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Has the time come from some "new user control" ?...
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Hedgecore
2007-12-22 , 23:30
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Actually, despite my complaints, I'm for a bit of socialism, mixed with a dash of anarchy, garnished with chaos.
I don't believe in limiting people. I know this is just a forum but I hate class systems on all levels because it just promotes ego and favouritism. (Hell, I think our post counts / "status" (like "senior member") should be hidden.)
I also don't like the idea of moderators. Many people here are geeks, and geeks with power (something they haven't had in real life) turn into online tyrants. (I'm pointing to absolutely nobody in particular, I swear.)
So what to do? I'd move all the question related threads into troubleshooting and continue to do so. (Again, this is a lot of work to put on poor Reggie...) Then I'd do something that would annoy everyone like having a screen of forum rules/suggestions before every post (ie you hit reply, the screen pops up, and you have to hit continue before you're allowed to post). Then I'd aggressively move posts over to troubleshooting until people 'get' it. To be honest, if you see a hundred questions in the N810 forum, you're going to post yours there as it seems like the norm.
What I wouldn't do? Not have moderators, not chew out new people asking questions regardless of whether they see us as their servants or not, and not drop the friendly attitude to newcomers for a second.
This is like the immigration thing in the US all over again. (Can any of ya "natural" americans tell me where your family was living in the 1400s? Oh.)
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