thanks for your message.
like why they let so many inept people run forums
so many? that is a lot. 10 inept people? 20 inept people? can you post the names of the staff members you feel are inept along with a few examples, in each case, of poor moderation and we'll take a look. if you're comfortable criticising people publicly but you are uncomfortable following up with names publicly, then drop me a list privately and we'll take a look.
there's a mechanism from bringing (what you consider to be) poor moderation to the attention of the staff - the report button. you have reported a few posts but they're mostly spam reports. if you're seeing such widespread ineptitude on bluelight, why aren't you reporting it?
and why they dont update the twitter feed with more info (there's so much they could post from here)
we're staffed entirely by volunteers so time is a resource in short supply. there are many, many things we can do better and taking advantage of social media is just one of them.
again, if you're seeing stuff on bluelight which you feel we could highlight using social media channels, report the posts with a brief message like "
this should go on twitter" and we'll take a look.
why certain areas are let to go savage
can you expand? i don't like to assume but perhaps you're talking about the lounge? there's a broad spectrum of forums at bluelight. what's appropriate in pd is not appropriate in cd. what's appropriate in ce&p is not appropriate in tds. what's inappropriate everywhere ends up, for the most part, in the lounge. there are many people who don't get the lounge. that's fine. we're a diverse community.
if you see something in the lounge (or any other forum) which you feel is problematic, report it. if you don't like the lounge then get involved and make it better or avoid it. it's entirely up to you.
why certain areas do not have video tags and others do.
see the previous answer. embedded video slows down the rendering of pages. it makes sense in some forums, less sense in others. is there a forum that you feel should support the tag? then tell us what it is and we'll consider adding it.
the embedded video feature was added at the request of the community. we tested it in a few forums then extended it to more forums. forums have been added since. it's quite possible and very straightforward.
Not my place to tell them how to run it
but you'll do it anyway?
seriously, bluelight is a community and it's evolved to where it is today as a community.
again, thanks for the feedback.
alasdair
