Moderator Applications?

[Dubstar112]

No, honestly thats not a bad idea.

Another forum i visit has a "kindergarten"

You can only post there when you first join, and must make 20 posts before being allowed to post on other forums. YOU CAN READ OTHER FORUMS, but cannot post.

That way, all the spam is in one spot. Newbs get used to the rules, and the sense of humor :x

Its all in all, FTW, as they say.

Yeah, welll I used to read the Pantera.com forums and they had that rule to get rid spam. Soi give credit to them.

[neppo1345]

dont know. You cant pm him and his title is banned
edit: and he isn't in the memebers list.
maybe it was the fridgemansucks acount he made

Triangle was banned for avoiding the cussing Filter. also, it was clearly stated that Fridgemansucks wasn't his account, and ARMY would have banned him and emailed him about it.

[Lenny]

This thread is now the property of northern Ohio.

I'm a little late, but...

Woot!

[Ole Unka Phil]

The only real effective way to do this is to deactivate the automatic registration and go with Moderator confirmations and install a code recognition screen in the account activation process. You almost have to do both. The recognition screen can get a lot of the Robot generated ones. The Moderator approval can get a good deal of the rest with a clever modertator that looks carefull. Then they can be looked at before accepting them. Normaly if there is a delay the Robot will have moved on too. This takes considerable time for a Moderator to do and a Moderator willing to look fairly often at the accounts waiting authorizations and review and make a ruling. Leading to occasional mistakes. And taking considerable time. And one can then watch the new accounts for a bit and can do a complete purge and removal all in one swoop if they made a mistake. Not before five or six posts are made sometimes. But, in most cases can be done before almost anyone can notice them. I caught many of them that way and no one ever saw them. But its about the only real way to do it with this software and these clever robots.

I also did this one time way back for a particular poster that kept generating IP's and resigning up. But he turned around and became a fairly decent guy later on in the whole process. I have noticed a larger percentage of sites now using both recognition codes and moderated approval to counter the spam attacks. But nothing is perfect. Many of them lose members because the moderators are slow to activate. Thats the down side. But Spam attacks are becoming more numberous and troublesome everywhere on the net. Causeing a lot more Moderator time. But its not anything new. I do believe it has gotten a bit more previlent. However I can tell you that there are probably a lot more that existed but you never got to see them. Moderation is going on all the time behind the scenes that you never know about. And good moderation is indeed something you never notice. You should not assume its not happening just because of the few you actualy see that occur when moderators are busy doing thier real jobs. It does happen that they all get something going in thier lives and cannot be here every minute. No matter how many you have. Deal with it. It's not costing you anything. Ignore it and someone will come along shortly and sort it out.

[Pneumagger]

The only real effective way to do this is to deactivate the automatic registration and go with Moderator confirmations and install a code recognition screen in the account activation process. You almost have to do both. The recognition screen can get a lot of the Robot generated ones. The Moderator approval can get a good deal of the rest with a clever modertator that looks carefull. Then they can be looked at before accepting them. Normaly if there is a delay the Robot will have moved on too. This takes considerable time for a Moderator to do and a Moderator willing to look fairly often at the accounts waiting authorizations and review and make a ruling. Leading to occasional mistakes. And taking considerable time. And one can then watch the new accounts for a bit and can do a complete purge and removal all in one swoop if they made a mistake. Not before five or six posts are made sometimes. But, in most cases can be done before almost anyone can notice them. I caught many of them that way and no one ever saw them. But its about the only real way to do it with this software and these clever robots.

I also did this one time way back for a particular poster that kept generating IP's and resigning up. But he turned around and became a fairly decent guy later on in the whole process. I have noticed a larger percentage of sites now using both recognition codes and moderated approval to counter the spam attacks. But nothing is perfect. Many of them lose members because the moderators are slow to activate. Thats the down side. But Spam attacks are becoming more numberous and troublesome everywhere on the net. Causeing a lot more Moderator time. But its not anything new. I do believe it has gotten a bit more previlent. However I can tell you that there are probably a lot more that existed but you never got to see them. Moderation is going on all the time behind the scenes that you never know about. And good moderation is indeed something you never notice. You should not assume its not happening just because of the few you actualy see that occur when moderators are busy doing thier real jobs. It does happen that they all get something going in thier lives and cannot be here every minute. No matter how many you have. Deal with it. It's not costing you anything. Ignore it and someone will come along shortly and sort it out.

Appoint a new Account-Activation/Spamstick Moderator. Their only power lies in deleting spam and approving accounts. An anti-canned-ham general so to speak.
I say Fixel or Phil.

[Lohman446]

I say Phil, back with full authority....

