BuckE
Bluelighter
I'm posting these suggestions/comments with the belief that moderators appreciate feedback and suggestions from fellow bluelightians. If I've failed to articulate my opinions effectively, I aplogise but ahhhh, you're all on drugs, what do you care?
Feedback of course would be appreciated. Oh, and the disclaimer: I'm speaking on behalf of myself, not representative of everybody else, blah blah blah
First of all, I think it could be an idea to have an archive of the names of threads which have been deleted, for records sake…I feel this leads to a more open environment…I say this because the other day I was enjoying a thread called “come on guys” which mysteriously disappeared after I posted my thoughts on the matter. There was conflict evident in the thread but I found it was SO much more relevant than most of the stuff in the social board and I was disappointed when I could no longer find it…There is always going to be conflict. Deleting it is not going to delete it, if you know what I mean…I guess the trick is to find a middle ground where the conflict is not abusive enough to warrant deletion.
I think it could be a good idea for moderators to arrive at a general consensus (general) about the roles of moderators and how they should behave. There seems to be a lot of varying interpretations about what you guys should do, how you should post, how you should address problems, etc. With so much decency floating around the group, perhaps it could be a good idea to conference face to face or through ICQ or something to agree on how you should behave as a group. There seems to be a prominent attitude of ‘do as I say and not and what I do.’ I still believe the best way to encourage certain responses is to lead by example.
Maybe set size restrictions on those little animate giffs that have been floating around everywhere lately. At the risk of sounding like a grouch, I have never seen the point or validity of them and I feel that sometimes they detract from the purpose of the thread they are posted in. Whilst I am not suggesting that they should be banned, I do suggest that perhaps a size restriction would aid in not reducing Bluelight integrity to that of a preschool picture book. One example of this and the above point about moderator consensus is the ‘it’s all over now? Hehe’ thread http://www.bluelight.ru/ubb/Forum29/HTML/000211.html?reload=6. This thread is really stupid…all it consists of is animated images with jibberish for running commentary and, very surprisingly for me, the only posts on the thread were those made by _moderators_. WTF? It lasted a little while before another _moderator_ closed the thread. What’s the deal fellas? Which brings me to the next point…
What’s the deal with the social forum? Is its sole purpose to house all the junk that is deemed off topic by the other two forums? I remember a little while ago the server was experiencing bandwidth problems and Jase explained that only applicable discussion should be posted…I do enjoy reading the social section but I’m a little skeptical about some of the topics (late night TV? Chewing gum?) when we are politely reminded through and through in the guidelines that ‘this is not a chat site.’ Other posts such as the "come on guys" post are deleted simply because there was *GASP* conflict evident. Maybe I’m the only one, but I feel that the general quality of information has reduced. My interpretation of Bluelight over the time I have been a member was that the primary objective was to encourage the safe use of drugs and provide a valuable information source that is constantly being updated and added to by a various range of users. If we do that, we're doing a very good thing.
OK, one more slightly less important question…do moderators have the ability to delete single posts from threads? If not it could be a great idea to look into as some threads credibility are threatened by sssiillllyyy posts.
Well, there ends my rantings.
Sticks and stones will break my bones but names.....names will....fuck, how does the rest of it go?
Cheers! --- BuckE
"Why should the race always be to the swift or the jumble to the quick-witted? Should they be allowed to win merely because of the gifts God gave them? Well, I say, cheating is the gift man gives himself." -- Montgomery Burns
[This message has been edited by BuckE (edited 04 November 2000).]
Feedback of course would be appreciated. Oh, and the disclaimer: I'm speaking on behalf of myself, not representative of everybody else, blah blah blah
First of all, I think it could be an idea to have an archive of the names of threads which have been deleted, for records sake…I feel this leads to a more open environment…I say this because the other day I was enjoying a thread called “come on guys” which mysteriously disappeared after I posted my thoughts on the matter. There was conflict evident in the thread but I found it was SO much more relevant than most of the stuff in the social board and I was disappointed when I could no longer find it…There is always going to be conflict. Deleting it is not going to delete it, if you know what I mean…I guess the trick is to find a middle ground where the conflict is not abusive enough to warrant deletion.
I think it could be a good idea for moderators to arrive at a general consensus (general) about the roles of moderators and how they should behave. There seems to be a lot of varying interpretations about what you guys should do, how you should post, how you should address problems, etc. With so much decency floating around the group, perhaps it could be a good idea to conference face to face or through ICQ or something to agree on how you should behave as a group. There seems to be a prominent attitude of ‘do as I say and not and what I do.’ I still believe the best way to encourage certain responses is to lead by example.
Maybe set size restrictions on those little animate giffs that have been floating around everywhere lately. At the risk of sounding like a grouch, I have never seen the point or validity of them and I feel that sometimes they detract from the purpose of the thread they are posted in. Whilst I am not suggesting that they should be banned, I do suggest that perhaps a size restriction would aid in not reducing Bluelight integrity to that of a preschool picture book. One example of this and the above point about moderator consensus is the ‘it’s all over now? Hehe’ thread http://www.bluelight.ru/ubb/Forum29/HTML/000211.html?reload=6. This thread is really stupid…all it consists of is animated images with jibberish for running commentary and, very surprisingly for me, the only posts on the thread were those made by _moderators_. WTF? It lasted a little while before another _moderator_ closed the thread. What’s the deal fellas? Which brings me to the next point…
What’s the deal with the social forum? Is its sole purpose to house all the junk that is deemed off topic by the other two forums? I remember a little while ago the server was experiencing bandwidth problems and Jase explained that only applicable discussion should be posted…I do enjoy reading the social section but I’m a little skeptical about some of the topics (late night TV? Chewing gum?) when we are politely reminded through and through in the guidelines that ‘this is not a chat site.’ Other posts such as the "come on guys" post are deleted simply because there was *GASP* conflict evident. Maybe I’m the only one, but I feel that the general quality of information has reduced. My interpretation of Bluelight over the time I have been a member was that the primary objective was to encourage the safe use of drugs and provide a valuable information source that is constantly being updated and added to by a various range of users. If we do that, we're doing a very good thing.
OK, one more slightly less important question…do moderators have the ability to delete single posts from threads? If not it could be a great idea to look into as some threads credibility are threatened by sssiillllyyy posts.
Well, there ends my rantings.
Sticks and stones will break my bones but names.....names will....fuck, how does the rest of it go?
Cheers! --- BuckE
"Why should the race always be to the swift or the jumble to the quick-witted? Should they be allowed to win merely because of the gifts God gave them? Well, I say, cheating is the gift man gives himself." -- Montgomery Burns
[This message has been edited by BuckE (edited 04 November 2000).]
