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Theres been a lot of ads for bots and hacks. I keep banning users and they keep comming.

I've banned anyone from walla.com or whatever it was.

I dont always see them quick enough, so I will be giving a few choice people the power to delete threads.

This should help curb the problem.

I agree i did't like it today when i seen one i was like i want that gone i can now see why you were looking for more moderators

I did not say moderators; nor do I understand peoples hype about 'moderation'.

Main Entry: mod·er·a·tor
Function: noun
1 : one who arbitrates : MEDIATOR
2 : one who presides over an assembly, meeting, or discussion: as a : the presiding officer of a Presbyterian governing body b : the nonpartisan presiding officer of a town meeting c : the chairman of a discussion group
3 : a substance (as graphite) used for slowing down neutrons in a nuclear reactor

yes but with moderators 24-7 this thread would not have gone all day.

I understand there only real job is to keep people inline

Yes but the minute you call someone 'moderator' it means they are powered over other people, and others get jealous.

People with power to delete or move threads gets the job done just as good.

only you should have the power to delete but with moderators you need trusted people. they can ask like i have but it all comes down who do you trust with the welfare of your forum and who won't betray your trust am i right?

Deleting/moving/editing threads is all a moderator DOES anyway, so what's the difference

The difference, and how others 'act' can clearly be seen here.

the bannination of retards spamming m4d h4x and 1337 skillz yo.

I can do that just not the whole forum moderation xP

SD_Ryoko wrote:The difference, and how others 'act' can clearly be seen here.

Haha, hence the reason I never visit off-topic sections

People who will bitch about something so trivial will always find something else to pick at anyway. Another forum that I visit daily has a policy of "no public discussion about moderation", and it works really well. Any complaints are dealt with in private where they belong, and questioning mods publically results in post deletion/thread locking.

What about adding a "report to moderator" function? 3dbuzz's forums has a small biohazard symbol on each post (visible only when logged in, I think) and it can be used to report a thread for various reasons (trolling, off-topic, offensive, etc.). Maybe there's a plugin for that already, but it would be a nice tool for the users, especially if you have covert forum mods / whatevers.

Now this I will volunteer for.

I love seeing tidy forums. Especially when I tidied them.

Just give me the word Ryoko, you know me from TH always replying to posts about hack sites... Im usually the first to say "delete this thread its a hack site... etc..." Im your delete-thread guy lol

yeh moogie go for it your the best person for any moderation kind of job you have a certain fairness about you

I'm banking on the fact that it won't be a typical Moderator role, in that I won't have to sort out conflicts and the like. I'd rather strictly be a forum janitor so I don't have to impose myself on people here. I'd love to be able to get rid of double-posts, bot advertisement threads, and perhaps move threads to correct areas. But I certainly won't want to remove posts for things like arguing, or off-topicness, as such things can be contested and argued and end up making me feel like a meanie. So... if it's strictly a janitor you're after, sign me up.