expanded here

I don't see the point in making a moderator for this. People can and do already write HQ reviews?

• general discussion. the amount of spam that goes on there is horrendous, and a moderator or two that deleted all spam daily and i would actually go into that forum. just because its in tiddle taddle now doesn't mean it needs to be filled with spam.

What spam are you referring to? There's a bunch of threads such as "What is your favourite color?" and "What did you have for breakfast yesterday?" - however if you delete all of them there's not alot left in tiddle taddle. Besides, there's varying degrees of spam, you're saying somebody should have the authority to decide which ones are interesting and which aren't?

• Bittorent Discussion again lots of spam in this forum too, just one or two people deleting spam daily and maybe making some interesting topics and also competitions.

Again, as far as I can tell 75% of the topics are pretty pointless. You're suggesting somebody delete all of them?..

• Graphic zone, you could have one or two people simple maintaining the forum and making competitions, i know a few forums where they just have a weekly competition for who can make the best sig/logo/avatar/design etc.. for no purpose apart from just having some fun. plus the prize could be a different invite each week, or bonus points or even other random things the moderators would think of. right now the main things that goes on in that forum is just request threads mostly.

Great suggestion. Competitions are always fun and here they really make sense. Whether or not a mod is required to host a monthly competition is questionable, but I certainly support the competition idea! :)

• Seedbox reviews, again similar to tracker reviews you could have a review team dedicated too reviewing seedboxes.

See my comment on Tracker reviews. I don't really see the need to change the way it's currently done. If somebody wants to make a quality review, they don't have to be a mod?

• The chopping block a team dedicated to finding scammers and cheaters. I don't need to explain why this would benefit the forum...

What can a dedicated team do pro-actively that is not already happening and being monitored? The introduction process weeds out the worst, after that spammers and scammers are reported as they occur...

In the end, I can't really judge how overworked the supermods and admins are the way it is. Maybe adding a couple of Supermods to help out would relieve them some, but I don't think creating as many different mods as you've described above is entirely necesarry.

[ididit]

The idea looks good except in seedbox reviews and chopping block.
For seedbox reviews,everyone has their own view about particular seedbox and if a mod is made to edit all reviews there,people ll stop writing there as they feel that their review is not valued...so this forum must be untouched by mods and let it be as it is...


As for chopping block is concerned,there are hardly 1 or 2 cases per day and since it is visible on the main forum ,any mods and admin can handle it quickly..so again "chopping block" mod ll be left with no job!!!!

but mods in general discussion,other forums is highly appreciated...admins can keep a competition to choose one..it ll be fun!!!

[VectorKing]

I agree with some of your points, but on a whole I don't really see a need for lotsa new moderators as you seem to suggest.

• Tracker reviews, this could be a team of people who moderated tracker reviews and/or was a special team of people dedicated to writing high quality reviews, this suggestion is expanded here

I don't see the point in making a moderator for this. People can and do already write HQ reviews?

• general discussion. the amount of spam that goes on there is horrendous, and a moderator or two that deleted all spam daily and i would actually go into that forum. just because its in tiddle taddle now doesn't mean it needs to be filled with spam.

What spam are you referring to? There's a bunch of threads such as "What is your favourite color?" and "What did you have for breakfast yesterday?" - however if you delete all of them there's not alot left in tiddle taddle. Besides, there's varying degrees of spam, you're saying somebody should have the authority to decide which ones are interesting and which aren't?

• Bittorent Discussion again lots of spam in this forum too, just one or two people deleting spam daily and maybe making some interesting topics and also competitions.

Again, as far as I can tell 75% of the topics are pretty pointless. You're suggesting somebody delete all of them?..

• Graphic zone, you could have one or two people simple maintaining the forum and making competitions, i know a few forums where they just have a weekly competition for who can make the best sig/logo/avatar/design etc.. for no purpose apart from just having some fun. plus the prize could be a different invite each week, or bonus points or even other random things the moderators would think of. right now the main things that goes on in that forum is just request threads mostly.

Great suggestion. Competitions are always fun and here they really make sense. Whether or not a mod is required to host a monthly competition is questionable, but I certainly support the competition idea! :)

I said weekly (;

• Seedbox reviews, again similar to tracker reviews you could have a review team dedicated too reviewing seedboxes.

See my comment on Tracker reviews. I don't really see the need to change the way it's currently done. If somebody wants to make a quality review, they don't have to be a mod?

