We will be taking a slightly different approach to game moderation in future. There will be no further community votes for electing moderation teams. A new method for alerting suspect cheats will be introduced shortly too. Further details to follow within a week.
Originally posted by Russ We will be taking a slightly different approach to game moderation in future. There will be no further community votes for electing moderation teams. A new method for alerting suspect cheats will be introduced shortly too. Further details to follow within a week.
-Russ
Swell. Thanks for taking the community's input soooooooooooooooooooooo seriously.
Just to tease everyone, the new system, from what I've heard so far, is a definite improvement. The community vote thing was probably a stupid idea in retrospect. 😀
I'm hoping the change will involve hiring an outside GM/IM to oversee the moderation process. Get someone who is knowledgeable enough to make accurate decisions, but is not a player on the site and hence has no potential for bias.
Surely there are some players out there who are very strong, but not quite strong enough to have an actual career in chess, who would be happy to have a chess-related job (even part time). The same type of people who hire themselves out for coaching on ICC, for example.
Of course cost could be prohibitive here, but hey, if they've devoted their lives to chess maybe they're used to being poor 🙂
Originally posted by incandenza I'm hoping the change will involve hiring an outside GM/IM to oversee the moderation process. Get someone who is knowledgeable enough to make accurate decisions, but is not a player on the site and hence has no potential for bias.
Surely there are some players out there who are very strong, but not quite strong enough to have an actual career in chess ...[text shortened]... ve here, but hey, if they've devoted their lives to chess maybe they're used to being poor 🙂
I have to start reading more slowly -- I thought you said "oversee the immolation process." Then again, people would think twice about using engines...
Originally posted by incandenza I'm hoping the change will involve hiring an outside GM/IM to oversee the moderation process. Get someone who is knowledgeable enough to make accurate decisions, but is not a player on the site and hence has no potential for bias.
Surely there are some players out there who are very strong, but not quite strong enough to have an actual career in chess ...[text shortened]... ve here, but hey, if they've devoted their lives to chess maybe they're used to being poor 🙂
Yes I agree outside moderation is the way to go!
To quote myself from chess only forum:
I think Russ should try to get one or two people onboard as game mods who are previously independent of this site & have reasonable knowledge & experience of the game.
Either that, or leave it as a free-for-all, á la yahoochess.
I know this sounds impractical, but it's the only way that decisions can be enforced without bias or prejudice. Being a current (or former) game mod should not be a means to exclude anyone from this process either.
Originally posted by !~TONY~! Just to tease everyone, the new system, from what I've heard so far, is a definite improvement. The community vote thing was probably a stupid idea in retrospect. 😀
Who's "stupid idea" was it? Who had absolute control of who would be on the Game Mod team regardless of the results of the vote?
The same people who now supposedly have a "definite improvement"?
Originally posted by no1marauder Who's "stupid idea" was it? Who had absolute control of who would be on the Game Mod team regardless of the results of the vote?
The same people who now supposedly have a "definite improvement"?
Edited due to wanting to be able to continue posting.
18 Jun '08 12:31
Current game moderation team dissolved.
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