Please take out the need for mod approved comments

[Marth]

Please take out the need for mod approved comments. It feels very limiting for a person's freedom of speech & also you can not have instantaneous replies to topics. Currently, it's unlikely to post & have a reply to that post within a few minutes because of the mod approved comment system.

[born2hack]

I second that, either remove them, or make at least 5 trustworthy admins/mods. One online for sure at a time. You can choose from different timezones as usually timezones clash with me. When I post admins are asleep, when I am asleep posts are being approved. BTW if you are looking for mods for threads approval, I will apply check all my posts till now to see my judgment.

[Walker]

These being a general/social issues forum for the whole world, there is a need for moderation for abuse and foul language.....but it should be limited to only new members.

Members once having established themselves of good conduct should be able to find their posts readily available for view...immediately.

Just my humble opinion....

Regards,

Walker

[bluesnow]

I feel that the need for mod approved comments is good as and help to regulate the forum so that there it is spam free and the posts are appropriate. The forum is quite "clean" now and I like the fact that the comments made are on topic.

The delay in posts being approved don't disturb me much.

[Gloria]

thanks very much bluesnow!.. moderating posts is not an easy task but this is a new forum. We do not have the quantity therefore we must work very hard in other to keep the quality. We hope to take out the need for mod approved comments in the near future.. thanks very much.

[vishrut]

I agree with born2hack this time. you must have more than two or three mods who are active at different times. I live in India, and each of my post takes about 12 hours to be accepted. I must say you can either make any Indian a moderator to accept post made at this timezone. I guess 2 mods will be enough.

Also, you must make a new thread on who wants to be a moderator, and there will be any type of competition on who will be the other moderator of this forum. The forum is growing and you do need more mods. IF you want moderators, do count me in.

[daydreamer]

Yes, the delay is disturbing. I think you should authorize good posters. so that there is no delay in their posts. and let others have delay. Increasing the number of moderators along with this step will be a very good combination.

[BCRoller]

As disturbing as some may think mod approval may be I can't say that I don't understand why they do it and I can't say I blame them for doing so. Sure, it can be a little annoying having to wait for a particular post to appear but, evenso, I'd rather put up with that than put up with the loads of spam and junk content we'd get without it. However, I do agree that once someone has proven themselves to be a valuable member of the community the need for such mod approval could, and should, be removed. I think this is a great little forum and, needless to say, I'd love to see it stay that way.

[DaughterUK]

I think that the need for mod approved posting should be removed. The mods should however have the authority to delete spam threads as they appear and edit posts containing abusive language. Then the admin can always ban a user who persistantly flouts these rules. I think that such a move would make it easier for people to communicate with each other quickly rather than having to wait ages for their post to appear, and then ages again for the responses to said post to be moderated and appeared.

As a forum owner myself (of a very tiny forum I might add), I trust my regulars enough not to break the rules, and they respect me enough not to break said rules. My second admin has ways to take preventative measures against spam-bots. On my forum, moderation for each post would be counterproductive as it would deter newbies from posting regularly and becoming regular members. I believe that this might be happening here due to the delays already mentioned, it puts some people off.

I understand and appreciate that moderators have a difficult job keeping the forum clean and tidy, and that you're trying to keep the quality of discussions more than the volume of posts. This said, I think that as long as you're strict about enforcing the rules and ban persistant offenders, then the quality of the postings will remain high whilst the volume of posts increases. It's all about the culture of the forum itself, every forum is it's own little subculture. The culture of this forum seems to be pretty well established and as long as members are aware of the forum rules and those rules are enforced, not moderating each post should not alter the culture of the forum.

That's just my personal opinion.

[Gloria]

Originally Posted by DaughterUK

I think that the need for mod approved posting should be removed. The mods should however have the authority to delete spam threads as they appear and edit posts containing abusive language. Then the admin can always ban a user who persistantly flouts these rules. I think that such a move would make it easier for people to communicate with each other quickly rather than having to wait ages for their post to appear, and then ages again for the responses to said post to be moderated and appeared.

As a forum owner myself (of a very tiny forum I might add), I trust my regulars enough not to break the rules, and they respect me enough not to break said rules. My second admin has ways to take preventative measures against spam-bots. On my forum, moderation for each post would be counterproductive as it would deter newbies from posting regularly and becoming regular members. I believe that this might be happening here due to the delays already mentioned, it puts some people off.