• The chopping block a team dedicated to finding scammers and cheaters. I don't need to explain why this would benefit the forum...

What can a dedicated team do pro-actively that is not already happening and being monitored? The introduction process weeds out the worst, after that spammers and scammers are reported as they occur...

In the end, I can't really judge how overworked the supermods and admins are the way it is. Maybe adding a couple of Supermods to help out would relieve them some, but I don't think creating as many different mods as you've described above is entirely necessary.

What your basically saying is that there are no needs for dedicated teams? well basically its like this, sure a lot of trackers allow everyone to upload torrents, but they still need dedicated teams that have a responsibility to upload torrents and high quality ones. Same here, sure we could have just user reviews but i still think we need a dedicated team that are obliged to create very high quality reviews.

Yes i think a mod can decide what is uninteresting unrelevent spam that no one cares about, and what is an interesting topic that makes sense to post, and not just 100 pages of one lined answers no one is ever going to read.

[bridskid]

ok guys this is just my 2cent on this suggestion

ok i dont think there is any need for a moderator for each section,the admins and super mods who we have do a great job in all sections of our forum, there isnt many threads which i mod/admin havnt posted in every thing is usually up to date.

As for the spam in sections,if you feel there is lots of spam you can report the post(s)by clicking the ! next to the user rep.this sends a message to the mods and they can take a look. Also if 1 member is continualy spamming with pointless posts and 5 word answers you can always put them on the chopping block for spamming and the staff decide there outcome,that is what we have a chopping block section for it even says it in the title "Scammers, Cheaters, Spammers get executed here! Convict and trial them right here!"

As for us haveing intro mods i feel this is benifical,we have so many intros every day and we were put in place so we can take some of the presure and workload off our site admins/mods so they can concentrate on doing an excellant job running our forums. In my opinion this is one of the most important sections on our forum where we gain new blood and new members which ensures the survaval of T-I for a very long time.

There is an old saying of "two many chiefs and not enough indians" and i feel this comes into place here, i feel the staff we have who run all these sections is enough and there is no need for a certain member of staff for a certain section of the site.

This is just my opinion and the higher powers of our community will decide but good luck with the suggestion

[TankGirl]

Whilst your idea is good in theory, in practical terms I personally don't think its necessary. If people want threads locked, moved or deleted all they have to do is ask or alternatively they can do it when they reach the required rank.
As for a tracker review team, again its a good idea, however, as at this present time people receive bonus's for updating a review, would that not be a monopoly on the bonus points? You also have to consider that many people find this a way to give back to the community as a whole, using a team would deprive them of that opportunity. The same goes for seedbox reviews.
Spam is spam - it happens everywhere all over the forum - report it, it will get dealt with and the people responsible chastised accordingly.
If you have idea's for a competition then suggest it or bring it to the attention of the staff. Bearing in mind its difficult to come up with a competition each week without it getting repetitive.
The chopping block - The only people that can hand out punishments for crimes committed on the forum are the staff, the incidents are very few and far between and they are dealt with in a timely manner.

Overall the system we have in place at the minute works, and as the saying goes - "if it ain't broke, then don't fix it" - if the situation changes then this suggest maybe implemented. In the mean time if there is an issue then bring it to our attention.

[Jschro14]

As much as I support the idea of trying to make the forum better - I'm not sure I support the methods.

Graphics section I certainly see no reason to change, that's where people should be allowed to make requests, show off their work, etc. If it gets a little spammy it just means there's more art to look at.

As far as reviews - I think some of the crappy reviews should be deleted, and then have a stickied thread called "Review Requests" where a mod would post what tracker review needed to be redone by someone to make it of higher quality. People would fulfill those requests and get rep bonuses, much like the "Bonuses for Filled Requests" we have in the request invites forum.

As far as General Discussion goes - it's filth. But - don't waste time moderating it, simply make it so posts don't add to post count in that forum. People who spam to get into giveaways suddenly stop spamming there, and then when they spam in serious discussions, they get banned. Patience is a virtue.

[algonator]

Graphic zone, you could have one or two people simple maintaining the forum and making competitions, i know a few forums where they just have a weekly competition for who can make the best sig/logo/avatar/design etc.. for no purpose apart from just having some fun. plus the prize could be a different invite each week, or bonus points or even other random things the moderators would think of. right now the main things that goes on in that forum is just request threads mostly.

This part sounds good and could be interesting.