Monitoring Newbies.

Discussion in 'Suggestions and Feedback' started by Willz, Dec 23, 2006.

  1. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    Hi, i went to this forum called DIYAudio, and i registered, i found that the first maybe 7 posts you do are not shown to the public untill a moderator has looked, and it gives you a message such as, you are currently under moderation etc., and untill an moderator approves the post, it wont be shown at all, same for threads.

    I think this would be a good thing to put on HWF, especially since you get some awfull person come onto the forum, and there first post is like a dirty advert for porn or somthing, this system would help stop stuff like that.
     
  2. megamaced

    megamaced Geek Geek Geek!

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    I don't like it because it gives out the mentality "guilty until proven innocent". Plus such a system would put a real strain on us Mods and Admins
     
  3. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    it wouldent put a real strain if the new posts were like in a hidden thread or something.

    A system needs to be made so that the new threads / posts are hidden and also put into a hidden forum for admins / mods were they can be approved, maybe this site is too inactive? i mean on DIYAudio, all posts/threads were been approved within the first 30 mins when there been posted.
     
  4. Addis

    Addis The King

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    I don't see the problem we have at the moment.
     
  5. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    It would stop people from coming in the forum and posting about something like porn or spamming and disrupting other threads, this has just recently happened aswell.
     
  6. Matt555

    Matt555 iMod

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    It would put a strain as the Mods / Admins would have to go through each post, check the thread to see if the post is relevant and then make a decision based on what they think, it's a silly idea.

    Like megamaced sais it gives a "guilty until proven innocent" attitude which is not what HWF is about.
     
  7. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    Well ok, its a silly idea...........................
     
  8. Addis

    Addis The King

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    I haven't seen any of those problems recently, maybe the mods are doing a good job :).
     
  9. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    There was one in the thread about me falling through the loft, i notified Anti Trend, he put a notice and banned the member, but no one would notice these stupid posts if we had a system like this, prefrebly just monitor each new member on there first post only, so the first ever post done by a new member is checked over, if its ok, they dont need to be montiered, simple, but obviously its not going to happen as its a silly idea....
     
  10. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

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    It’s not a stupid idea, it’s just we have a great team who can get rid of spam pretty quickly, plus members do report posts which is always helpful.

    Even better idea would be to check the contents of the post e.g. look for *keywords* if matched, the thread goes into moderation queue.

    Thanks for the feedback.
     
  11. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    How about we go about it in a different way,

    Instead of hiding posts from new users (hiding there posts from the public), why not have a system that will show posts from new users... this will let everyone on hwf become a moderator of sorts!

    If a hwf user browsing these posts notices something that shouldn't be there, they can report it to a mod (obviously, mods would browse these posts in the same way but they can just take the appropriate actions!).

    it should make things a bit easier for mods!
     
  12. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    But there is allready a report post thing :s
     
  13. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    This is what im suggesting

    what i mean, is a link which shows search results... like the "Unanswered Threads" link, but only this one would show posts from users who have just signed up!
     
  14. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    Hmmm, seems good.... but i dont think any of the mods will agree.
     
  15. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    :S

    why wouldn't any of the mods agree? All it would be is a link to a search which displays the first post any new users has made! (or perhaps there first few posts)
     
  16. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    because coding n stuff would have to be done for this to work, its not just simply making a link.
     
  17. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    There no going to object to it any more than your original proposal... and i don't think it will be that much work, as i would have thought the search function could be used (its used to find unanswered threads...)

    of course, there all guesses as i know :swear: all about php
     
  18. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    There is still an unanswered threads section.
     
  19. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    No there's not. All that link does is queue what threads haven't been replied to.
     
  20. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    Yea thats what i meant, thats an unanswered threads section :s
     

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