Do you have suggestions, complaints, or compliments as to how the moderator staff is performing? Voice your opinions here.

Make this thread helpful for the mods.

Mods are members, also. So member bashing is not allowed, as always. Don't make it a personal vendetta, please. Keep the bashing at 0%, please.

Any moderator has the right to close and unpin this thread at the signs of bashing, pointlessness, and/or any other guideline breaker.

I do hope this works out. I want to stress that this is not the place for personal attacks. If you really have to, keep it in the PM system between you and the mod. This thread is here to help mods work better with members.


So...your thoughts?



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Also, please do not make this thread into a full scale discussion. Its main purpose is for members to evalute moderator performance. If your question/concern has been answer, cease to post here until you have another concern. Thank you.

overall i think the performance is okay but i have noticed that there are mods that are verrrry unactive

Yes I've noticed that too.
Some mods hardly come on once a week.
I think the mods should be on CB like once every few days, or something like that.

I don't know if this is just me... but it seems like some mods are SORT OF abusing their mod powers. They can re-open closed topics and add their reply and close it again. They can also spam for a while before closing the topics. Oh well, I guess it's just me then.

i agree with ^
some of the mods open a topic, write their response and close it again..
but other than that i think they r doing a good job..

For the most part I think the mods are doing a good job, I suggest maybe adding a few more people that can handle the responsiblity of being one.

I think the mods are doing a good job too, though some of them are barely ever on. But otherwise,

just keep doing your jobs.

its kinda what you're for

keep up the good work is all i have to say

Most of the mods are doing ok. Good job

I can't really complain about the mods, except that there is a...selected few who isn't exactly helping.
Most of the topics are being closed when needed to, so that's good.

Most mods have been doing a good job, but I've noticed that some of them haven't exactly been active at createblog.

Yall are doin great. Just chill on the closing a lil

I think they're all doing OK..

The reason some of them are not active...is because there are already many mods already. By the time they see the thread, it is most likely that it is already closed.

Personally...I would not see much use of myself if I was a mod right now.

We have to close what is needed to be closed. Not close a maximum number of topics a day just that it will be consistent.

i dont really have a problem with any of the mods...
~i do notice (like some of them above me said) that they'll open a topic back up, say their 2 cents and then close it back up
~some seem to have major attitude problems (not to me)

i agree with most of the people up there...all of the mods are doing a great job closing, pinning and moderating in general; but i have noticed that some of the mods are not on as much i think they should be but they have their owns lives.

keep up the good work!

If you havn't noticed, most mods do that because they were in the middle of writing their response. When they added their reply, it got closed, so they re-open it to say what they wanted to say... They aren't really abusing their powers, it's just an advantage you have.

Totally agree, we need more mature mods

Fae's General Response To Comments:

1) Certain actions shall be taken against inactive mods, but do keep in mind that two-three days of absence can hardly equal inactivity. Such responsibility, however, lies with administrators so please DO NOT be concerned with our staffing problems.
We moderators have the responsibility to let other staff, not members, know of our temporary leave. This, of course, means that certain leaves ARE EXCUSED .

2) I can formulate a better respond to 'problem' of closing, reopening a topic to respond, and then closing it again if I can understand WHY it is such a big deal to you all. Help me understand why.

3) Moderators are mature, however, we do have feelings just like everyone else. This should explain why we are ofttimes 'playful' and will respond sometimes harshly to PERSONAL negativity towards us. Being a moderator shouldn't mean we must rid ourselves of feelings. This is a ridiculous expectation.

Thank you for everyone's positive feedback AND suggestions to how we can better ourselves.

Staff, please feel free to add on to this or edit it.

I, personally, don't think you mods should even have to defend yourselves! You are trying your hardest and are only human. I think you guys are doing great. Sure, sometimes I wish I was a mod so I could close a stupid topic, but I know that it will eventually done.

Most of the comments are just stupid, petty thing. Wow, they get to add a reply and you don't. Get over it.

Also, as Fae stated, THEY ARE HUMANS TOO. That does mean they will get pissed if you attack them.

Yeah, I agree.
Sometimes, however, when mods leave for a few weeks or months, they only announce it backstage. I noticed that when I had the access....So that is in their defense a bit.

Overall, I think you're doing fine..

Mods are actually doing a great job , no complaints whatsoever.

