Free Thoughts Forum Problem --> Possible Solution

That's the smartest thing anyone has said to solve this situation, Cris. Although I would want an general Advice forum rather than Relationship....but then again, wouldn't an Advice forum attract more immature people? This is a community that doesn't want those kinds of people. I did a simple search on Communism and that's how I found this wonderful place. If someone does a simple seach on "love advice" they could end up here...which is not a bad thing but if they believe something and are irrational about it, they can clutter this site with garbage posts pretty fast...or if they are bored they might want to start controversy just for the hell of it.

If I post something in Free Thoughts I don't expect it to be taken as a serious topic...the number of sarcastic remarks or intentional non-helpful information is much greater in serious posts that are in Free Thoughts than any other forum.
 
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Even I generally skip through EULA's and TOA's to click the "accept" button. As such, I try not to be too surprised when what I've accepted bites me in the ass.

(Note on Edit: Does anyone ever read the intermediate screens when posting? There is a phrase in there that says, "Unless the moderators choose to review the topic", or some such. One of the reasons I've never asked to moderate a forum around here is that I would spend my time constructing "Moderated Discussions", and inherently closing certain avenues of discussion. While practicality tells me this is a good idea, it does conflict with my principles.)

thanx,
Tiassa :cool:
 
I read the rules before I agree to anything, unless its to long. And I try to abid by the rules to, sometimes I slip up every now and then but who doesnt? But the people who do it constantly are the ones who are trouble. You guys just need more moderators.
 
I was just trying to be nice

I was just trying to be sympathetic; many people don't read such things. I generally read TOA's, but I generally skip EULA's and just punch the "accept" button.

thanx,
Tiassa :cool:
 
I would disagree on any splitting of Free Thoughts. That's what the forum is there for. To be free, I guess, as long as you aren't a dumbass. Be funny, be intelligent, post things that don't belong elswhere. Making it more complicated might turn off future greats.

An advice forum might make the problem more widespread, even if it were "intelligent." That's more like appeasing those that caused this whole thing (a party of which I was once a part of) rather than putting down the problem at its source. Look, this thing will go away, we just have to be strict-er, or as strict as we are now. We don't need to change anything, because this has all worked really well for us so far. And it will continue to work well, because it is an excellent format used in forums all over the world.
 
'Free' does not equate to irresponsible!

Ignoring the TOA's is irresponsible!

What more need be said?

Take care :cool:

"We must respect the rights of the dissenters, even though they
.might be idiots or harmful." - Wau Holland - (Died 07/29/01) -
 
I agree. That's why moderators should do their jobs and MODERATE, we don't need to cleave one of the best reasons to be a member of this site, do we?
 
Moderating is exactly what has started all the rukus and I knew it would when it was started. That will neither deflect me from doing so nor will it in the future.

I think the actions have been more than fair and every poster who has wanted to say something about it has certainly had their chance. It would have been far easier to just tell everyone to live with it and shut up.

The action was necessary to bring order back to a forum that had gotten way out of hand.

Several points have been brung up or that I wish to make.

  1. Age is not the determining factor as many grow at different rates. You have those young members who are every bit as lucid and as articulate as older members.
  2. Experience, based on life events usually give the more older members a broader base to draw from. Hence younger members are at a disavantage in this feild, though no fault of their own. It makes the point no less valid.
  3. Some of our members of less maturity are responcible for the mess that Free Thoughts had degenerated to. (Notice that the word maturity was used in place of age.)
  4. TOA's serve a purpose. They are the rules to live by within this place. While no one wants to see every breath they take and every thought they have examined to see if it fits within the criteria, enforcement of such rules to some extent are a must for community health.
  5. The name of this site is sciforums, not chat forums. Even Free Thoughts, where threads that have no proper place within the more regimented forums, requires some thought on the part of the poster. The closed threads with in Free Thoughts and in some of the other forums have had to rely on the reader to put some intelligence into the thread to even have something to discuss. Others were way out of bounds.
  6. I do not propose to put more work on Porfiry. It is his decision as to how he wants his site to look and appear. Some, I am sure by now, notice that he spends a lot of time here checking the contents of his site. That eats a lot of his free time that would be required to make any changes. I am also sure that Porfiry has a "real life" that uses a portion of his time. I do not think we should be asking him to extend the amount of his time into this area unless that is what he truely wishes.
  7. Moderating is often a thankless job. I am neither complaining nor am I bitching about it, merely making a statement as I do this by choice. For those of you that are unhappy with the condition of the site, step up to the plate. Be responcible and accountable both to yourself and to others that this be a better site. No one will be the worse for those willing to serve and that will fit the critera.
  8. Help support sciforums. Everyone likes the site and most come here often. It is truely a community. Do your part. It is not a lot to ask. For the price of one movie, one video game, or even a rental movie you can do your part.
 
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