Global mods

[Agbe]

[/size] You are one of the best over there. Take this +karma.

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I am already a local mod, and if I chosen as Global, I will try to do the best I can, but since there is a process and it takes some time, it is better to respect the forum rules, especially since I do not know many aspects of this forum.

I have been assigned as a moderator in a very small board (technical discussion), which has zero spam , I have done nothing so far...  We don't have too much spam here in altcoinstalks

We thank God for that testimony. Because there was discussing going on on the BTT.and some users over there were saying that altcoinstalks is the center for spamming and since you are a active participant here in the forum, you have more experience than those who are arguing vague over there. We thank God for your zero spam technical board. But don't forget they will occur when the board is populated. But for now the users in that board are few and when they are more then you definitely see more.

[bitmover]

[/size] You are one of the best over there. Take this +karma.

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I am already a local mod, and if I chosen as Global, I will try to do the best I can, but since there is a process and it takes some time, it is better to respect the forum rules, especially since I do not know many aspects of this forum.

I have been assigned as a moderator in a very small board (technical discussion), which has zero spam , I have done nothing so far...  We don't have too much spam here in altcoinstalks

We thank God for that testimony. Because there was discussing going on on the BTT.and some users over there were saying that altcoinstalks is the center for spamming and since you are a active participant here in the forum, you have more experience than those who are arguing vague over there. We thank God for your zero spam technical board. But don't forget they will occur when the board is populated. But for now the users in that board are few and when they are more then you definitely see more.

Although the spam is very small, there is very little activity as well.

I really miss technical questions like "" I am having a problem with a wallet. Please help me"

[Freemind]

We thank God for that testimony. Because there was discussing going on on the BTT.and some users over there were saying that altcoinstalks is the center for spamming and since you are a active participant here in the forum, you have more experience than those who are arguing vague over there. We thank God for your zero spam technical board. But don't forget they will occur when the board is populated. But for now the users in that board are few and when they are more then you definitely see more.

Spam is usually more focused on some specific subforums. I'm not saying that we never find spam in the subforum moderated by @bitmover, but depending on the type of spam, like new memecoins, the spam is concentrated in the memecoin subforum, it's just an example. We can also find spam that is posted in many subforums, but this type of spam is always easier to eliminate, since you only have to go to the list of posts of that user. The more activity a subforum has, the more spam it receives.

[dkbit98]

Spam is usually more focused on some specific subforums. I'm not saying that we never find spam in the subforum moderated by @bitmover, but depending on the type of spam, like new memecoins, the spam is concentrated in the memecoin subforum, it's just an example. We can also find spam that is posted in many subforums, but this type of spam is always easier to eliminate, since you only have to go to the list of posts of that user. The more activity a subforum has, the more spam it receives.

There are different types of spam, first is the obvious one to everyone, and other one is more subtle and created by members who are using AI generated and semi-plagiarized posts.
When you first look at them they appear to be fine, but cheking whole post history can reveal what they are doing to write generate more posts, that is usually for signature campaign.

[dragononcrypto]

Had to bump this one, was frustrating to read some of these comments regarding the perception of admin/GM roles.

I don't think we've ever concerned ourselves with being transparent over how the forum is moderated, but maybe we could do better to present this information.

I apologize again, I do not know how the forum works since we have been here for only two months.
I know that the forum tends not to delete posts, but sometimes having a little useful content is better than a lot of unhelpful and little useful content. Also, some of the newly joined member have sufficient knowledge, so I hope there will be a vote to add 2 or 3 from Telepoerted to be Global mods, or at least they have permissions to move/edit/delete posts throughout the forum.
It is true that strict mods is bad for creating useful content, but some changes are necessary.

Again, we are still learning how the forum works and all these suggestions to improve the forum and not to change it or make it like any other forum.

Just to clarify, I can guarantee that no newly teleported members will become GM in a hurry. First users become Jnr Mods, as a kind of provisional measure, which effectively means they can moderate the forum but not moderate users with warnings and such. Secondly, they become a full mod as part of the modz group based on a successful probationary period, that usually lasts 6-12 months but can be longer depending on performance, which grants them powers to moderate users. Finally, they can become eligible for GM based on a GM vote, which effectively only ever happens for the top mod. I'd say roughly this takes 2-3 years minimum of moderating to become a GM, with Freemind probably being the quickest user to gain that status so far. Aside from freemind, the GMs have mostly all been around since 2017/2018, and it seems we currently have enough (aside from Jokers not being there quite yet).

Another well thought out suggestion here, and to be honest, I've not actually felt the impact of the global moderators on this forum like I feel it on btt, admin seems to be the only one who is already all around handling all the stuffs that goes on and around on this forum, from moving topics, or deleting the ones that need to be deleted, to banning users who break forum rules, to wiping users karma who are seen to be abusing the karma system, to flagging accounts that engages in any form of malicious activities and so on and so on, admin does everything, and some time ago, I've actually wondered within myself what really are the task given to global moderators to handle on the forum? Or is the "Global moderator" badge the carry around nothing but a decoration on their profile?

We want admin to live long, and to actualize this, the work load on him need to be significantly reduced, just like hugeblack have pointed out, admin should distribute some this tasks to the global moderators, if there aren't enough global mods, I can volunteer myself to become one, distributing the tasks will help the admin focus more on what's really important on the improvements the forum needs, this is lead to a faster improvements and growth of the forum..

