I would like to introduce a completely new and 100% unique feature just added to ROD.
But first a few words.
Many of you may have noticed a little more latitude being given lately with posts. I have always been a firm believer that in order to allow a community to grow there has to be freedom of free flowing ideas. With additional freedoms comes personal responsibility to moderate themselves.
The foundation of this board was built on a few simple principles. A forum to give people the opportunity to discuss the Rams in an environment free of aggression, condescension, and trolling.
As the forum has grown, I am starting to notice the vision of our founder , @-X- , is becoming a bit blurred.
With the help of YOU, now is the time we set the course right.
Without further adieu, I present to you Community Moderation.
Community Moderation is a system of checks and balances that allows for free expression but also allows the community to moderate each other.
Here is how it works.
Any registered poster with OVER 50 posts will now have the ability to anonymously dislike a post. A threshold of dislikes has been set (currently set at 6) so that once that threshold of dislikes has been reached, the post will be removed from public view for moderation review.
Again, another set of checks and balances is in place that offsets every "dislike" with a "like"
Example: (the threshold for deletion is 6) Post A has 6 "dislikes" but also has 6 "likes". This cancels each other out and the post would still need 6 more "dislikes" to be removed. It is not until (using this example) a ratio of 6:1 has been reached will a post be removed.
In order to prevent abuse, each poster is only given the ability to dislike 5 posts a day. I have added the ability to "undislike" a post so if you use up your dislikes for the day, you can "undislike" and get your vote back.
Moderating an active board can be quite the task. Many times I have had to resist the urge to delete a post simply because I didn't agree with the opinion. I designed this system to help remove some of the emotional accept of moderating. To be clear though, moderators are still active and will still delete a post/poster of anyone that blatantly crosses the line.
The system is not perfect, nor are any of us. The tools are there for you guys. Between the community moderation and the ignore system, there is no reason why we cant continue to grow and maintain our status as the best Rams board on the web.
Make it happen people.
But first a few words.
Many of you may have noticed a little more latitude being given lately with posts. I have always been a firm believer that in order to allow a community to grow there has to be freedom of free flowing ideas. With additional freedoms comes personal responsibility to moderate themselves.
The foundation of this board was built on a few simple principles. A forum to give people the opportunity to discuss the Rams in an environment free of aggression, condescension, and trolling.
As the forum has grown, I am starting to notice the vision of our founder , @-X- , is becoming a bit blurred.
With the help of YOU, now is the time we set the course right.
Without further adieu, I present to you Community Moderation.
Community Moderation is a system of checks and balances that allows for free expression but also allows the community to moderate each other.
Here is how it works.
Any registered poster with OVER 50 posts will now have the ability to anonymously dislike a post. A threshold of dislikes has been set (currently set at 6) so that once that threshold of dislikes has been reached, the post will be removed from public view for moderation review.
Again, another set of checks and balances is in place that offsets every "dislike" with a "like"
Example: (the threshold for deletion is 6) Post A has 6 "dislikes" but also has 6 "likes". This cancels each other out and the post would still need 6 more "dislikes" to be removed. It is not until (using this example) a ratio of 6:1 has been reached will a post be removed.
In order to prevent abuse, each poster is only given the ability to dislike 5 posts a day. I have added the ability to "undislike" a post so if you use up your dislikes for the day, you can "undislike" and get your vote back.
Moderating an active board can be quite the task. Many times I have had to resist the urge to delete a post simply because I didn't agree with the opinion. I designed this system to help remove some of the emotional accept of moderating. To be clear though, moderators are still active and will still delete a post/poster of anyone that blatantly crosses the line.
The system is not perfect, nor are any of us. The tools are there for you guys. Between the community moderation and the ignore system, there is no reason why we cant continue to grow and maintain our status as the best Rams board on the web.
Make it happen people.
