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Forum moderation

r4dr3zr4dr3z Registered User regular
edited October 2009 in Social Entropy++
I love the job that Penny Arcade's mods do with moderation. Everyone here always posts in the right thread, rarely do you see a duplicate thread, and if a thread might be off-topic or borderline, rarely do you see someone reciting the rules to the thread author. You can count on a mod to move the thread to the appropriate discussion forum or delete it.

I also frequent a certain sports team's discussion board, and it's a madhouse. People always post duplicate threads, anytime someone has something to say about a topic it's a new thread, and everywhere are posts saying how the threads are dupes or off-topic. The mods there claim that the software makes moving threads difficult. Since they are the official discussion board for that team, I would like to see them upgrade their software, but I don't see them doing that any time soon.

That said, I'm wondering if the way web site discussion boards are run leave anything to be desired. It really is hard to feel like your voice is being heard if you post a new idea about GTA IV on the 79th page of the GTA IV discussion. Maybe your post really is a new idea only tangentially related to GTA IV. How do you know when it warrants a new thread?

Does anyone have any other ideas on how discussion boards should be run? Is it either the nice, clean PA way, or bust?

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited October 2009
    who has the better jugs, bogey or larlar?

    discuss.

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I heard Tube is a butt.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Rule with an iron fist, a slap on the wrist should shatter bones.

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  • Bacon-BuTTyBacon-BuTTy Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I have a feeling we're about to witness some first class moderation.

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    this thread is going to come to an ironic and hilarious end

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited October 2009
    Viscount Islands wrote: »
    Rule with an iron fist, a slap on the wrist should shatter bones.

    this is a top notch post

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I think this might be the wrong forum for this kind of thread.

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  • Run Run RunRun Run Run __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2009
    Meh.

    I don't really have an opinion on Tube.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    be like tube and ban an entire seaboard

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    larlar by a landslide
    because he has huge. . . .tracts of land.

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    be like tube and ban an entire seaboard

    If he could get away with it he would ban the world.

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    our mods all smell like cheese

    and shame

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  • Run Run RunRun Run Run __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2009
    As a mod you should allow regular ranger threads.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    pfft larlar

    now there's a big ol chump

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    The OP is a moderator alt

    Be careful what you say

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Anyone else think it's ironic that this was posted in SE++?

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  • BerkBerk THE BUDGIE SMUGGLER Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Run Run Run wrote: »
    As a mod you should allow regular ranger threads.

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  • 101101 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    ahahahahaha


    aaaaaaaaaahahahahaha

    EDIT: so glad I wasn't drinking anything when I saw that

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    berk oh my god

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Oh my god Berk.

    ahahahahaha

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Berk you are a treasure. :D

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  • Cold Salmon and HatredCold Salmon and Hatred __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2009
    the only thing i really dislike about the rules around here at the moment is the whole no nsfw thing

    I don't see the point of not allowing specific threads or even a forum to be nsfw, provided they are labeled.

    if it's the whole "but think of the childreeen", the minimum age to join here is 13 and if you're an internet smart enough 13 year old to end up on these forums chances are you're going to have seen boobies at some point, christ

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Baroque And Roll wrote: »
    Anyone else think it's ironic that this was posted in SE++?

    Baroque? Posting about irony?

    Never

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Snowbeat wrote: »
    this thread is going to come to an ironic and hilarious end

    Why? It seems legit to me.

    The guy is saying the mods are doing a wonderful job here. He's right.

    Go take a look at gametrailer's forums or any other popular forum.

    Its awful

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Wonderful. :D

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  • 101101 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Cold Salmon and Hatred wrote: »
    the only thing i really dislike about the rules around here at the moment is the whole no nsfw thing

    I don't see the point of not allowing specific threads or even a forum to be nsfw, provided they are labeled.

    if it's the whole "but think of the childreeen", the minimum age to join here is 13 and if you're an internet smart enough 13 year old to end up on these forums chances are you're going to have seen boobies at some point, christ

    I'm pretty sure that could land PA in some legal trouble.

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    berk hits it outta the park

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    nice ass berk

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Haha, Berk, I'm trying to interpret Run's expression in the second panel.

    Is that fear? Boredom?

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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I don't know if it's the quality of the community, the moderation, or both, but these are by far the best forums I've been to. I mean, even G&T isn't that bad, considering it's a video game forum.

    Plus we have berk. And he is the greatest.

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  • Run Run RunRun Run Run __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2009
    Viscount Islands wrote: »
    Haha, Berk, I'm trying to interpret Run's expression in the second panel.

    Is that fear? Boredom?

    Defiance.

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    AMP'd wrote: »
    Baroque And Roll wrote: »
    Anyone else think it's ironic that this was posted in SE++?

    Baroque? Posting about irony?

    Never

    'sup AMP'd.

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I'm implementing a forum in the site I'm constructing at my job right now and the guy developing it insists that forums are a magnet for spam and 80% of the posts made are by bots and blah blah blah

    but this forum is run so well that I am under the impression that his opinions are not at all true

    but maybe I am just spoiled

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  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Mods are butts.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    The GameFAQs forum is pretty horrible.

    I mean, it's no 4chan, but it's still a pretty big pile of shit.

    EDIT: Yes WaM we are spoiled. In more ways than you can possibly imagine.

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    A new movie is out? 30 new threads appear, everyone wants to have their opinions as the OP.

    A couple of new games are out? Tons of ''X or Y thread?'' '' I want X game and Y game but can only afford one'' appear.

    Dadouw on
  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    World as Myth wrote: »
    I'm implementing a forum in the site I'm constructing at my job right now and the guy developing it insists that forums are a magnet for spam and 80% of the posts made are by bots and blah blah blah

    but this forum is run so well that I am under the impression that his opinions are not at all true

    but maybe I am just spoiled

    Totally just spoiled. He's pretty much right.

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  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff MOMMM! ROAST BEEF WANTS TO KISS GIRLS ON THE TITTIES!Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I was just thinking about this today, this forum is solid. I have been on some shitty forums. This one is exceptionally well run, especially the lack of duplicate threads. And if you fuck up you're dealt with pretty quick and efficiently.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2009
    yes, most forums are absolutely terrible

    PA is the exception that proves the rule

    Druhim on
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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I want to find WaM's forum and spam it with goatse. It's my goal in life now.

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