But I think we need more Mods , ( im here 24/7 hehe ) , but seriously just a few like , 3 or 4.

i agree with emmaliev. but yeah overall, they're doing their job to the best of their abilities and just keep it up.

honestly, i really think that alot of the people staff should be demodded.

why?
i was demodded for not having enough moderator actions, but when i could, i took action. now there are about a million topics on "what religion are you?" and stuff like that, and mods just seem to glaze over it. anyway, alot of them are inactive anyway.

i think that we have way too MANY mods ;x

most of the staff is doing a great job though, except those who are all like.. un good.

yes.
that is what i am thinking.
they need to change their attitude.
*nods*
at least try to act nice.

"they"? "try to act nice"?

Fae's General Response To Comments #2:

1) Thank you, Brie. Yes, we generally give out notices to other staff backstage when we leave cB for a time. Thank you, Rachel (may I call you by your name?). I wholeheardly think that we should not have to sacrifice our feelings when we are faced with negativity from others. However, please DO NOT think that we are not admonished for this. Believe it or not, we are under surveillance and we do have to watch what we say.

2) The responsibility of demodding, or any punishment lie with admins. We are merely here to keep order in the forums (people staff). The need for more staff or the need to have less staff varies from person to person. The ultimate decision will be made by administrators.

3) Our attitudes contribute to this forum. Whether it is a bad or good contribution, again, varies from person to person. What one feels about one staff's attitude may not reflect the feelings of everyone else. However, if you are greatly offended/hurt or you are suffering over how a staff person is treating you, report immediately to an administrator. We are not God, therefore, we will be punished accordingly if the accused has good reasoning.

Thank you for the feedbacks.

Not sure if this complaint has already been issued, but topic closing takes an awful long time... Not just inappropriate or repetitive topics, but topics that even the creators have asked to be closed.

Ok throw it out: Do I give off a mean/negative/piss-off kinda attitude when I moderate (close/move stuff)?

Here, I'm calling myself exempt from being bashed, because it seems the ones disliking me don't feel it is important enough to PM me about my abilities/attitude. So if you feel any animosity/dislike/annoyance towards me, here is the time and place to tell me. This is a self-help portion that I feel will help me work out my abilities. But please, atleast give a reason why so I can work on my problems. Thanks.

Mods aren't gods...we're not omnipresent. If you see a topic that needs to be closed, and you can tell that the mods just overlooked the topic, then tell us. PM us so we can get the job done.

i honestly don't think we would do a much better job closing topics even when they are asked to be closed. just because we are moderators doesnt mean we dont still like to post just like the next person, and thus i for one am still drawn to the topics that interest me. most topics do not just sit and gather spam. were not that inefficient. were only human- you cant ask too much of us

edit://oh, gigi beat me ;]

To add on to what Gigi said, we not only have to moderate the forums, but we want to enjoy it as well. Moderating is not our only job; we want to come here to express our view and opinions just like all the other members on createBlog.

Hah, Nicki beat me to what I was going to say.

no one's really saying anything about the design/xanga/blogger staffers?..

any complaints on us?

yes, you guys are too lazy.

actually, i wouldn't really know... never submitted anything.

anyways: i think each mod should be given responsibility of a forum. for more popular forums, there would be maybe two or three mods.

for example, if fae (using you as example here, i hope you don't mind) were debate forum mod, she would focus more on the debate forum, and that forum would as a result, get moderated more.

so; if each forum were given it's own mod (or mods), each mod would feel an 'ownership' of the forum, and would take pride in keeping it clean.

because the way it is now, mods usually just moderate forums they venture. they don't check every single thread. it's just too hard to do the entire CB.

for example, i could start a bashing session in the cars forum, and if no mods were in the discussion, or wanted to read the thread, it'd have to wait till someone reported me, which would take a while.

however, if one mod were assigned the cars forum to take charge of, then it would be caught in a day.

Moddly powers need to be delegated. not just shared.

(yes i will keep pushing for this untill either it's implimented or... hmm. haven't really thought abotu that possibility yet...)

^That was suggested quite a while ago, I remember... when I was first modded, but I think other moderators didn't like the idea of it.. I don't remember why though

^
That's a really good idea.

no complaints, I think you guys are doing a good job.
but, I have one thing to say--I'm not sure how many xanga skins are submitted a day, and I know it must be a lot to go through, but I think it would be nice to PM a person if theirs was rejected as soon as it is instead of having that person having to wait. But I know you guys said that you don't PM everyone and it might be a hassle, but it's just an idea.

hmm... why didn't the mods like it?

it's like having a company. you need people doing various jobs, not everybody doing everything.

sure, it might create competition between the mods as to who's forum is better... but a little competition is good.

