Improving the Forums

*kyabetsu* · 05-17-2004, 07:29 AM

Krang wrote: -----------------------------------------------------------
Ok, I'm seeing alot of complaints about The Technodrome both on and off the forums, so I felt I had to say something here since the topic has been brought up. I haven't been spending much time there myself (not because of any problems, but because I'm not really all that interested in the TMNT in general anymore, especially since the new cartoon came out), but apparently the problems there are much worse than they appear to me.

So, since there are several people here upset about the current status of the forums, I'll ask for your advice. What should I do with the forums to help bring things back to how they were? Or is that even possible? I put alot of work into those forums so I don't exactly want to shut them down permamently, but if everyone feels that the forums are beyond repair and is going to leave (leaving only the troublemakers and the new people), then I guess I don't have a choice. If possible, though, I'd like to at least try to do something first, so does anyone have any other suggestions?
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+mods: modding shouldn't be about tenure. it should be about PRESENCE. kali and Mike are the only two i see on the drome with any frequency. so you effectively have 2 mods.

+mod decisions: should follow a uniform set of rules. right now, b/c there are so few active mods, rules are enforced arbitrarily and inconsistantly. mods either don't see the infractions or aren't basing the judgments on the whole story... making for unreasonable decisions that appear RIGHT to the mods and just piss off everyone else who IS there more often.

+ but really? how can any forum opperate smoothly without ONE person (or two: tokka and mikeyqm ) overseeing the running of the forum. otherwise, you've got a gang of mods, each trying their hardest to enforce what they see as policy... and no way for posters to appeal to a higher authority when the problems directly involve the mods themselves.

--having said all that. i really don't think it's fair to mikey and tokka to drag technodrome problems and soap operas into their forum. i motion that we move this discussion back to the drome and into the site suggestions forum.

i know my opinions on this matter are not popular... especially with the drome mods... and i'd hate for there to be unpleasentness on THIS board because of those opinions.

(continued from: http://www.mikeystmnt.com/forums/php...opic.php?t=257
please make further posts on this topic here. it's a drome issue for drome people. and if it gets ugly... it's not fair to pollute Mkey'sTmnT forum with it..)

05-17-2004, 07:29 AM	#1
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	Improving the Forums Krang wrote: ----------------------------------------------------------- Ok, I'm seeing alot of complaints about The Technodrome both on and off the forums, so I felt I had to say something here since the topic has been brought up. I haven't been spending much time there myself (not because of any problems, but because I'm not really all that interested in the TMNT in general anymore, especially since the new cartoon came out), but apparently the problems there are much worse than they appear to me. So, since there are several people here upset about the current status of the forums, I'll ask for your advice. What should I do with the forums to help bring things back to how they were? Or is that even possible? I put alot of work into those forums so I don't exactly want to shut them down permamently, but if everyone feels that the forums are beyond repair and is going to leave (leaving only the troublemakers and the new people), then I guess I don't have a choice. If possible, though, I'd like to at least try to do something first, so does anyone have any other suggestions? ------------------------------------------------------------------ +mods: modding shouldn't be about tenure. it should be about PRESENCE. kali and Mike are the only two i see on the drome with any frequency. so you effectively have 2 mods. +mod decisions: should follow a uniform set of rules. right now, b/c there are so few active mods, rules are enforced arbitrarily and inconsistantly. mods either don't see the infractions or aren't basing the judgments on the whole story... making for unreasonable decisions that appear RIGHT to the mods and just piss off everyone else who IS there more often. + but really? how can any forum opperate smoothly without ONE person (or two: tokka and mikeyqm ) overseeing the running of the forum. otherwise, you've got a gang of mods, each trying their hardest to enforce what they see as policy... and no way for posters to appeal to a higher authority when the problems directly involve the mods themselves. --having said all that. i really don't think it's fair to mikey and tokka to drag technodrome problems and soap operas into their forum. i motion that we move this discussion back to the drome and into the site suggestions forum. i know my opinions on this matter are not popular... especially with the drome mods... and i'd hate for there to be unpleasentness on THIS board because of those opinions. (continued from: http://www.mikeystmnt.com/forums/php...opic.php?t=257 please make further posts on this topic here. it's a drome issue for drome people. and if it gets ugly... it's not fair to pollute Mkey'sTmnT forum with it..)