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by **Hierophant** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 15:46

Okay, as you may know this board is now changing structure. We are going to work by boards of moderation now. The sum total of the board administration is composed of:

NoDeity- owner, arbitrator, tech guy
Franc28- owner
Cubehead- supermoderator
Rose- moderator (represented by Cubehead)
Phentos- supermoderator
Obscure- assistant arbitrator (represented by NoDeity)

Franc28, NoDeity and Cubehead are on the Policy Board. We don't have any other boards since there's only one tech guy and arbitrator (NoDeity). I guess that's it.

Also, it won't be necessary for board members to choose supermoderators as I discussed earlier, because me and Brad are already counted implicitly by the board as the owners (we can change things whether we are counted as mods or not). So effectively we have only one supermoderator right now, Cubehead.

So this is the thread where we would normally discuss endlessly about points of minutiae, but unless anyone has a point to discuss, I guess we'll have to leave it at that for now.

by **turtle turtle** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 15:56

I'm confused as to where the line is drawn between owner and moderator.

Also, when the arbiter has a problem, with whom does he/she seek resolution? I'm probably thinking of this on a larger scale than I should be.

by **Hierophant** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 15:59

Obscure wrote:I'm confused as to where the line is drawn between owner and moderator.

Well, Brad and I are implicit in the system. It doesn't matter if we're written down as moderating a section or not, we can do anything anywhere. We can also change the system data. Moderators are restricted to the sections they choose, and they can't change the system data.

Also, when the arbiter has a problem, with whom does he/she seek resolution? I'm probably thinking of this on a larger scale than I should be.

Hmm. What kind of problem would one be talking about here? You should probably bring it to the attention of the whole group, and we can discuss it.

by **turtle turtle** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 16:09

Francois Tremblay wrote:
Obscure wrote:I'm confused as to where the line is drawn between owner and moderator.

Well, Brad and I are implicit in the system. It doesn't matter if we're written down as moderating a section or not, we can do anything anywhere. We can also change the system data. Moderators are restricted to the sections they choose, and they can't change the system data.

Yes, but do you choose yourself as a moderator because you're an owner or because you're best suited for the job - ownership powers aside? If an owner is something which encapsulates being a moderator, then I understand. If it's based off of user preference, then i'm still a bit confused.

Hmm. What kind of problem would one be talking about here? You should probably bring it to the attention of the whole group, and we can discuss it.

Just any old problem. A run-of-the-mill disagreement with a poster or whatever.

I think it's the small scale of this exercise that had me cross-eyed for a second.

by **Hierophant** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 16:14

Obscure wrote:Yes, but do you choose yourself as a moderator because you're an owner or because you're best suited for the job - ownership powers aside?

You don't get to choose, that's the thing. Owners are automatically able to change anything.

Just any old problem. A run-of-the-mill disagreement with a poster or whatever.

Well, you're an arbitrator, so you're not supposed to get posters to do things per se. You're supposed to arbitrate disputes - between moderators or between moderators and posters, etc. So it's a higher-level thing.

I think it's the small scale of this exercise that had me cross-eyed for a second.

Yea, I know. Probably nothing will ever require any activity on this group. Still, it's proof that the concept of consensus is scalable down too.

by **turtle turtle** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 16:24

Francois Tremblay wrote:Well, you're an arbitrator, so you're not supposed to get posters to do things per se. You're supposed to arbitrate disputes - between moderators or between moderators and posters, etc. So it's a higher-level thing.

I'm aware of this.

What I was getting at is that I am also a poster. Who does the arbiter - as poster - go to when he/she has a dispute? Ownership? This is where the scale was confusing me a bit because if there were more arbiters, I wouldn't have to ask this question.

by **Hierophant** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 16:26

Well, you'd have to go to another arbitrator. Hence the advantage of having two.

by **Hierophant** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 23:34

Brad is out of town for 8 days, so Obscure will replace him for the time being.

by **Hierophant** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 09:53

Due to a constant stream of spam to the Hellbound Alleee section, I have switched REPLY to REG (registered members only). Are there any objections?

by **vertigo** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:57

I don't see any unregistered people complaining...

W.O.A. · by **Brad Reddekopp** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 13:31

It has become increasingly obvious to me that new registrants who gave email addresses ending in ".ru" or "chashette.com" were registering only for spamming or other nefarious purposes. It's even possible that they were spambot registrations that were sufficiently sophisticated to cope with the visual confirmation system. These new registrants never joined in conversation and most of them didn't even bother to get their accounts activated (activation of an account is done via email after registration).

I was giving them a week to activate their accounts and, if an account remained inactive after a week, it would be deleted. It was becoming burdonsome for me to keep dealing with these bogus registrations because of the high volume. So, I have banned email addresses ending in ".ru" or "chashette.com". This does not ban any individuals; it merely prevents them from using those email addresses for registration purposes.

Any objections?

by **Hierophant** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 13:37

I think that's an excellent decision.

by **Hierophant** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 07:35

Due to the invasion of spam, I have closed down guest thread creation on Atheology section.

by **Hierophant** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 19:27

Due to more spam, the Hellbound Alleee section is closed to guests.

by **X-Truth** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:56

I want to drop a suggestion if I may. :-)

I noticed the amount of spam messages in the TimeCube forums are increasing, these are messages that only contain an intro like: 'Yes, great stuff guys!!!' Followed by: 'buy hydro...' and then they give a link, or 'We opened a new site! look at: [insert mallicious url here]' and end also with: 'Buy [gizmo]'

I deleted approximatly 13 just before I logged in, because these posts are guest made posts I was able to remove them without logging in (thus stayed guest).

My suggestion was to make the TimeCube section a 'registered-member-only' section so only registered members can post there.
How about it? Any ideas? :-)

X-Truth

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