Don't worry, this feature will be implemented soon.

no, you're welcome to use me in any example.

but i was wondering, what if i'm busy doing chores or need to study for an exam? i would have to leave my forum un-modded...

well, you see, you could ask another mod to watch your forum for you.

and mods would still mod wherever they were posting, this would just ensure every forum was checked over once a day (or so)

here's the topic: http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php...1&st=&p=&#entry

//edit: mods only

bleh. i feel left out.

haha... how long is that thread? is it feasible to press the little [+] next to every post, then come here and post it all?

what??

well so long as you mods and admin notice the inactiveness of the mods

next to the quote thing at the bar of every post is the little [+] symbol...

if you click it it becomes a [-] symbol and turns red...

and next time you clikc "post reply"

it inserts every post you picked as an individual quote.

ohmygosh, how wonderful!
thanks!

[quote=sadolakced acid,Apr 5 2005, 8:58 PM]next to the quote thing at the bar of every post is the little [+] symbol...

if you click it it becomes a [-] symbol and turns red...

and next time you clikc "post reply"

it inserts every post you picked as an individual quote.

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damn i didn't even know that, haha

here we gooooooooo...









[quote=kryogenix,Aug 31 2004, 4:02 PM]
i was thinking, maybe we could assign certain staff members to individual forums? There's just too much for people staff to watch out for. We could still have power over the entire community center, just that we are responsible for what goes on in our assigned section.

if cap'n micron wants to institute this, i'd like to be interests mod. or if you're going to break it down even further, tech mod or debate mod.

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[quote=lilangelgurlpnai,Aug 31 2004, 4:09 PM]
Oh! Oh! Entertainment for me! Hah, that would be awesome, heh. Finally, something different for awhile.

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[quote=juliar,Aug 31 2004, 4:11 PM]
Meep. Extra people to the lounge. Or possible someone could do for the locker rooms in general, and since the intros doesn't have alot alot alot alot to really deal with, someone could juggle that and something else, same time.

I liek the idea.

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[quote=lilangelgurlpnai,Aug 31 2004, 4:13 PM]
So do I.

Finally, something different to think about, as what I said before.

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[quote=x_angawhomps,Aug 31 2004, 4:13 PM]
..but but.. what if it gets like blogring, WITH ALL THOSE MODERATORS and then you can't tell which one mods whatever forum.. and ..and.. confusing.. ahh!

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[quote=Kathleen,Aug 31 2004, 4:14 PM]
That's a good idea.

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[quote=Just_Dream,Aug 31 2004, 4:18 PM]
But I still sort of want to do things on allt he community section. I don't like the idea that I have to be responsible for a certain forum in there. What if I decide to change to a different forum later and want to move/close things in there? You know what I mean?

But if you guys do want to just moderate mainly in a certain forum, that's okay =) I just don't want to watch out for a single forum.

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[quote=lilangelgurlpnai,Aug 31 2004, 4:22 PM]
Yeah, that's true too. You get tired of hearing things and you go over to some other forum and see, "Oh!" and not be able to move it.. Heh. But I think Kyro said something about still being able to moderate in the whole Community Center?

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[quote=krnxswat,Aug 31 2004, 4:22 PM]
JSL style, eh?

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[quote=liquidbluac1d,Aug 31 2004, 4:37 PM]
I call pictures or girls locker room actually thats a good idea..

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[quote=CEP,Aug 31 2004, 4:55 PM]
Wouldn't it be kind of the same if we can manage other forums?
And what if for example, everyone's gone, except for one people staff. And there happens to be a topic that needs to be taken care of in a forum that he/she cannot manage? What then?

- Jose

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[quote=krnxswat,Aug 31 2004, 5:03 PM]
That won't be happening or anytime soon so need to worry.

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[quote=kryogenix,Aug 31 2004, 5:14 PM]
i already mentioned, that we would still retain the power to moderate the entire community center, just that our priorities would lie with the forum we've been assigned too.

Don't remind me of JSL forums. *shudders*

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[quote=CEP,Aug 31 2004, 5:22 PM]
Oh, well in that case, I'm all set for that.
<- Hasnt touched Interests, Boy's Locker, Introduction, Entertainment in a while.

- Jose

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[quote=kryogenix,Aug 31 2004, 5:42 PM]
yeah, i'm really only in tech and debate now. there's just too much to keep up with.

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[quote=juliar,Sep 3 2004, 11:21 AM]
Not just too much to keep up with, too many...err.. pointless things.

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[quote=Jordan Inc.,Sep 3 2004, 1:12 PM]
i dont really like this idea, but if yu guys do, give me the pictures forum

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it's a good idea.

i mean, i just makes someone in charge of each individual forum... makes more responsibility...

Exactly what I was saying.