Now now Wealhtheow, this is the kind of comment that leads to threads getting vaporized
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If I had forum moderator powers, I'd delete the comment and ban you, your wife, your kids, your neighbors, your friends and your library. And yes, the comment was quite mild compared to the stuff that gets through on here. As you can see, I'm unfit for that kind of task, estimation and decision. That's why I'm here and the mods are there
heinzie wrote:
It's too late in the night for me to closeread all of this, and I probably won't tomorrow either, but I just wanted to hop in and say/point out/reiterate that I personally believe that it's much better if threads are locked with some sort of an explanatory note at the end by a moderator (and offending [comments deleted] of course) instead of their complete removal as is common practice now so people will learn how to read maps better
Yes, I completely agree.
Maybe there can be a new group "chess.com criticism" in which such negative feedback can be discussed without forum mods interfering all the time and chess.com actually listening and recognizing issues that need fixing, treating the thoughtful comments as valuable feedback instead of seeing them as slanderous
This of course would be painful but how else is there going to be improvement in policies and core member satisfaction (those that are banned all the time might be the most enthusiastic members of the community, even if they can't behave)
Sorry for not reading and hijacking your thread batgirl 
maybe it can go neatly back on track after I've gone to sleep
Wealhtheow wrote:
Yeah good idea; or perhaps another website set up just to discuss what's going on here, like "Chess.com Report.com". Do you think anyone would join that?
I think for any kind of credibility/usefulness it is vital that such a thing is hosted on and by chess.com itself, a bit like the cheating discussion group. If you're going to have some external unauthorized platform you'll get all kinds of nasty comments that aren't getting anybody anywhere
Sense of group identity is a wonderful feeling many internet websites provide. There's always going to be some small core of active members who are sharing the good moments together for a prolonged period of time while numerous passing-by one-day-flies quickly burn up
Like you, you're unrated with 19 member points, you'll be gone in some months and in that time there'll have been dozens upon dozens of other members like you who'll contribute a couple of dozen forum posts and leave while the batgirls, goldendogs and Conquistadors (and one heinzie) are still here contemplating on what this passing river might teach them about life in general
Jan 23, 2014
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heinzie wrote:
Like you, you're unrated with 19 member points, you'll be gone in some months and there'll be dozens upon dozens of other members like you who'll contribute a couple of dozen forum posts and leave while the batgirls, goldendogs and Conquistadors (and one heinzie) are still here contemplating on what this passing river might teach them about life in general
I am a level 29 wizard from my time here. Goldendog and Batgirl have been around longer and have refined their mage powers that much more.
But no one can make new accounts like the parhamite-shapeshifter.
There's more than enough moderation in public forums. However, in groups and other stuff, there is zero. One example is the spam threads in chess unlimited
Chess.com is doing a fine job in my opinion.
Jan 23, 2014
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Why need moderators in the groups where you got Super admins and admins. in there.
kco wrote:
Why need moderators in the groups where you got Super admins and admins. in there.
But the Super Admins and the Admins might not do their job effectively.
Wealhtheow wrote:
chessdex wrote:
There's more than enough moderation in public forums. However, in groups and other stuff, there is zero. One example is the spam threads in chess unlimited
Ah you're just angry because you got kicked out of the Social Spammers.
I suppose you mean the RSS? Besides, I'm talking about Chess Unlimited, and the fact that I started an exact same thread in Chess Unlimited in the public, and it got deleted immediately
Wealhtheow wrote:
chessdex wrote:
There's more than enough moderation in public forums. However, in groups and other stuff, there is zero. One example is the spam threads in chess unlimited
Ah you're just angry because you got kicked out of the Social Spammers.
This.
chessdex wrote:
Wealhtheow wrote:
chessdex wrote:
There's more than enough moderation in public forums. However, in groups and other stuff, there is zero. One example is the spam threads in chess unlimited
Ah you're just angry because you got kicked out of the Social Spammers.
I suppose you mean the RSS? Besides, I'm talking about Chess Unlimited, and the fact that I started an exact same thread in Chess Unlimited in the public, and it got deleted immediately
Sounds like a personal problem to me.
Sorry for the edits, it was meant to become a joke in the end because of the longish sentence. But the point stands, yes. Lock the thread, delete the offending comments, mute the troublemakers for some days, and completely ban repeat offenders. That'll teach 'em