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IMPORTANT POLL: Should there be an off-topic section?
Brumby:
--- Quote from: tautech on September 10, 2022, 03:06:07 am ---It should be clearly pointed out to you that quite recently the what is now General Technical Chat board was previously just General Chat as Dave changed the name of it and added Technical in an effort to get threads to remain ON Topic.
Therefore what Zeyneb is asking for is no more than a return to how things were and not some step into the abyss as you seem to imply.
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Sorry if I gave that impression. I just want to support the name change that includes the word "Technical" for exactly the reason given.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: wilfred on September 10, 2022, 04:25:22 am ---General Technical Chat was General Chat before the word Technical was inserted. But still you see some very tenuous topics started with flimsy justification as technical.
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The idea was to have a suble reminder to try and keep new threads at least somewhat on-topic.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Brumby on September 10, 2022, 01:37:51 am ---Could a different tack in Moderation have changed the outcome? Possibly. However, it must be made quite clear that there has been very little need for "advanced" moderation skills on the EEVblog since it has been quite well behaved for quite a long time. The recent kerfuffle was quite unique and escalated quickly. No-one was prepared for it.
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Yep.
m k:
--- Quote from: Brumby on September 10, 2022, 01:37:51 am --- The recent kerfuffle was quite unique and escalated quickly. No-one was prepared for it.
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Clear indication that moderation must happen from inside.
My guess is that community moderation is not going to work above sanitation level, where it is very good.
Good behaving parties have a tendency to yield, newcomers even more.
I think I've reported once, it was for exceptionally high amount of views, and obviously just accidentally spotted.
Community moderation above sanitation level must also happen publicly.
Reporting behind the scenes is something else and lurkers are not the community.
If silent community moderation is really tried reports must have numerical indicators and maintenance must be able to log them.
Something like an integer and fraction where integer is what and fraction how high, then optional text.
Mood of post is also very important, somebody have used a phrase usual suspects, what its plurality means, if that is many vs. many then I think the community has a problem.
I'm not familiar with many sections here but few possible sub groups I can name, TE addicts, HAMs and Lamp makers.
Partially those groups must be separated permanently, community can't do that.
Generally ignoring is not good for the community either.
Of course there is also a possibility that deepening community is not wanted direction.
Then crippled community moderation is a good level chopper.
But that's obviously not good for cleaned parties and possibly even worse for cleaners.
wilfred:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on September 10, 2022, 10:51:57 am ---
--- Quote from: wilfred on September 10, 2022, 04:25:22 am ---General Technical Chat was General Chat before the word Technical was inserted. But still you see some very tenuous topics started with flimsy justification as technical.
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The idea was to have a suble reminder to try and keep new threads at least somewhat on-topic.
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It was definitely worth trying. You don't want to die wondering if a simple idea was all that is needed.
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