Forum updates

[KingsDen]

The admin and other moderators should focus on moderation, enhanced reporting of spam, this will keep the forum sane and avoid anything that will discourage participation. Don't make ranking up difficult, just be very lenient on users such that people who are frustrated in the other forum will come here for solace. In the future, when the activity here increases, we can introduce all we want. This is my 1 cent.

[dragononcrypto]

A couple of new/rewritten topics now at forum announcements

* Forum President & Vice President: rewritten by admin and Presidents Committee*
https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=148614.0

* Forum Senators & Elections: new topic with list of senators, eletcions, etc
https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=329274.0

Note: President topic was previously on public board, but has been hidden for sometime as needed work.

[dragononcrypto]

6th Presidential election - 07/04/25 🛠️
* Snap election in the senate, early majority for Freemind and Jokers as VP at 8/15 votes. Awaiting inauguration by admin.

Calling the election early for Freemind and Jokers, congrats to both you. Well deserved 

[dragononcrypto]

Not new but updated adding this initiative, didn't realize it was already active. Discussion is ongoing.

New topics +karma initiative - 29/12/2024 👨‍💼
* Initiative from President for +3 karma for good quality new topics with karma bonuses for top topic starters per month.

[Freemind]

The admin and other moderators should focus on moderation, enhanced reporting of spam, this will keep the forum sane and avoid anything that will discourage participation. Don't make ranking up difficult, just be very lenient on users such that people who are frustrated in the other forum will come here for solace. In the future, when the activity here increases, we can introduce all we want. This is my 1 cent.

All moderators deal with and worry about spam (and other issues) on the forum on a daily basis, and this will continue to be the case. However, this shouldn't distract us from other equally important issues for the forum, and the most important of all is its users. Ensuring that all users have equal opportunities on the forum isn't easy. There's a lot of information to verify in order to sanction those who try to abuse it, but at the same time, we must be very careful when making decisions so as not to harm those who abide by the rules.

Our main mission is to make the forum as a whole work as well as possible, while also encouraging the participation and involvement of all users. That's something that takes a lot of time, especially so we don't rush into making decisions. Still, we always make mistakes of one kind or another.

Calling the election early for Freemind and Jokers, congrats to both you. Well deserved 

Thank you

[dragononcrypto]

In anticipation of a "Where did my yellow icon go?" based topic:

Yellow icon from profiles removed - 15/04/2025 ✅
* Admin has removed the yellow icon from local mods and newly teleported, it remains only for under review and inactive/rebound email accounts.

[Igebotz]

In anticipation of a "Where did my yellow icon go?" based topic:

Yellow icon from profiles removed - 15/04/2025 ✅
* Admin has removed the yellow icon from local mods and newly teleported, it remains only for under review and inactive/rebound email accounts.

Too many forum updates but key suggested features in the suggestion box are still not being implemented. The yellow badge was cool but with little or no importance to anyone..

I commend the admin for recent updates no doubt, but I'm eager to see more new major forum features.

[dragononcrypto]

In anticipation of a "Where did my yellow icon go?" based topic:

Yellow icon from profiles removed - 15/04/2025 ✅
* Admin has removed the yellow icon from local mods and newly teleported, it remains only for under review and inactive/rebound email accounts.

Too many forum updates but key suggested features in the suggestion box are still not being implemented. The yellow badge was cool but with little or no importance to anyone..

I commend the admin for recent updates no doubt, but I'm eager to see more new major forum features.

Aren't we all 

Admin is also pretty busy IRL right now, or at least that's the impression I get from knowing the guy for so many years...

Things will get done, likely altogether in a batch, it'll just take some time when admin finds some.

The yellow square removal is merely confirmation of existence for now.

[dragononcrypto]

No major updates quite yet, apologies for the disappointment. Admin is currently working on major changes on test sites, which has been slow, so patience is a virtue.

(Progress is being made, but due to rendering issues there are some delays. It's obviously better changes are implemented correctly rather than badly that leads to bugs later on...)

New account farm membergroup - 18/04/2025
* Executive order from our 6th President for a new membership group for account farms

President & Vice President inauguration - 16/04/2025
* Freemind inaugurated as 6th President, Jokers as 5th Vice President.

[dragononcrypto]

Added missing announcement:

Zero-knowledge Membership - 02/04/2025
* Zero-knowledge Membership is launched. Users can now signup to the forum via signed messages on Ethereum, with Bitcoin support intended for later.

There is also discussion about this membership here: https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=329703.0

As well as discussion about the new logo: https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=329634.0

[dragononcrypto]

Updates in case you missed them:

D mod introducted - 29/04/2025 👨‍💼
* Decentralized Team Moderator (D mod) introduced for certain D team members after applications were made and candidates selected.
* It's somewhere between a Jnr Mod and Full Mod, maybe a half Mod, with ability to issue warnings to users but not edit or move posts.

Community Awards Winners - 28/04/2025 ⬅️
* Winners of various categories included; Freemind, PX-Z, NotATether, and AB De Royse. The awards were sponsored by Whale.io.