-Reda- wrote:
godix wrote:
Also keep in mind you don't really need to know everything that goes on. If the mods take care of something than that's it, there's no reason everyone should know exactly what was done. For example, if before this thread I had asked a mod about your banned I probably would have gotten brushed off and that's the way it should be. Mods shouldn't be airing issues about users in public, unless the user brought it up first as you did here. As for other stuff, we aren't in charge of running the org so there's no real reason we should know the minute details of it.
No idea what this paragraph has to do with my post.
I think an issue here, and correct me if I'm wrong, is not that we should know why and when someone gets banned, but it's about seeing an action taken against people breaking the forum rules. -Reda- feels like he's being targeted because he really only gets to see action taken against him because he will notice if his own posts are deleted or if he's banned, but there's not much to clue him in on action being taken on other members. While I do believe that the mods do not need to disclose everything that they are doing, I think it would help to make certain actions visible. Allow me to explain:
For this I am going to cite a forum that I am currently inactive on, but I always liked the modding that took place on it:
http://www.cad-forums.com/
On this forum there is ban list, showing all the temp bans:
http://www.cad-forums.com/showthread.php?t=85202
In addition, any member that is banned has their subtitle say so. See username Hybridial on this page:
http://www.cad-forums.com/showthread.php?t=66427
Also, a little more of the of the 'out of line' posts are not deleted, but there is a mod's not warning people when things get too hot or in certain cases that require a ban, a mod comes out and quotes the illegal post and says that the person has been banned for X amount of days.
How this benefits their community: It lets people know that there are mods and they are working.
First off, I'd like to say that I disagree with Arashinome in saying that every post needs to be read because I don't think it's feasible. It'd be hard enough just to ensure that all the mods are reading all the posts, than the actual process and time it would take to read all the posts. Sure it'd be nice if they could read all the posts, but let's face it. It's not going to happen. Still the forums do need to modded. Letting people know that action is being taken will keep the community in line in most cases.
The effect of the methods of the CAD forums is more people staying in line with the forum rules. It shows what the mods consider offensive and sets an example for the rest of the members. If something isn't completely ruining a thread, they keep it up with a mod note stating the ban or the warning. It shows people that action is being taken and no one feels singled out like how -Reda- feels now. My thinking here is that people know that the forums are being modded, but in a lot of cases do not see it being modded. I know that you guys are modding the forums, deleting posts, locking threads and whatnot, but how much of that do we see?Things like the banlist and the ban subtitles furthers the presence of the mods. I think just being able to see some of the modding will keep more people in line and will further the respect that people have for the mods.
I feel kind of weird making this post because it's recommending some different things in modding and it tells you guys how to do your job. A friend of mine here on the Org told me that everything I see wrong in the forums is there because everything else is being cleaned up. I only made this post as a recommendation because I do believe that making the actions of the mods more obvious can make your jobs a little easier because it emphasizes the rules that you guys have for the community.