Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:06:18 04/02/04
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On April 02, 2004 at 16:39:02, Sune Fischer wrote: >On April 02, 2004 at 16:30:08, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>>Moderators have to read a lot on the board anyway, that is what they are there >>>for. The lower response time the better. >> >>I was a moderator many terms, and I have never read as much as half of the >>messages on the board. The moderators are there to put out fires so that Steve >>does not have to do it. >> >>Most terms very little happens. Maybe 10 messages in the whole 6 months need >>some attention from a moderator. Then (on rare occasions) you have whinging >>twit attacks. When that happens, people start to pose solutions. I think >>almost every time the cure is worse than the disease. > >Perhaps there is too little moderation on this board. > >Ten messages in 6 month is unbelievable, no wonder that there is almost >constantly flame wars going on. During that time, the board was very quiet, with almost no bickering at all. The trolls and trouble makers went somewhere else to raise a fuss. >Personally I think it is better to swiftly delete the posts whos obvious intent >is to provoke, it's better than having to put out a big fire at its peak two >days later. It goes in cycles. I had one term where there were maybe three weeks in a row of fuss. And I had one term where basically no moderation was needed. I don't think that we have to cut out every troll or provocative post. Just stuff designed to offend or anything that clearly violates the charter. If we try too hard to sterilize CCC, then we will get a sterilized CCC. I don't think I would enjoy it much. On the other hand, the apes are out of the cage right now. A half-dozen terminated accounts might be in order. But it's not up to me. And I can live with it either way.
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