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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 2294296" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>A couple of random thoughts, based on your points:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Every internet message board has its own feel, style, and populace, much like every bar in one given city has its own clientele. What works for one may not work for another, because its makeup is different, and so what works for NTL, RPGnet, Dragonsfoot, etc. may not work for here. Chances are, different styles of moderation have been tried in the past just because different people have moderated; we may in fact be more lax now than in previous times, or more strict on topics.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sometimes a "metacurrent" is going on in all forums that is hard for the casual reader/poster to get wind of; sometimes there's an argument being carried on by multiple people that's been carried from another thread or even another board, and no amount of "talking it out" will stop the sniping. This can result in a seeming policing of a topic or a group of posters without good reason, even though there probably is.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">One thing we aim for (may not always hit) is actually more "hands off" moderation than hands on. Our goals are - if one person is thread-flaming, we edit and contact them; if a bunch are, its more time-effective to just shut the topic and let the posters cool off than to police every instance of someone slamming someone else. Sometimes, we're about to go offline for the evening, and don't want to take the chance that the relieving mods will have the same amount of info on a volatile thread. Believe me, we edit a LOT of threads instead of closing them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">For every flame war that turned productive, there's TEN that not only went nowhere, but caused a lot of hurt feelings and hostilities in the process. Personally, I don't want to wade through ten pages of "you're an ass!" "so are you!" to get to an actual POINT. Wouldn't it be easier for ALL involved if people knew to just skip the insults, and get to their point in the first place, instead of wasting bandwidth with put-downs? It's not something we care to do, and not something most people who come here care to do, either.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">In the end, it comes down to forum style. Sometimes I DO want to kick back and discuss things that are not kosher here -- politics, religion, the guy who cut me off on the by-pass -- but then I have other venues to discuss these things, and leave ENWorld for the "straight-to-the-chase" RPG talk, and for my dose of work-safe funny. I don't begrudge ENWorld for what it isn't, I work within it for what it is.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Henry, post: 2294296, member: 158"] A couple of random thoughts, based on your points: [list=1] [*]Every internet message board has its own feel, style, and populace, much like every bar in one given city has its own clientele. What works for one may not work for another, because its makeup is different, and so what works for NTL, RPGnet, Dragonsfoot, etc. may not work for here. Chances are, different styles of moderation have been tried in the past just because different people have moderated; we may in fact be more lax now than in previous times, or more strict on topics. [*]Sometimes a "metacurrent" is going on in all forums that is hard for the casual reader/poster to get wind of; sometimes there's an argument being carried on by multiple people that's been carried from another thread or even another board, and no amount of "talking it out" will stop the sniping. This can result in a seeming policing of a topic or a group of posters without good reason, even though there probably is. [*]One thing we aim for (may not always hit) is actually more "hands off" moderation than hands on. Our goals are - if one person is thread-flaming, we edit and contact them; if a bunch are, its more time-effective to just shut the topic and let the posters cool off than to police every instance of someone slamming someone else. Sometimes, we're about to go offline for the evening, and don't want to take the chance that the relieving mods will have the same amount of info on a volatile thread. Believe me, we edit a LOT of threads instead of closing them. [*]For every flame war that turned productive, there's TEN that not only went nowhere, but caused a lot of hurt feelings and hostilities in the process. Personally, I don't want to wade through ten pages of "you're an ass!" "so are you!" to get to an actual POINT. Wouldn't it be easier for ALL involved if people knew to just skip the insults, and get to their point in the first place, instead of wasting bandwidth with put-downs? It's not something we care to do, and not something most people who come here care to do, either. [*]In the end, it comes down to forum style. Sometimes I DO want to kick back and discuss things that are not kosher here -- politics, religion, the guy who cut me off on the by-pass -- but then I have other venues to discuss these things, and leave ENWorld for the "straight-to-the-chase" RPG talk, and for my dose of work-safe funny. I don't begrudge ENWorld for what it isn't, I work within it for what it is. [/list] [/QUOTE]
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