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Unmoderated forums? Your thoughts.

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  • 07-08-2014 6:15pm
    #1
    Lou.m
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,532 ✭✭✭


    Now I understand and appreciate the mods do a difficult job on here. And this is nothing to do with them.

    But the experience on modless forums IS different from moderated forums.

    Some boards have one unmoderated subforum and the rest may be moderated.


    I have one other forum I post on and it's all unmoderated.


    I was wondering what peoples thoughts on an unmoderated subforum might be ...it might keep trolls at bay on other forums for a start!

    But also what are you experiences on unmoderated forums in comparison to here?

    And do you want an unmoderated subforum on boards.

    Would you like one unmoderated subforum on boards.ie? 89 votes

    Yes, I would like an unmoderated subforum on Boards.ie.
    0% 0 votes
    No, I would not like an unmoderated subforum on Boards.ie.
    100% 89 votes


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    #2
    harvester of sorrow
    Registered Users Posts: 832 ✭✭✭harvester of sorrow


    The clown has no penis


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    #3
    Nemeses
    Registered Users Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    To Mod or not to Mod, That is the question.


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    #4
    Lou.m
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,532 ✭✭✭Lou.m


    harvester of sorrow wrote: »
    The clown has no penis

    Female clown ? Or sad clown?


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    #5
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,928 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    whats the point?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #6
    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    No, it'd need moderation. Otherwise it'd just turn into a homophobic/racist etc. cesspit.

    A private AH-type would probably be a better idea, but it'd still need some amount of moderation to keep the trolls/lunatics at bay.


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    Vinz Mesrine
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,833 ✭✭✭Vinz Mesrine


    I'd like to see one, just to see the absolute chaos that would ensue.


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    #8
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,730 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    There will always be some level of moderation given some stuff is illegal and a reputable site will not allow an anything goes type forum.


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    #9
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Wouldn't an unmoderated forum just be a bit like You Tube aka AH on steroids


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    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,240 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Vinz Mesrine wrote: »
    I'd like to see one, just to see the absolute chaos that would ensue.

    4chan>>>


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    #11
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Hotfail.com wrote: »
    No, it'd need moderation. Otherwise it'd just turn into a homophobic/racist etc. cesspit.

    A private AH-type would probably be a better idea, but it'd still need some amount of moderation to keep the trolls/lunatics at bay.

    Good post but you forgot the Travellers and the unemployed


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    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    Buona Fortuna wrote: »
    Good post but you forgot the Travellers and the unemployed

    That already happens on AH! :p :pac:


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    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,477 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Lou.m wrote: »

    I have one other forum I post on and it's all unmoderated.
    I post on one messageboard that's fairly much unmoderated, and used to be on another (that you might also have been on. Think pink...) ;)

    Sometimes, moderated forums can be overly moderated, and then you have people who see that is moderated so try to test it, making it worse that if it wasn't moderated, even if the dodgier posts are very short-lived.


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    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    Who mods the mod men?


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    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    whats the point?


    Point? Isn't this just an internet forum? I never thought there was a point to it.


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    #16
    Hotfail.com
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    cloud493 wrote: »
    Who mods the mod men?

    Gordon.

    :p


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    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    If there were no Mods then maybe it would be invitation only.

    Maybe if you were a total cnut someone with special powers could withdraw your invite?


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    #18
    MyPeopleDrankTheSoup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭MyPeopleDrankTheSoup


    mods are grand here and aren't too harsh. except the Golf forum...


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    #19
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    Hotfail.com wrote: »
    No, it'd need moderation. Otherwise it'd just turn into a homophobic/racist etc. cesspit.

    A private AH-type would probably be a better idea, but it'd still need some amount of moderation to keep the trolls/lunatics at bay.
    They tried that with The Thunderdome but it turned into a mess and got shut down.


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    #20
    Lou.m
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,532 ✭✭✭Lou.m


    Paddy Cow wrote: »
    They tried that with The Thunderdome but it turned into a mess and got shut down.

    LOVED THAT FORUM!


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    #21
    Macavity.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭Macavity.


    I don't recall there ever being much racism in the Thunderdome, although it was eventually shut down due to a sexist remark I believe.


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    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    Well I just got banned from the Android forum for helping other users...

    But still saying that the mods do a very important job.

    This site would go to the dogs if there were no mods.

    So can I be unbanned please? :pac:


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    Arthur Beesley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Arthur Beesley


    They could try making everyone a moderator. Except hotmail.com.


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    #24
    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    AlanS181824 wrote: »
    Well I just got banned from the Android forum for helping other users...

    But still saying that the mods do a very important job.

    This site would go to the dogs if there were no mods.

    So can I be unbanned please? :pac:

    Dispute resolution forum is your friend! :p

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1397


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    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    Hotfail.com wrote: »
    Dispute resolution forum is your friend! :p

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1397

    Yeah, I'll have to post a thread there today.

    Thanks


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    #26
    Macavity.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭Macavity.


    Hotfail.com wrote: »
    Dispute resolution forum is your friend! :p

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1397

    DR is nobody's friend, only once have I ever seen a decision over turned.


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    #27
    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    Arthur Beesley wrote: »
    They could try making everyone a moderator. Except hotmail.com.

    The guy who posts in the Vincent Browne thread? :p


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    #28
    Arthur Beesley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Arthur Beesley


    Hotfail.com wrote: »
    The guy who posts in the Vincent Browne thread? :p

    Correct.


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    #29
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    harvester of sorrow wrote: »
    The clown has no penis
    I'll kill you Leonard Nimoy


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    #30
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Paddy Cow wrote: »
    They tried that with The Thunderdome but it turned into a mess and got shut down.

    I've heard talk of people being stalked onto FB and Twit and then back to Thunderdome - sounds a bit like the Hunger Games

    Lou.m wrote: »
    LOVED THAT FORUM!

    Really?


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    #31
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users Posts: 28,395 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Macavity. wrote: »
    DR is nobody's friend, only once have I ever seen a decision over turned.

    It's considered a victory if they manage to resolve your appeal one way or another before the ban expires.


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