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I guess part of the problem is that not many of us tend to linger or frequent around the tech support/device specific discussion boards. Though, you do raise an idea that I have buried about the Forum Staff for quite some time...

I will discuss with Vash about my sudden reemergence of this idea.
 
i thought that you could post in a thread that is older than 30 days if you have something usefull to say thats what it said in the forums rules so i believe thats the reason for not locking threads that are inactive as you said.
 
Well you do have a point there, but I suggested a filter(not stated here) that will be used to prompt the user to type in his/her response which will be then sent to a mod to be verified if it's either a reaction or something useful.
 
Well you do have a point there, but I suggested a filter(not stated here) that will be used to prompt the user to type in his/her response which will be then sent to a mod to be verified if it's either a reaction or something useful.
yea i guess that will be usefull did Vash add it yet
 
Well you do have a point there, but I suggested a filter(not stated here) that will be used to prompt the user to type in his/her response which will be then sent to a mod to be verified if it's either a reaction or something useful.
A filter would be useful, but the problem is all us mods are not on 24/7. There are times where no Mods are present, so this process would literally drag down how fast replies are sent and whatnot. Plus, our Report box would probably be flooded every day if that were the case.

Unless users can still post their replies as normal, just the Moderator gets a notification and can choose whether to keep/remove that post. Even then, it would be hectic considering how frequently users post on the forum on a daily basis (I estimate around 30 new posts are posted every day on the forum, possibly up in the hundreds if we consider OTL in this as well).

Nonetheless, it's a great idea in theory, the problem is the execution of it, and that we lack 24/7 Mod power on the forum. If we had at least one Moderator active during each part of the day, then I could see the this working (even though at that point it's like sitting in an office cubicle for the Moderator).

Either way, good idea, but sorry, it just won't work well.
 
A filter would be useful, but the problem is all us mods are not on 24/7. There are times where no Mods are present, so this process would literally drag down how fast replies are sent and whatnot. Plus, our Report box would probably be flooded every day if that were the case.

Unless users can still post their replies as normal, just the Moderator gets a notification and can choose whether to keep/remove that post. Even then, it would be hectic considering how frequently users post on the forum on a daily basis (I estimate around 30 new posts are posted every day on the forum, possibly up in the hundreds if we consider OTL in this as well).

Nonetheless, it's a great idea in theory, the problem is the execution of it, and that we lack 24/7 Mod power on the forum. If we had at least one Moderator active during each part of the day, then I could see the this working (even though at that point it's like sitting in an office cubicle for the Moderator).

Either way, good idea, but sorry, it just won't work well.
You are correct on that but cant you add more moderators maybe 8 with different time zones then atleast one would be online every time a day?
 
You are correct on that but cant you add more moderators maybe 8 with different time zones then atleast one would be online every time a day?
The thing is that we need more active moderators than more of them if you know what i mean. Some of our current moderators are busy in RL and have no time to keep the forums clean. Adding eight more moderators would be shabby as well..... :I
 
I got an idea to deal with bumping, if the time of the last post in the thread exceeds 30 days, the thread will autolock, but it can be unlocked if the creator of the thread requests so to a moderator.
 
I got an idea to deal with bumping, if the time of the last post in the thread exceeds 30 days, the thread will autolock, but it can be unlocked if the creator of the thread requests so to a moderator.
Possible, but what happens to the OPs who decide to go inactive for 2 months and return? Or what if an OP requests if a thread remain open for future use extended beyond 30 days? This is the sort of thing that could cause trouble to clan recruiting threads as well, even signups for events (if they are scheduled over a month in advance). Anyways again, the concept seems all fine and dandy, but the execution would just cause more trouble than its worth.
 
Possible, but what happens to the OPs who decide to go inactive for 2 months and return? Or what if an OP requests if a thread remain open for future use extended beyond 30 days? This is the sort of thing that could cause trouble to clan recruiting threads as well, even signups for events (if they are scheduled over a month in advance). Anyways again, the concept seems all fine and dandy, but the execution would just cause more trouble than its worth.
True, but in my opinion, Moderators should be demoted if they decide that they want to go ahead and leave the forums for a few months unless they have a pretty damn good reason. This is another reason why we need ONE more moderator, one who is willing to pledge to the forums, stay active and DEFINATELY not leave the forums for two months without a good reason. It would also be a smart idea if the moderator was in a timezone where normally most of the mods aren't able to get on.
 
True, but in my opinion, Moderators should be demoted if they decide that they want to go ahead and leave the forums for a few months unless they have a pretty damn good reason. This is another reason why we need ONE more moderator, one who is willing to pledge to the forums, stay active and DEFINATELY not leave the forums for two months without a good reason. It would also be a smart idea if the moderator was in a timezone where normally most of the mods aren't able to get on.
That post literally screams RudeWolf for Moderator.

I'd love to bring RudeWolf to the Moderator fold, but the problem is VashX. He says we already have too many Mods (and I'l agree, 4 Mods is just enough), so the option for a 5th isn't possible. If he were to join, I'd need to have one of the other current Mods retire (or I could retire myself, if need be).

Even so, I am not talking of Moderators in that post. By OP, I am referring to "original poster". In no way am I thinking a Moderator would suddenly drop dead on the grid and go AWOL for 2 months.
 
@GoldMan27
For those of you who are lazy to the point of not reading what I wrote, here are the basic summarizations. :tongueout:
  • I would be willing to step up to the moderating position.
  • There needs to be an active moderator to compensate for the lack of activity of the others.
  • Threads (aside from the ones in the "Off-topic") SHOULD be locked upon being solved, requested by the original creator of the said thread, or if it is deemed dead. As MintDaz has stated, it should only be re-opened if the creator requests so (hence the need of "active" moderators).
  • The thread contents should also be kept an eye on by the staffs for new threads/posts (another reason for the extra helps).
Thank you for reading this overly-long post. ;)
In all honesty, back when this forum was a few hundred small, I would keep up on all present threads at that time. However, as the memberbase increased, so did the amount of threads and posts. Eventually, it came to the amount where I would have to spend 2 hours+ to actually go through every unread thread in my profile, and scan all posts. However, I have a life, and cannot afford such a luxury (and frankly, it could get boring after a while). Anyways, the concept of locking old threads after 30 days would tidy up the forum perhaps, but I've yet to see an actual community commit to such a thing (any forum really). In the Clans and Device Support boards, I'd think it beneficial to keep such threads unlocked, as a member may want to join a clan, or has a similar problem as someone else did in a similar thread.

There's pros and cons to such an idea, however I believe most (if not all) forum communities prefer not to do this to old threads, as the cons may outweigh the pros in the long run.

Nonetheless, I support RudeWolf as a Moderator, the difficulty there is just the limit of Moderators. I will push to see what we can come up with though as a whole in regards to this matter.
 
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