should we make the lounge an unmoderated forum? Options

[micron]

hi all,

i was browing through my old site before i made cb... and it had a forums, where the equivalent of cb's "the lounge" wasn't moderated. i thought that was a good idea, and leaning towards implementing it here.

dont get me wrong. moderating is good and all, but sometimes it can really discourage members from participating. for example, there seems to be a trend where staff members close topics if the topic was talked about before, even if it's been over a year. this might be good in that it promotes organization, but in reality, it really kills the participitory aspect of the forums. sometimes things need to be revisted and retalked. its part of everyday life.

if we continue on like this, where topics get closed because it revists an older topic, sooner or later, there will be nothing to talk about. period.

so. what do you think? should we let the lounge be completely unmoderated by staff members? or should be do a compromise, where staff members are only allowed to move topics elsewhere, but cannot close the topics here?

let me hear from you. staff members may also contribute. =)

[*jooleeah*]

would hate threads really promote createblog as a good community though? i understand club threads and stuff like that that will let members interact with each other...but, hate threads?


okay, i admit that they're fun. i admit that they're good for laughs, too. but, you know what happens with threads like that, dont' you?

[Gigi]

^ Me and a lot of members that have been here long enough to witness the "Who do you hate from cB and why" threads know exactly what it is that will happen.

[Tribal J_Rome]

maybe you can set up some sorta rule like "you can only name them, but no bashing" and "no replying to other posts"? iono, just an idea

[Smoogrish]

i dont see what the harm in them was.

Me neither. Whether the mods like it or not, there are "clubs" hiding (I'm in one ). Look at the sigs. Legion, Pegion, Region, CB Ninjas, etc etc. I think it contributes to the community.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

oh dear... clubs? really?

Ooooh, pleeeeeeease no

After all the flood of whiney PMs I got after shutting down Team Late Night, let's not

[juliar]

bah, i remember coming back to cB for a second when there were still all those clubs, and it was more active than it is now.

[*Weird addiction*]

Clubs...eww. Sex clubs only!!!!

[*I Shot JFK*]

woot for GenF orgies, sandra!

hrrm, i LIKED the hate thread.

[*ranniel*]

woot for GenF orgies, sandra!

hrrm, i LIKED the hate thread.

^same here.

[gelionie]

Clubs reminds me of OEB. Oh well, that was last summer.

[Rampage]

Actually, clubs might promote CB. I know some people are worried about it's activity. Maybe creating new memories with new and old members will help bring CB back together as long as the clubs aren't too exclusive.

[*Weird addiction*]

Me too James! I LOVED the hate thread...

[Paulusch]

Well I don't think it'd be very smart since a german judge reached the verdict that the moderator of a forum is responsible for any harmful content posted by members.

The article in Dutch: http://tweakers.net/nieuws/42180/
The article in German: http://www.r-archiv.de/article2379.html
If there's a need for translation just ask.

[Tribal J_Rome]

^We're not in Germany

[Paulusch]

^We're not in Germany

Well, since americans sue anyone for any silly thing..

You're Jerome the skinhead right?

[*Libertie*]

^I can't understand the article, but I can assure you that the moderators are still here to make sure harmful content doesn't get posted.. The point is that some of the silly rules aren't going to be enforced as strictly to allow things to loosen up a bit.

[Paulusch]

^I can't understand the article, but I can assure you that the moderators are still here to make sure harmful content doesn't get posted.. The point is that some of the silly rules aren't going to be enforced as strictly to allow things to loosen up a bit.

Most forums I know have subforums called "spamcorner" or "bullshit 4 life" wouldn't that be a good idea?
They're more like slowchat topics with some brainless talking going on.

[*mipadi*]

Germans are weird. End of story.

[Paulusch]

Germans are weird. End of story.

I know, thank god I'm Dutch.

[*Weird addiction*]

I learn Dutch at school. It's sort of obligatory. I'm from Belgium that's why... ik hou niet van nederlands maar ik hou van nederlandse mensen? Please correct me!!!

[Tribal J_Rome]

Paul's from Neverland

[*Libertie*]

Most forums I know have subforums called "spamcorner" or "bullshit 4 life" wouldn't that be a good idea?
They're more like slowchat topics with some brainless talking going on.

I've seen that as well, and I don't see anything wrong with the idea necessarily.. Perhaps the sandbox is what needs to be revamped. *shrug*

I STILL think, however, that conversation needs to be encouraged rather than punished in the Lounge. It should be a friendly place.

edit// LOL Jerome I just realized you typed "Neverland" and at first I thought you misspelled it..

[*mipadi*]

People don't really have discussions at cB as it is. How is making a huge spam topic going to change that? No one is going to actually "discuss" anything anyway.

[Paulusch]

I learn Dutch at school. It's sort of obligatory. I'm from Belgium that's why... ik hou niet van nederlands maar ik hou van nederlandse mensen? Please correct me!!!

The correction: Ik houd niet van Nederlands maar ik houd van Nederlandse mensen.
So i guess you're from wallonie since it's not your native language?
Do you know the tv show "10 voor taal"? The Flemish seem to be better at Dutch than the Dutch themselves. (because they usually win).

Paul's from Neverland

You'd wish you were at Neverland with me and your gay-buddy Michael J.

[*mona lisa*]

It's not that nothing has changed. It wasn't established that The Lounge will be completely unmoderated; topics will still be closed, spam will still not be tolerated. It seems to me that more topics are being closed now because there are more useless topics being made (overall). Inside jokes don't mean anything to anyone not involved so therefore, they will be closed. And I've seen many like that recently. As Micheal has been repeating everywhere, discussions will be allowed to go slightly off topic... that's it until I can think of anything else to say.