The CB Revolution, it has begun Options

[sadolakced acid]

now that the new moderators have been announced, it is time for the CB Revolution.

What It Is

The CB Revolution is a reform movement of sorts. The goal of the CB Revolution is to achieve certain changes in CB. These goals are to make CB a better place.

What The Goals Are

The goals of the CB Revolution are: (may change in time)

1. The addition of a suggestions forum. (implemented)
2. Having each forum have a mod that will check all threads and posts in that forum. (come on...)
3. The reform of the Moderation System; namely, a better system for denoting verbal warnings. (implemented)
4. The informing of members about changes. Suprises are nice- but if a change affects members greatly, it is better to have member imput. (not needed)

Why These Goals?

These are the goals fo the CB Revolution, with explinations on why they should become reality:

1. The addition of a suggestions forum.
The core of online communities are it's members. An online community can have good resources, and good administrators and staff, and yet, without members it is useless. Members often have the best ideas about things that will affect them- yet currently in CB, there is no way for these ideas to be submited, save PM or a topic lost in the forums. There is no dedicated forum where users may post an idea for CB they have, for the admin ,staff, and members to see if it's a good one. Many online communities have them, and they help with keeping the community on the track the members wish it to be.

2. Having each forum have a mod that will check all threads and posts in that forum.
CB is a large forum. There are many threads, and many more posts. Yet currently, it is possible for a thread, and even more probable a post, that never gets read by a moderator. Sure, there's the report for things like that. however; members have been told that before a mod will get the PM from the report, the topic or post will have been moderated already. This is evidently not happening. Sometimes whole forums are bypassed by mods for a few days. Every police department give's it's officers beats to walk, thus insuring everything is covered. Why should createblog be different? Like policemen, moderators cannot patrol all of CB. If all the policemen in a district went around in one big bus, they would be very ineffective. moderators should spread out, and thus better utilize thier numbers. There is no use for threads in the lounge to be looked over by four different moderators within it's first 30 minutes, while a thread in cars is overlooked for 3 days.

3. The reform of the Moderation System; namely, a better system for denoting verbal warnings.
This reform would be mainly backstage, and may already be done. A member may get 5 verbal warnings a day from 5 different mods, and never get a warning increase. This shouldn't happen; the second verbal should result in an actual. With this reform, this would happen. However, this isn't the only thing in the moderation system that should be changed. moderators should warn more freely- if the rules are let to slack too much, it is not good. of course, too strict isn't good either, but that's why there are verbal warnings.

4. The informing of members about changes. Suprises are nice- but if a change affects members greatly, it is better to have member imput.
Members do not enjoy being in the dark. Moreover, members would not know if they liked the change or not? why go through the trouble to have CB recoded (example) if the members don't like it? Of course, not everything should be announced ahead of time- but certain changes should, and member imput should be collected, as member imput is valuble.

How to support the CB Revolution

This is how to support the CB Revolution:

1. Declare your support in this thread.

2. Copy this code into your signature

CODE

[size=14][URL=http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=77726]I support the CB Revolution[/URL][/size]

3. design a banner for the CB Revolution, etc.

[Just_Dream]

lol Sammi, when you say "mods control cB," it sounds as if we're dictators or something. Not that you meant it that way.

As for this issue, all I have to say about "cB changes" is that not much has changed. Perhaps the skins section and main page looks different, but why should it matter? It is STILL a community. Jusun--micron--is even having members participate in creating banners for the main page. Sure, thigns changed and members were allowed to submit banners in the past, but at least he still allows members to submit banners.

What you don't realize is that sure, there have been quite a few changes to cB, but overtime, things change. Sorry, but I just feel like these changes shouldn't have mattered because imho, I don't think much has changed. Perhaps "cB2," if that's what you're referring to about major changes, what you don't realize is that it would've probably taken a while to get 10k members (who actually post) to approve of something new. Not to mention that perhaps to many, there's the chance that they believe that cB2 isn't that big a change. All I'm saying is that there will always be change, it's something we can't help but succumb to. But hey, we all have different views.

As for the "suggestions" forum, a whole forum about suggestions? Okay so members would create numerous threads about many suggestions? Why not just have a thread for it? Just one thread, rather than a whole forum? Or maybe if a member has a suggestion, perhaps they should PM it to a moderator or admin?

Sorry, but it seems as if members NEVER had input on anything. But see, they do. Micron has made a few threads in the lounge, asking about signatures and whatnot.

As for the noobs thing, robb0, what you failed to mention was that regular members shoot down on newbies as well. Sure, moderators have warned a few, but ONLY as a last resort. Or rather, SHOULD be as a last resort. I've seen quite a few times when frequent members bash on newbies if they make a mistake.

"OMG YOU SPAMMED! DOUBLE POST! JFLDAJLFKS" Sometimes that's all a member would contribute to a thread if a newbie accidentally "double posted." I'm not directing this at anyone... But I've seen some members do that. What I'm saying is that you shouldn't classify moderators as the ones who seem to crack down on members.

This post has been edited by Just_Dream: Apr 25 2005, 11:09 PM