Tim Major
Platinum Member
@robocopter: my thoughts were "let anyone flag a thread. Once it has been flagged 5 times a halfmod decides whether or not to hide the thread. So you'd only really need 5 halfmods.
Sounds like an idea. Informing a thread creater to search before making a thread. But there will still be useless threads made that aren't simple questions. Maybe if they had a warning before the thread is made telling the poster the consequences of making a useless thread.
And dude, there already is an informer telling you to use the search. Everytime you make a thread, its in Big Red Letters above the text box.
Warning: Use the search function to search for your question.
Warning: Your question might belong in the OAQT.
Warning: If you make a useless thread, you could be punished.
I'm sure anyone would love to go through that every time they posted a thread.
And dude, there already is an informer telling you to use the search. Everytime you make a thread, its in Big Red Letters above the text box.
You think people actually read that?
@robocopter: my thoughts were "let anyone flag a thread. Once it has been flagged 5 times a halfmod decides whether or not to hide the thread. So you'd only really need 5 halfmods.
You think people actually read that?
Or we can be the "half-mods" by using our super Report Post powers to bring posts to mod-attention without bumping. If people are acting stupid and keep bumping them (like Robocopter said), then treat those bumpers as if they were spammers making "stupid" threads/posts via infractions/reprimands until they take a hint.
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?9431-Welcome-video-for-new-membersI remember a LOOOOOOONG time ago (when I first started and I was lurking), someone had an idea of making a welcome video. Why don't we do that for the rules? When someone joins, they have to watch the video. Granted, there will be people who skip through the video or don't watch it, but it might make a difference.
Now you have to see why all the threads are being MADE. I think the reason is that people like womack and Flyingfingers are irrelavent to the whole speedsolving community and they ignore the flaming comments sent at them. Don't worry about me, I kind of like the half mod idea. But we've got to make the people see sense. We've got to do something to make them pay attention.I think the real problem is people being bothered by the threads being made, and people feeling they have to scream at the poster. If you just report it and leave it alone, it'll get bumped off the front page, and later deleted. If like 10 people start bashing the person for posting a stupid thread, that's 10 bumps keeping it visible to everyone. The threads are more like the spark to the problem IMO.
I don't think we need a new system dedicated to reducing spam threads. If you guys use the Report Button whenever needed, a mod will take care of it asap. It's interesting to your ideas and opinions, though.
The admins choose the mods, so it's up to them to decide if more mods are needed, and if so who they will be.
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?9431-Welcome-video-for-new-members
Who cares if these dumb threads are up for like 2 hours. They will be gone in like a day
Anyone else think these threads are getting a little repetitive?
I think I've thought of a temporary solution(possibly permanent). Why not give each member the ability to hide threads from their own PERSONAL thread feed on the home page? like on Youtube you used to be able to hide a video by clicking the "x" you could still view it if you looked for it but it wouldn't appear on your home page. Therefore you don't have to look at the "crap" threads. If you deem a thread as stupid you just hide it and don't have to look at it taking up your home page thread feed.
If this isn't implemented or something of a similar nature, people need to learn to just ignore stupid threads rather than posting in the stupid threads and keeping them on the homepage.
Anyone else think these threads are getting a little repetitive?
I think I've thought of a temporary solution(possibly permanent). Why not give each member the ability to hide threads from their own PERSONAL thread feed on the home page? like on Youtube you used to be able to hide a video by clicking the "x" you could still view it if you looked for it but it wouldn't appear on your home page. Therefore you don't have to look at the "crap" threads. If you deem a thread as stupid you just hide it and don't have to look at it taking up your home page thread feed.
If this isn't implemented or something of a similar nature, people need to learn to just ignore stupid threads rather than posting in the stupid threads and keeping them on the homepage.
Yeah unlike the other ideas on this thread, I cant see any reason why this wouldn't work.
Unlike Google, speedsolving doesn't have thousands of coders to implement the coolest ideas that come into their heads. Something like this might be possible for us to have, but it would take a very long time to implement and debug (might've used debug in the wrong context, but you get my point). Bottom line, as far as I know the mods don't have that kind of time on their hands.
How about thread approval, just not through mods. So, some thread is created, and it functions just like threads now, people post and all that good stuff, the difference is, the rating system on the thread is now important. If X number of people rate the thread 2 stars or below then the thread is hidden and reported, or enough 1 stars and the thread is deleted. And also the number of votes a member is allowed in some time period Y should be a function of their post count, time since they joined the forum, and the number of times they have gotten a ban/infraction.
How about thread approval, just not through mods. So, some thread is created, and it functions just like threads now, people post and all that good stuff, the difference is, the rating system on the thread is now important. If X number of people rate the thread 2 stars or below then the thread is hidden and reported, or enough 1 stars and the thread is deleted. And also the number of votes a member is allowed in some time period Y should be a function of their post count, time since they joined the forum, and the number of times they have gotten a ban/infraction.