The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Scribe]

I think good forum moderation is hard (I've done it for a major non-RPG site, a long time ago), but boy, a certain not-ENWorld site appears to be killing itself off by doubling and tripling down on rules violations being anything that occurs to a moderator at a given moment, rather than any sort of codified rules.

It is shockingly dead over there and yet it is being policed like a full-scale riot is going on.

I frequent many a forum. Some are pretty harsh, some are the wild west (and I love them). This one is if anything very fair.

EDIT: Oh and not directed to you.

I know you are a sock puppet. I dont care how long ago you got set up, I'm sure you are trolling.

 

[prabe]

I frequent many a forum. Some are pretty harsh, some are the wild west (and I love them). This one is if anything very fair.

EDIT: Oh and not directed to you.

I know you are a sock puppet. I dont care how long ago you got set up, I'm sure you are trolling.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I know you are a sock puppet. I dont care how long ago you got set up, I'm sure you are trolling.

Twenty years in, I am playing an exceptionally long game.

And then, one day, out of nowhere, tons of spam for Pets.com!

 

[overgeeked]

I think good forum moderation is hard (I've done it for a major non-RPG site, a long time ago), but boy, a certain not-ENWorld site appears to be killing itself off by doubling and tripling down on rules violations being anything that occurs to a moderator at a given moment, rather than any sort of codified rules.

It is shockingly dead over there and yet it is being policed like a full-scale riot is going on.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

My least favorite mod style is what I call the “Stalin” or the “there is no war in Ba Sing Se”. The mods don’t talk to the posters, don’t warn them, they just edit and delete posts after the fact to make everything appear perfect all the time. If you violate the rules hard enough they boot you for a few days with no explanation. Creepiest mod style I’ve ever seen.

 

[Scribe]

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

My least favorite mod style is what I call the “Stalin” or the “there is no war in Ba Sing Se”. The mods don’t talk to the posters, don’t warn them, they just edit and delete posts after the fact to make everything appear perfect all the time. If you violate the rules hard enough they boot you for a few days with no explanation. Creepiest mod style I’ve ever seen.

Thats one of my other ones. We know the lines we need to paint in and if we cross them we find our posts just missing the next day.

Nobody asks anymore where they go, we know...

 

[trappedslider]

Citation, please.

Your mom

So, like 20 cards?

lol, I made a comment like that on one of the magic: the gathering forums i hang out on

And then, one day, out of nowhere, tons of spam for Pets.com!

yeah about that....I'll hug you as i tell you the news

 

[Mad_Jack]

I think good forum moderation is hard (I've done it for a major non-RPG site, a long time ago), but boy, a certain not-ENWorld site appears to be killing itself off by doubling and tripling down on rules violations being anything that occurs to a moderator at a given moment, rather than any sort of codified rules.

It is shockingly dead over there and yet it is being policed like a full-scale riot is going on.

Out of all the forums and chat rooms I've been involved in over the years, at least a good 60% of the people who were moderators simply had no business being in that position. And another good chunk of them were bad moderators because they had no direction and input coming down from higher up - or even worse, bad direction.
I hate having to be a mod in a chatroom or forum, but unfortunately, I get asked a lot because I'm usually one of the few people available who take it seriously.

 

[Ryujin]

Out of all the forums and chat rooms I've been involved in over the years, at least a good 60% of the people who were moderators simply had no business being in that position. And another good chunk of them were bad moderators because they had no direction and input coming down from higher up - or even worse, bad direction.
I hate having to be a mod in a chatroom or forum, but unfortunately, I get asked a lot because I'm usually one of the few people available who take it seriously.

I'm a mod on a motorcycle forum and have quit after receiving abuse from members twice now, but somehow let myself be talked into coming back.

I was a mod on a chainmailing forum and one day the company that owned it just closed it. No prior notice to folks like me. OK. That works, I guess.

 

[overgeeked]

So what I’m getting from all this is that tabletop RPGs should be more like video games if they want to make more money.

 

[prabe]

So what I’m getting from all this is that tabletop RPGs should be more like video games if they want to make more money.

If you want to make a small fortune in gaming, start with a large one.

More seriously, if people A) think video games are a close match to TRPGS and B) see how video games make their money, it's not a large leap to C) "If TRPGs do what video games do, they'll make more money than if they don't." I personally don't think C) is correct, but I'm old and I don't much like video games, so my biases are blatant.