Mods
dutyje
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In a different thread, Kuzi brought up the idea of having a couple mods on this forum. Rather than give the thread any more mileage, I thought I'd re-post his idea here.
My personal opinion is that a mod in the context of this forum should be able to flag a post for review by cigar.com. This wouldn't alter or remove the thread, but would bring it to the attention of someone at cigar.com who would be able to take action. I wouldn't object to other limited permissions, but this at the very least would be a chance to kill any spam. Another option would be to have the "flagging" process remove the thread until it receives its review.
I actually think it's a great idea to give a few members a limited ability to act as mods on this forum. I participate in another forum (rockclimbing.com) that does the same thing. The mods have limited powers, and the issues like what we have seen recently can be avoided. What are everybody else's thoughts? What would the scope of these powers be?kuzi16:does anyone remember very early on when i made a sugestion that we should add Mods to this site?
it wasnt so much to edit what people are saying to eachother. it was more for spamers. I know that Alex and the guys at cigar.com have a billion things to do every day running the company and taking orders. If you get one or two of the forum junkies the power to delete spam threads we can catch more of them more often so they dont interfere with the otherwise spectacular cigar discussion we got goin on in here.
if i was a mod, this and the other time we got spammed would have been the only times i woulda shown any "power"...
...then again, me in charge of almost anything outside of my job may not be good.... ha!
My personal opinion is that a mod in the context of this forum should be able to flag a post for review by cigar.com. This wouldn't alter or remove the thread, but would bring it to the attention of someone at cigar.com who would be able to take action. I wouldn't object to other limited permissions, but this at the very least would be a chance to kill any spam. Another option would be to have the "flagging" process remove the thread until it receives its review.
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*By unintentionally, I mean with no ill intentions.
But then I'm Old-Fashioned
we can talk about mods as much as we want here.
we can express over and over how much we want them.
the people that run the forum are the ones that make the call. we dont. if i remember correctly, last time this was discussed seriously alex came in and said something along the lines of "you are all adults here, play niice"
and we did. I cant speak for cigar.com but i think that they want to let this place just exist. Alex and the other cigar.com people dont check in on us very often. i mean, they do have a buisness to run and are very busy people.
iduno im ok with being unmoderated with one exception: spam.
we'll just have to wait for Alex to check in to see what he has to say.
if there is a position called "cigar spiritual advisor" im all over that.
but really, can you imagine me with power? i think its a bad idea.