Site is a graveyard - How can boards save itself? [Threadbanned users in 1st post]

I wouldn't quite subscribe to minimalist intervention although in between the troll or idiot trying to make a fool of the thread, and a mod intervention I think in the absence of regular and timely moderation, posters shouldn’t be admonished for dealing with such trolls - in addition short but no appeal or PM bans should come into place - a lot can be achieved by telling a poster to take a day off from a thread - it’s simple, the poster will almost always know they e done wrong and will most likely accept the temp ban - the appeals process is too cumbersome and time consuming for all

Maybe they were on for years and decided to jump back in. This is an example of the hostility that new posters face, and should be nipped in the bud at once if the site wants to last.

I think it's very important that posters support each other. And it's important, it doesn't matter if it's a mod or another poster, you get support and you can stand up to anyone. In relation to anything that's happening, not in this instance, but nobody has to take any bs on the site, not from anyone.

I commend yourself for answering queries and your commitment to the thread. But that post did seem off to me(and I know you don't have to or can't read everything on the thread). But I'm entitled to point that out. I just said it was bizarre to me.

You've shown more than anyone a willingness to engage. And that's to be celebrated.

I admire Charleigh Tinkling Squadron's recent post too.

Some people are not for changing. That's testament to what they've posted on this thread and by their absence…

A web app is just a wrapper for a website so I don't think resources should be put into that idea.

I think using Vanilla was a mistake as the very first thing the owners did was rush to customise it to 'look like' but it could never 'act like' the old design. I mean, colours/logo are fine but the extent of trying to recreate old boards on Vanilla has been a mess.

I'd say this rush to customise it is one of the reasons behind the bad experience on mobile mentioned here - I think DigitalSpy (Vanilla) works fine on mobile (iphone and android) but of course they don't have a gazillion sub-forums which get near zero traction to cater for.

On moderation, I think a simple policy of nothing illegal, be polite, attack the post not the poster should cover most problems.

I'm afraid catering for some posters perceptions of offence, most times not even their own feeling of offence, is not the way.

The idea of not relying on mods to come from forums where they post prolifically (thereby avoiding possibility of bias) is a good one though something that shouldn't be enforced doggedly. My guess is hobby forums etc should be okay for that 'rule' not to be too much enforced. Moving some mods around sounds a good idea but would need to be fleshed out a bit - maybe just the busy forums.

Just stick to the above three guidelines/rules and the other idea of quick, short and 24/48/72 hour threadbans/forum bans and not entering into PM/DRP boredom about those.

Finally, definitely weed out and never empower any 'activist' mods.