As Freemind already said, this couldn't be further from the truth. In summary admin is the laziest mod ever; rarely moves/deletes topics, almost never warns users or otherwise, even if handles some things personally from time to time, this is left to the GMs. Because admin is busy administrating and these tasks are delegated to global mods. Overall there is so much backend work that isn't seen beyond moving topics around such as warning logs, moderating users under misbehaving when warnings fail, giving out strikes to those who continue to misbehave as examples. Most of us have the ability to block users from posting using 3 strikes or spammer group, which is effectively the same as a ban (apart from Freemind lol, what is with that? [resolved]]). So the GM badge is certainly not decorative, even if some users do more than others, and it is taken anyway based on lack of activity (I only recently got mine back for example).

If you want to be considered to GM than become a jnr mod or local mod and go from there basically, and give it a few years...

[Freemind]

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As Freemind already said, this couldn't be further from the truth. In summary admin is the laziest mod ever; rarely moves/deletes topics, almost never warns users or otherwise, even if handles some things personally from time to time, this is left to the GMs. Because admin is busy administrating and these tasks are delegated to global mods. Overall there is so much backend work that isn't seen beyond moving topics around such as warning logs, moderating users under misbehaving when warnings fail, giving out strikes to those who continue to misbehave as examples. Most of us have the ability to block users from posting using 3 strikes or spammer group, which is effectively the same as a ban (apart from Freemind lol, what is with that? [resolved]]). So the GM badge is certainly not decorative, even if some users do more than others, and it is taken anyway based on lack of activity (I only recently got mine back for example).

If you want to be considered to GM than become a jnr mod or local mod and go from there basically, and give it a few years...

The administrator has already resolved the issue of the 3 strikes (and also other things), I just saw it in the rights granted. I didn't have any problems with that anyway, I don't know if you know of a group called Under Review. And remember what my fists are made of

[dragononcrypto]

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As Freemind already said, this couldn't be further from the truth. In summary admin is the laziest mod ever; rarely moves/deletes topics, almost never warns users or otherwise, even if handles some things personally from time to time, this is left to the GMs. Because admin is busy administrating and these tasks are delegated to global mods. Overall there is so much backend work that isn't seen beyond moving topics around such as warning logs, moderating users under misbehaving when warnings fail, giving out strikes to those who continue to misbehave as examples. Most of us have the ability to block users from posting using 3 strikes or spammer group, which is effectively the same as a ban (apart from Freemind lol, what is with that? [resolved]]). So the GM badge is certainly not decorative, even if some users do more than others, and it is taken anyway based on lack of activity (I only recently got mine back for example).

If you want to be considered to GM than become a jnr mod or local mod and go from there basically, and give it a few years...

The administrator has already resolved the issue of the 3 strikes (and also other things), I just saw it in the rights granted. I didn't have any problems with that anyway, I don't know if you know of a group called Under Review. And remember what my fists are made of

Yes I've just learnt of Under Review courtesy of Jokers explaining it to me, given it's the same result as 3 strikes or spammers membership group I realise how it's covered this in the meantime. 800+ members (state secrets) is certainly no small number of users who have been banned from posting that's for sure. You've easily beaten my contributions to misbehaving and 3 strikes over several years so congrats!

I've otherwise mainly caught up and see that you and Jokers have been main mods of the forum in recent months, good work to you both. I also wouldn't have expected anything less to be honest. The iron fist has otherwise prevailed it seems, there are perks to being President after all. Something in the air tells me there could be a new VP in town sooner rather than later as well.

Finally I'm glad that this forum didn't go soft against spammers and plagiarists in my absence. I'd like to think I wasn't a soft gm or president, so I'm glad to see standards are being upheld as well as raised here. it's otherwise nice to see that my suggestions and requests are being met so far, long may that continue

[Freemind]

Yes I've just learnt of Under Review courtesy of Jokers explaining it to me, given it's the same result as 3 strikes or spammers membership group I realise how it's covered this in the meantime. 800+ members (state secrets) is certainly no small number of users who have been banned from posting that's for sure. You've easily beaten my contributions to misbehaving and 3 strikes over several years so congrats!

I've otherwise mainly caught up and see that you and Jokers have been main mods of the forum in recent months, good work to you both. I also wouldn't have expected anything less to be honest. The iron fist has otherwise prevailed it seems, there are perks to being President after all. Something in the air tells me there could be a new VP in town sooner rather than later as well.

Finally I'm glad that this forum didn't go soft against spammers and plagiarists in my absence. I'd like to think I wasn't a soft gm or president, so I'm glad to see standards are being upheld as well as raised here. it's otherwise nice to see that my suggestions and requests are being met so far, long may that continue

The truth is that Jokers is still a moderating machine, and I can also see far on the horizon that the time is not far away when he will have some badge that he hasn't had yet, personally I think he is an example to follow.

I had some health problems last year, but fortunately since November/December I have recovered quite quickly, I am now a new creature with better fists

[dragononcrypto]

The truth is that Jokers is still a moderating machine, and I can also see far on the horizon that the time is not far away when he will have some badge that he hasn't had yet, personally I think he is an example to follow.

Very true. I'm also relieved to be able to come and back and not feel responsible for most of the moderating to be honest, the best thing I did was have a long break after becoming completely burnt out. I only hope that Jokers doesn't get burnt out here, as being a moderating machine often has time limits (at least from my experience). Hopefully I can focus some effort on helping to organise the forum and things instead, which is always what I preferred anyway. If I never send a warning to a user again, give a strike, or add a user to misbehaving, I'd be more than happy. Post-presidential roles suit me better now I think, especially knowing it's optional

I had some health problems last year, but fortunately since November/December I have recovered quite quickly, I am now a new creature with better fists

Glad to hear you've recovered, sounds like the right timing for when the forum picked up again. Also if you think I'm overstepping my mark in anyway, just shout at me