Too strict
About right
Too lenient
Don't know
one of the most sensible things that have been said on here for a long time lol
I think we all need to feel very scared now as the mods are obviously talking about us behind our backs isnt there something we can do about it under the data protection act or some such nonsense
Right thats the funny stuff out of the way
personally i feel the moderation is spot on almost all the time if i start to feel it isnt (or that a thread isnt going the way i want it to) i remind myself i am here by choice it isnt real life if i didnt like it i dont actually have to log on
Moderating as i have siad on quite a few occasions is a thankless task we should be grateful to the mods for giving up their time (i guess franck doesnt pay them) to try and help this place run smoothly
oh and i bet it was djb who voted for too lenient
Actually, I have a serious question - how do we know who the Mods are? I'm looking at the left hand panel and I can see nothing jumping out at me to say who they are. Am I missing something?
Take a look over there to the left above the cute picture... <–––
The forum has two admins – Franck and Tiggerbabe (Sheena). They *are* Ceroc Scotland.
The (active) moderators are Lory, David Bailey and myself. (Kev F and Emma are maybe what you'd call "sleeping moderators".)
None of the moderators have any direct affiliation with Ceroc.
Last edited by ducasi; 8th-October-2008 at 11:52 AM.
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
Huh??
On every other forum I am on it is very clear who the mods and admins are - they either have a clue under their login name, like "Moderator" and / or they type in a different colour when they are responding in their mod capacity. That way everyone knows when something is being said "officially" - the person who is being brought into line knows, and everyone else knows - so they can see that moderating is happening.
On here it's not easy to spot whether a "normal" user is just trying to settle things, or whether it's a mod jumping in - except with Lory who was kind enough to introduce herself.
Personally I think it would help combat some of the negative press you get if the mods presences were more noticeble.
I think this forum could be better moderated, and the sort of things that swp and Poi Boy have mentioned could be done... IF we had a much bigger moderating team.
But given the limited time we have to contribute, I don't think we do so badly at the moment.
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
A bit off-topic (sorry!), but I'm curious about this "negative press" - who, how, where, why, what?
Whenever I've mentioned the forum in passing to other dancers, there is sometimes a vague awareness of it's existence, but no interest in it whatsoever. SWP's comments make it sound as if there is a rumbling of discontent in the MJ world about the goings on on the forum...
Real bullying is asking a new girl at the school who is wearing a veil what she has to hide, are you ugly? Or a hoody what crime they committed that they do not want to be recognised.
Real bullying is surrounding such a person by the old boys and girls, including the prefects, all suggesting that f they had nothing to hide they would show their face.
I think I can recognise real bullying.
There was a story on TV about a young girl who had lost all of her hair entering her teens. She sat in the exam hall with a cap on. The teacher in charge ripped her cap off. The hall was filled with 400 students. People have their own reasons for wanting privacy.
Several members of this forum, IMO, has shown unreasonable suspicion and hostility to a newcomer. IMO If the forum did not have a bad reputation it is moving towards earning one.
I disagree, in that, if you want to make "out there" quotes, people will want to substansiate those quotes.
If you hide and make comments, then you should expect people to question those comments.
If you stand up proud and strong, say who you are, and what you think, then respect to that.
If someone is hiding behind a veil, cap or hoody, the natuaral reaction is to ask, "what are you hiding for".
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