sosgemini said:

Hey... move on. I have. Next time you feel the urge to comment on me or about me, or reference me in threads (really, it could fill a book), don't.

I can't be any more plain then that. Perhaps it is rocket science - bring on the scientists, this shit is getting old.

I'm done. Move on. Thank u for your time. Adios. I can't make it any more plain than this.

June7 said:

Huh, move on? What are you talking about? Does this mean you are going to participate in the mod email list now? That way...when there are concerns they can be privately discussed. Can you agree to that?

June7 said:

Wait, are you advocating for folks to just ignore a problem? There are folks here who are so fed up with the moderation that goes on in the Prince forum and the GD forum that they don't even want to participate on the site...But we should ignore it because you feel it's annoying?

Huh?

The moderator that lets me get away with the most this week wins a free photoshop thread of their very own previously posted pictures!

for the record, i'm sorry you are going through a rough time in your real life. once again, i don't have any personal beef with you...and why you would accuse me of making off colored remarks about you is beyond me. the only forum i am a frequent poster in is the non-prince forum and there is about ohhh...zero times you would even come in a discussion. if you notice, my concerns are about improving this website and if we mods actively discussed matters in the mod email list (instead of ignoring its existence) then maybe folks concerns about bias and favoritisms would be resolved.

now im sorry carrie, i know you asked me to take this to the mod list...but i highly doubt anyone would read/respond anyways (outside of anx, sweeny, mach and yourself).





oh oh oh..sweeny too edit...
[Edited 8/6/07 18:31pm]

Seriously.


I'm gonna pop some popcorn.

Imago said:

it's not that big of a deal.

Imago said:

Mucho butter,please! and salt.

sosgemini said:

You're right! Again. It could be worse. All the part-time mods not doing their fair share, including Matt and Tom, could just up and quit. Then where would the site be? Arranging quickly for newbies to replace them. I feel better already.....

xplnyrslf said:

i'm sorry you feel that way...but thanks for participating.

i just want to clarify for the rocket scientist out there, i am not saying that june7 or any of the others mods are not doing their fare share...my concern is simple, without communication the checks and balances that protect biases, targeting by mods or accidental actions from occurring are gone.

folks should understand what constitutes a silly thread...what can get them banned...stuff like that.

and i am not picking a fight with june7 (or xplnyrslf despite her efforts) either...but if your a mod you just can't accept the responsibility, you also have to accept the accountability...and to do that--- communication is paramount.
[Edited 8/6/07 20:50pm]

From what I gather, the problem is, the site needs more moderators.
Contact Ben and with approval recruit more,
Imago has volunteered, I'm sure there's others competent to do the job.
Identify the problem then go about solving it.
[Edited 8/7/07 5:15am]

Back to the topic of silly threads:
The standard on locking them should be, any that interfere with the flow of the site. Otherwise they tend to go away on their own.
Definition? Anything nonsensical.
[Edited 8/7/07 5:27am]

xplnyrslf said:

I don't understand why Silly threads are a problem though.


In General Discussion, without these threads, I'm convinced it would be far less trafficked than it is. I may be wrong, but it's one if not the most robust forum on the site right?

And definitely stands out compared those of other fansites.

June7 said:

The problem is clear in this thread....there are too many Gemini moderators.

I mean please! The two words together constitude an oxymoron.


Gemini? Moderate?

Yeeeeah! Ok!

Imago said:

I totally agree, was about to post this earlier but the Org was hiccuping too badly... what's the harm? Actually, and you'll looooove this Imago (so save the thread URL ) why not make you a mod of the GD, specifically for the silly threads IF, I'm saying IF, a problem occurs in the silly threads. I can't think of many occasions where there's flaming or rule breaking in them actually so I really don't see the harm.
Both silly and nonsensical are subjective words, it's mainly what I come to the Org for these days - to have fun and goof around. To me, all threads not concerning P's music (and even then some) in the P: M&M forum are silly, but not the fun kind.

Does it really matter?

Is a 'silly thread' hurting you guys?

If people don't like a thread they don't have to partcipate in it.

I mean WTF?

gemini13 said:

TotalANXiousNESS said:

I agree.

TotalANXiousNESS said:

Imago said:

I don't think they're a problem, either.

The worst scenatio was the Borat thread, with incest. (the sister sex act)
[Edited 8/7/07 18:47pm]

CarrieMpls said:

I agree 1000% with Carrie.

Sweeny79 said:

It's something that will be hard to regiment.
As it states in the rules, the moderator has final say.

Imago said:

you should def. start a thread about that

I wasn't really gonna jump in on tis but it's kinda bothering me so I guess I'll have my say....


As a rule, during the school year I'm hardly ever here.
I'm too busy and or too tired to post more than a handful of times a week or sometimes even a month, but I DO check in at least everyother day during those months and the first place I go when I log in is usually the mod area.
During the summer I'm here quite a bit, I certainly don't "live" here but I am here everyday, and I check the mod area when I get here and through the course of my orging.

My point in saying this is, there is hardly ever anything for me to moderate. It seems all the prolems are instantly fixed the second they occur and I guess my timing is off or something because I'm hardly never the one who gets the request. Most of the "moderating" I've done in the past hs come from personal requests via orgnote from folks asking me to handle a problem, lock a thread, or whatever.


It was my understanding when Ben made us mods, that we would do what we could when we had time when we were logged in, and because there were so many of us, there would be no need to have one mod be online 24/7.


I try to do the best I can, I answer the mod mailing list when I have something to say or when I am asked something. (Even though I wasn't getting it for while, I think it was going to a spam folder or something. )

But honestly, there isn't much for me to do when I'm here. If Ben feels the need to make more mods in GD, well then he knows better than lil old me, but it seems like as it is there isn't much to go around as is.


Just my please don't hurt me.
[Edited 8/8/07 9:02am]

Sweeny79 said:

the amount of time one spends moderating isn't an issue for me (nor do i think its an issue with anyone for that matter). as long as we are keeping up on what's going on (and actively taking part in the discussions and decision making via the mod email list- ) then shoot, spend one day a month or thirty days a month moderating...

the only reason why i brought up how much time certain mods spend moderating is to point out that there might be a need for an additional mod in the prince forum...one person managing the entire prince forum just doesnt sit right with me...viva diversity. (but hey...if ben and folks disagree with me--thats cool by me too...)

and it's not just about responding to mod requests...there's a lot of stuff that goes on that needs to be nipped that folks never report...especially when folks start feeling their is bias in moding...but anyhoo...i best get back to work now.



btw | kinda offtopic: how come luv4u isn't on this thread?
[Edited 8/8/07 9:41am]

I haer what you are saying.

I guess as far as the Prince forum goes, since there is a new album out, and the shows that are going on, it would be fair to have more than one mod holding down the fort.