Seeing the General Forum again filled with foul mouthed rubbish from a non subscriber, why not change the forum mods' guidelines.
All posts by subscribers to be treated exactly as they are now:
eg. . only looked at by mods after alerts are raised.
All posts by non-subscribers to be looked at by mods BEFORE they appear in the forums. This gives those unwilling/unable to financially support the community the right to be heard, albeit on a slightly delayed basis.
If this needs more mods I for one will volunteer.
Originally posted by SirUlrichI rec that
Seeing the General Forum again filled with foul mouthed rubbish from a non subscriber, why not change the forum mods' guidelines.
All posts by subscribers to be treated exactly as they are now:
eg. . only looked at by mods after alerts are raised.
All posts by non-subscribers to be looked at by mods BEFORE they appear in the forums. This gives tho ...[text shortened]... heard, albeit on a slightly delayed basis.
If this needs more mods I for one will volunteer.
Originally posted by SirUlrichAbsolutely not!
Seeing the General Forum again filled with foul mouthed rubbish from a non subscriber, why not change the forum mods' guidelines.
All posts by subscribers to be treated exactly as they are now:
eg. . only looked at by mods after ale ...[text shortened]... elayed basis.
If this needs more mods I for one will volunteer.
What a heavy handed approach towards all non-subscribers, just because of one person.
Such draconian measures only serve to whip people up into frenzies. Like anti-terrorist laws, like wars on third world countries, etc. etc.
Tomorrow the mods will clean it up and it will be like a fart in the wind. Just ignore him.
Originally posted by SirUlrichI feel this is a very harsh approach as most non subscribers do not spam. Also i feel u r neglecting to take in to account tht some people may struggle to afford the fee. For example im a university student, and have limited funds as it is. But i enjoy playing chess. Once i leave uni i will definately subscribe when i have a job and am able to afford the subscription. But i still feel we have a right to our say.
Seeing the General Forum again filled with foul mouthed rubbish from a non subscriber, why not change the forum mods' guidelines.
All posts by subscribers to be treated exactly as they are now:
eg. . only looked at by mods after alerts are raised.
All posts by non-subscribers to be looked at by mods BEFORE they appear in the forums. This gives tho ...[text shortened]... heard, albeit on a slightly delayed basis.
If this needs more mods I for one will volunteer.
Originally posted by SirUlrichIf memory servces, back in the dim and distant days, at one point on the old boards I seem to recall all posts made by people who hadn't made many posts had to be approved by a moderator before they displayed. Not saying it was a good way or anything - just raising it as a bit of nostalgia 😲
All posts by non-subscribers to be looked at by mods BEFORE they appear in the forums. This gives those unwilling/unable to financially support the community the right to be heard, albeit on a slightly delayed basis.
Originally posted by SirUlrichMy solution is always the same: DON'T ALLOW NON-SUBSCRIBERS TO POST IN FORUMS!
Seeing the General Forum again filled with foul mouthed rubbish from a non subscriber, why not change the forum mods' guidelines.
All posts by subscribers to be treated exactly as they are now:
eg. . only looked at by mods after alerts are raised.
All posts by non-subscribers to be looked at by mods BEFORE they appear in the forums. This gives tho ...[text shortened]... heard, albeit on a slightly delayed basis.
If this needs more mods I for one will volunteer.
A subscriber fears the temporarly forum-ban or the subscription/account deletion;non subscribers simply don't care.
Non-subscriber posting cost / benifit analysis
What's the cost?
Well tonight is a good example. A troll comes in, using two temp accounts (likely based on a third account, but that's a different issue). And tonight the mods had to act quick and desively. And they did. Gold stars all round. Did it really cause the greater community any harm? No. The mod function was quick enough and effective enough that it will be just a story for tomorrow morning, no more, no less.
What's the benefit?
Its all positive press: folks breeze by, like what they see, try it out a bit and some buy. Many don't but some do. The benefit? The cash and presence of those that subscribe, AND THE PRESENCE OF THOSE THAT DON'T. While I really hate capitals, the non-subscribers are a very important part of our community: they add to the game pool, the ideas pool, the chat pool, the everything that makes you turn up pool.
Don't let the odd nutter blind you to the worthwhile majority.
Originally posted by ToeI agree to disagree...the situation creates more problems than it solves.
Non-subscriber posting cost / benifit analysis
What's the cost?
Well tonight is a good example. A troll comes in, using two temp accounts (likely based on a third account, but that's a different issue). And tonight the mods had to act quick and desively. And they did. Gold stars all round. Did it really cause the greater community any harm? No. The mod func ...[text shortened]... g that makes you turn up pool.
Don't let the odd nutter blind you to the worthwhile majority.