If you were a mod/admin on this forum, what would you do?

[Edward]

well, IMO certain (nameless) moderators here are already abusing powers

Care to elaborate? Got a problem bro? Don't hold back :T
No one ever said you can't have a problem. Express it to the fullest! Just don't be stupid about it.

 

[Cool Frog]

I'd be pretty strict on flaming and trolling. A lot of people think the forums aren't a very friendly environment. I understand if someone's been here since the start and is tired of the "How do I get faster?" threads but it's not an excuse to be rude. All noobs make noob threads. I made a few I won't pretend like I came her knowledgable. But that's exactly why I came here. To become a more knowledgable and better cuber. Maybe some of us don't remember our time of noobery but it was there and we shouldn't forget that.

I remember my time, It involved me using the search function, google, youtube, PM's, and practice.
I changed methods overnight, didn't ask how to get faster, just practiced, and learned.

Basic search top few are off topic, then there are a ton of useful things in there. I think the threads on how to get faster wouldn't be that bad if they had a video to point out specific areas that need work on. usually it goes along the lines of
"Practice" "Lookahead" "Learn CFOP" *shudders*
or something along those lines, in nearly every one of the "how do I get faster?" threads

your exaggeration and sarcasm detector is not sensitive enough.

I never came with an internet sarcasm detector.

 

[crashdummy001]

I never came with an internet sarcasm detector.

Here's a cheap one xD

 

[Cool Frog]

Here's a cheap one xD

No money to waste on such a thing. (Not to mention you can't purchase it)
What would shipping me to france do? They have internet there right?

 

[bluedasher]

I'd put some sort of a filter on threads made by new members, and if the thread had words like, "how", "faster", and so on, it would be subject to review by a moderator before actually being posted to the forum. Granted this may be easier said than done, but it would be at least one way we could see a decrease in threads like, "How do I get faster at the Fridrich method?", or "F2L help please!".

 

[freshcuber]

I remember my time, It involved me using the search function, google, youtube, PM's, and practice.

I did the same things. Even now I think YouTube is underrated as a learning aid. See we can all go watch a video tutorial on big cube centers but searching algorithms can bring up very good ones that aren't on the wiki AND they come with a video showing fingertricks. How could it be any better?

What I'm trying to say is we shouldn't jump right at them like dogs to meat. Give them a chance to crawl before they walk instead of expecting them to hit the ground running.

 

[Cool Frog]

I did the same things. Even now I think YouTube is underrated as a learning aid. See we can all go watch a video tutorial on big cube centers but searching algorithms can bring up very good ones that aren't on the wiki AND they come with a video showing fingertricks. How could it be any better?

What I'm trying to say is we shouldn't jump right at them like dogs to meat. Give them a chance to crawl before they walk instead of expecting them to hit the ground running.

But the newer cubers want us to hand feed them. when they can search for some grubs themselves (interesting analogy I guess)

 

[freshcuber]

I agree with you there. Maybe after the register an account instead of being redirected to the homepage they could get redirected straight to the site rules.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Destroy all humans.

 

[buelercuber]

THEY'RE ON TO US! ABORT, ABORT!

not that we would uprise.....o_o...no not at all.

EVERYONE GET YOUR TUSHIES OUT OF HERE!! SHE'S GUNNA BLOW!!!

 

[maggot]

Why you call him out like that? You totally insulted him, not only about his thread, but also said that he doesn't know what a good puzzle is. That was oddly rude and a bit mean bro. And you also called Patrick naive. wtf? He knows what he's talking about.

I also disagree with your post though.

naive- having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous.

credulous- disposed to believe to readily; gullible.

i dont see how that was offensive to patrick. i simply pointed out that he left out the rest of the internet in his argument. i am also in AGREEMENT with him on the filter.

also, i apologize for the comment about phoneixdeath. but at the same time, i dont think it is right to discredit vcubes so blatantly as he does at EVERY opportunity. besides, he was just an example, one that stood out. i believe talk about KO is fine in an objective way, but other than that. . .

also, the reason for the bump. I just seen a person bump a 3 month old thread about tiles vs stickers. not only are there 200 threads about tiles and stickers, as well as youtube videos, and information on cubesmith (they'll even send you a free sample from scrap!). this is why i feel that thread creation should be monitered and discussion on certain threads should be locked (more so than what we have now).

 

[qqwref]

Remember, it would not effect just this forum. Think of this situation: Some underage kid asked his parents if he can compete at a Rubik's Cube competition. The parent, who prior to this point didn't know there were even competitions for this piece of plastic, decides to take a look around the internet to learn more about these competitions. Stumbling around, they find Speedsolving. Had profanity been allowed, it could been seen by this parent. This parent could, in turn, believe that this is how the community is as a whole; unfit for their child.

Yes, this is a possibility. I'm sure there are still parents out there who think it's a serious problem that some teenagers and adults use curse words, and that those words shouldn't be allowed anywhere near small children.

On the other hand, I can also imagine parents who would stop their kids from going to a cubing competition because they don't like our community for some other reason. Maybe we're too secular, or too old on average, or too anonymous, or too elitist, or too rude. I don't think there are enough curse-phobic parents to justify adding a wordfilter, in a community where 99+% of people are at least in middle school, and thus have heard curses in real life already.

 

[Jaysammey777]

I would delete all the 1 anser question threads

 

[Edward]

I would delete all the 1 anser question threads

W-why's that? It's done only positive since it's creation :T

 

[danthecuber]

W-why's that? It's done only positive since it's creation :T

No he's tallking about all of the threads that could have been in the OAQT

 

[FatBoyXPC]

and thus have heard curses in real life already.

That doesn't mean the parents want to put their kids in that environment though. I know plenty of parents currently, and when I was younger (that age) that wouldn't let their kids (or myself) go to an event where the impression was that there would be a good deal of cursing present. Granted, most of these families were heavy on the religious side.

I too am peeved at the fact people thing of the word itself as offensive, instead of its context. Not only that, but people are completely fine with using their accepted synonyms as if it isn't to mean the same thing "freaking" for instance) as if the context and meaning aren't the same.

 

[qqwref]

That doesn't mean the parents want to put their kids in that environment though. I know plenty of parents currently, and when I was younger (that age) that wouldn't let their kids (or myself) go to an event where the impression was that there would be a good deal of cursing present. Granted, most of these families were heavy on the religious side.

Well, considering how often we see posts with **** (etc) here, even with a wordfilter, only a completely unreasonable person would think there would be "a good deal of cursing present" in cubing. In fact, if a parent did even the most basic research, I bet they'd find cubing to have less cursing than other activities with people the same age.

And again, parents can be as unreasonable as they want, for good reasons or bad. Pleasing them all is impossible, so I think we should just worry about looking good to reasonable onlookers, which we certainly would if we removed the wordfilter and kept our team of moderators.

 

[FatBoyXPC]

And again, parents can be as unreasonable as they want, for good reasons or bad. Pleasing them all is impossible, so I think we should just worry about looking good to reasonable onlookers, which we certainly would if we removed the wordfilter and kept our team of moderators.

Very well said

 

[Chapuunka]

@cursing: I would hope people on this forum would be familiar enough with the English language to express themselves without using curse words when necessary.

I think newcomers should be more encouraged to lurk before becoming heavily involved in the community.

 

[Cool Frog]

@cursing: I would hope people on this forum would be familiar enough with the English language to express themselves without using curse words when necessary.

I think newcomers should be more encouraged to lurk before becoming heavily involved in the community.

Sometimes words cannot describe things the same way "Curse" words can.