[Ole Unka Phil]

Naw, everybody ends up hating you when your moderator. And feels like sassing you all the time over the least little stupid things. And always challenging you in public rather than trying to work things out in private. Tons of PM's and Emails and crap like that day and night. People actualy DO take this stuff personaly. And your never allowed to really say what you really want to say to them. Your the only one constrained to be neutral. Not really very fair position to be in but its the way it is. But what weirds ya out is how Personal everyone seems to take any correction. Its just the internet after all! But some people are scary. Some people will threaten you and in fact go further than you would think. Its a very scary place out there.

Sucks to be a moderator. Really does. One wonders why anyone would ever do it once let alone twice.

[behemoth]

Naw, everybody ends up hating you when your moderator. And feels like sassing you all the time over the least little stupid things. And always challenging you in public rather than trying to work things out in private. Tons of PM's and Emails and crap like that day and night. People actualy DO take this stuff personaly. And your never allowed to really say what you really want to say to them. Your the only one constrained to be neutral. Not really very fair position to be in but its the way it is. But what weirds ya out is how Personal everyone seems to take any correction. Its just the internet after all! But some people are scary. Some people will threaten you and in fact go further than you would think. Its a very scary place out there.

Sucks to be a moderator. Really does. One wonders why anyone would ever do it once let alone twice.

Heres the keys to my shed. Go work on that allstate.

and btw, a "I only delete spam posts" moderator wouldnt be a half bad idea. they wouldnt be a mod, just a lackey for the mods :P

-Josh

[spike_ball999]

Sucks to be a moderator. Really does. One wonders why anyone would ever do it once let alone twice.

I know! I was a mod at a 'creative forum' as we liked to call it (gaming, music and art all in one place). It got a little crazy there.

It's pretty bad at the Pearl Drummers Forums too.

[GT]

Sucks to be a moderator. Really does. One wonders why anyone would ever do it once let alone twice.

It doesnt matter how many times you say it, they refuse to believe.

[FiXeL]

Appoint a new Account-Activation/Spamstick Moderator. Their only power lies in deleting spam and approving accounts. An anti-canned-ham general so to speak.
I say Fixel or Phil.

Err.. i said i don't want the job? I simply cannot dedicate much time to this task during weekdays. I have a fulltime job and i am looking for other employment at the moment. If i get the job i will have to traven 1.5hrs a day longer, so that will put a dent in the spare time i have. Also i'm still kinda new around here, so i feel that i am not the right person for the job.

[Dubstar112]

um. phil was already a moderator. he has his reason why he doesnt want to any more. dont count on him going back. believe what he says about his former title. I remember when it all went down.

[p8ntbal4me]

http://www.mailexpire.com/

/are you emo?

Ha ha!

Pneu! Please tell me you know what this is from!

"Dear Diaaahhry"

Mood: Apathetic

"Today my life swirls downward as a leaf plumits off a diseased tree root. I couldnt get those tickets to see my faaavorite baahnd "Punch myself with Clinton's Piercing Faith". I want to drouth myself into a dark abis. They play aahl my faavotite songs, "Stab my heart through", "Pierce the world blind" and my faavorite, "Stab my heart tear at it rip me tear stab stab". I think my parents are boring. I know, its like they dont understand the misery I have become from this world,......."

[Dubstar112]

Ha ha!

Pneu! Please tell me you know what this is from!

"Dear Diaaahhry"

Mood: Apathetic

"Today my life swirls downward as a leaf plumits off a diseased tree root. I couldnt get those tickets to see my faaavorite baahnd "Punch myself with Clinton's Piercing Faith". I want to drouth myself into a dark abis. They play aahl my faavotite songs, "Stab my heart through", "Pierce the world blind" and my faavorite, "Stab my heart tear at it rip me tear stab stab". I think my parents are boring. I know, its like they dont understand the misery I have become from this world,......."

I do its funny too

[Pneumagger]

Ha ha!

Pneu! Please tell me you know what this is from!

"Dear Diaaahhry"

Mood: Apathetic

"Today my life swirls downward as a leaf plumits off a diseased tree root. I couldnt get those tickets to see my faaavorite baahnd "Punch myself with Clinton's Piercing Faith". I want to drouth myself into a dark abis. They play aahl my faavotite songs, "Stab my heart through", "Pierce the world blind" and my faavorite, "Stab my heart tear at it rip me tear stab stab". I think my parents are boring. I know, its like they dont understand the misery I have become from this world,......."

I must be EMO!

... My parents freaked out when they caught me kissing a guy. I mean, what's wrong making out with one, or four, guys? Sometimes I think you're the only one that gets me. Your mah bessst freind.