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Put on your mod hat and give this some thought.
As a mod for a long time it became obvious that you couldn't read every thread. Yes some will BORE you to tears. Yes any thread with bible in the title would have me running for the hills. I can say this now and not worry about every thread having bible in the title.
SO what motivates you to read a thread?
Obviously the title has a big influence on the decision. Panda SEX vs what scale was the enterprise model used in TOS. Ok there are a few people here where the answer wouldn't be obvious.
THe originator or the last poster in the thread makes a big difference. boring person vs one of our many as**ats. There are certain posters that if they started a thread it was a must read. I will list no names since most egos here are big enough thank you but EON always got a read in my book.
Identifying what type of thread it is. A serious discussion (noooooo), funny, or spam.
Looking at how many posts/views it has. Not always reliable but from a mod's perspective if there are few views, it's not likely to have any flame wars happening there (so what good is it).
The norm was a 10-1 view to post ratio. If it was really different I usually opened it to check it out
Using tools. The one thing I miss not being a mod was using the who's where screen. For those that don't know, it's a simple app that shows every user on the site and what page they're on. People wondered sometimes how we knew what they were doing so fast. It was easy. It would show "asher posting in "rah's an ass" or "asher is viewing, gay men can't handle it"
It's amazing how much easier it is to focus in on possible problem areas when you can track you trouble makers so easily. The other tools I'm not going to discuss but the who's where was my favorite.
SO for the more casual visitor, what make you open a thread to read it. What tools would make the decision easier. I did always find it humorous that people assumed that I viewed every post.
But since there are a lot of people here that have modded here or elsewhere, their imput would be even more appreciated. MING.
As a mod for a long time it became obvious that you couldn't read every thread. Yes some will BORE you to tears. Yes any thread with bible in the title would have me running for the hills. I can say this now and not worry about every thread having bible in the title.
SO what motivates you to read a thread?
Obviously the title has a big influence on the decision. Panda SEX vs what scale was the enterprise model used in TOS. Ok there are a few people here where the answer wouldn't be obvious.
THe originator or the last poster in the thread makes a big difference. boring person vs one of our many as**ats. There are certain posters that if they started a thread it was a must read. I will list no names since most egos here are big enough thank you but EON always got a read in my book.
Identifying what type of thread it is. A serious discussion (noooooo), funny, or spam.
Looking at how many posts/views it has. Not always reliable but from a mod's perspective if there are few views, it's not likely to have any flame wars happening there (so what good is it).
The norm was a 10-1 view to post ratio. If it was really different I usually opened it to check it out
Using tools. The one thing I miss not being a mod was using the who's where screen. For those that don't know, it's a simple app that shows every user on the site and what page they're on. People wondered sometimes how we knew what they were doing so fast. It was easy. It would show "asher posting in "rah's an ass" or "asher is viewing, gay men can't handle it"
It's amazing how much easier it is to focus in on possible problem areas when you can track you trouble makers so easily. The other tools I'm not going to discuss but the who's where was my favorite.
SO for the more casual visitor, what make you open a thread to read it. What tools would make the decision easier. I did always find it humorous that people assumed that I viewed every post.
But since there are a lot of people here that have modded here or elsewhere, their imput would be even more appreciated. MING.
). human shields, georgia. While I do enjoy geopolitical drama, I'm just not in the mood- it depresses me often. Texas- well I don't care for Texas- 'nuff said. same goes with cats and communism.
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