I understand and appreciate that moderators have a difficult job keeping the forum clean and tidy, and that you're trying to keep the quality of discussions more than the volume of posts. This said, I think that as long as you're strict about enforcing the rules and ban persistant offenders, then the quality of the postings will remain high whilst the volume of posts increases. It's all about the culture of the forum itself, every forum is it's own little subculture. The culture of this forum seems to be pretty well established and as long as members are aware of the forum rules and those rules are enforced, not moderating each post should not alter the culture of the forum.

That's just my personal opinion.

I just upgraded your account. You can post directly. You can create your own user albums and upload photos. You can also create and maintain social groups. You can use the friend's list to add and ignore users of your choice.

If all the users were like you then we wouldn't have to moderate all these posts before they appear on this forum. However, some users just busy themselves posting profane materials which isn't the best.

What we are doing right now is very slow and it keeps most users away but we are just trying to maintain the quality rather than the quantity so that everybody can use this forum in the near future. It is better to have 2 good members than to have 1000s of "spammers". I hope you understand. Thanks very much.

[DaughterUK]

Originally Posted by Gloria

I just upgraded your account. You can post directly. You can create your own user albums and upload photos. You can also create and maintain social groups. You can use the friend's list to add and ignore users of your choice.

Thank you.

If all the users were like you then we wouldn't have to moderate all these posts before they appear on this forum. However, some users just busy themselves posting profane materials which isn't the best.

Unfortunately every forum seems to attract the occasional troll. The best way to deal with trolls is usually to ignore them. They post profanity because they are looking for a reaction, if people refuse to acknowledge the trolls existence, then he or she moves onto greener pastures. This said, with human nature being as it is, there is always somebody who will respond to a troll post. It's unfortunate but I've seen it all before on many a forum.

What we are doing right now is very slow and it keeps most users away but we are just trying to maintain the quality rather than the quantity so that everybody can use this forum in the near future. It is better to have 2 good members than to have 1000s of "spammers". I hope you understand. Thanks very much.

I understand and I totally agree with you. Nobody wants hoards of spam appearing on a forum. Spam is the cyber equivalent of junk mail, nobody reads it and it clutters a forum up.

Since you still wish to keep the moderation of posts until each newbie has proven him/herself a genuine posters and not a potential troll/spammer, I would recommend to you that you hire a few more moderators from a variety of timezones in order to speed things up a little for your newbie posters.

[rockingway]

I think it is unnecessary to have moderator's approval. Some members who are sane, but dislike waiting will be leaving this nice little forum. What is the use of having moderators? To moderate, but not limiting.

[Gloria]

Originally Posted by rockingway

I think it is unnecessary to have moderator's approval. Some members who are sane, but dislike waiting will be leaving this nice little forum. What is the use of having moderators? To moderate, but not limiting.

I just upgraded your account! you can post directly. I know it isn't the right way and it keeps most users away which isn't the best. We are doing this just to make this forum user-friendly so that everybody can use this forum in the near future. About 60% of the posts we receive per day are meaningless or "spammy" posts. We are doing this just to keep the forum clean and meaningful. Thanks very much!

[rockingway]

Originally Posted by Gloria

I just upgraded your account! you can post directly. I know it isn't the right way and it keeps most users away which isn't the best. We are doing this just to make this forum user-friendly so that everybody can use this forum in the near future. About 60% of the posts we receive per day are meaningless or "spammy" posts. We are doing this just to keep the forum clean and meaningful. Thanks very much!

Thank you very much. I really appreciate this.

[Stickynote]

I agree with removing moderator approved comments somewhat.
The whole point of having a forum is to discuss, and meet new people while doing so.
And yes, I do understand that this is a new forum, and moderators are needed to make sure this forum isn't turned into a garbage dump by foul language and spam. So I do agree, that that is a major, and perhaps the most important reason why we have moderator approved comments.
Trust is something that is very important in life, even if you do not know someone.
I can guarantee that none of us on this forum have met each other in real life. So in this case, if we trust one another, we are trusting each others' humanity.
To conclude,
at the birth of this forum, moderator approved comments in my opinion should be kept, but defiantly removed in the future once this forums grows.
That's just my 2 cents.
Thanks
~Sticky

[joe]

MODs I think you should remove moderator approved comments cause this is killing discussion that's what discussion boards is all about


I can see this forum growing in my eyes



~Joe

[jales]

MODs I think you should remove moderator approved comments cause this is killing discussion that's what discussion boards is all about


I can see this forum growing in my eyes

jales

[binil]

Well, you should have many moderators from different time zones - as many said before me - at least one of them should be online at a time.. As many members stated before me - moderating every post will kill the spam - but it also kills the purpose of having a forum - you can't find a heated debate in here - too bad - this is what search bots look for - continuously changing topics.. You are also killing the SEO..