Who is moderating these forums?

Doesn't really seem to need much moderation, IMO..

As usual, the sky has not fallen even tho there is no active moderation, the forums still seem to be cooking along and many questions are still being answered.

Some of you may remember that a while ago I started a Jira issue asking for the Lindens to appoint SOME sort of moderators for the the forums, either Lindens or residents. Qie and I then tried to facilitate that by meeting with several Lindens. For those who might be curious, here's what I learned while doing that:

-- Several Lindens have the full list of current resmod volunteers culled from the threads here and the Jira comments. LL is not looking for any more volunteers at this time.

-- No new resmods have been appointed since Strife stepped down.

-- Last I heard, LL was leaning toward moderating the forums in-house.

-- Aki Linden, the temp employee who was nominally moderating the forums, is now no longer at LL. No idea whether any other Linden(s) are now reading the forums, tho Jeska (who used to moderate LONG time ago) posted to a thread recently.

-- Qie and I are no longer pushing on this, after being thanked for our efforts. Presumably we'll all hear about any LL decisions concerning the forums via blog or something.

-- The job req for a "Community Manager" has been taken down, so perhaps they made that new hire -- forum management was part of that job's responsibility.

Alicia, we all have other things to do than read the forums. So I do understand if you haven't noticed that, after some confusion following Strife's departure, people stopped making moderation-style posts quite some time ago.

You will still see people suggest that threads be posted in other forums, but generally that is done in a sincere attempt to help the asker get the best answer to their question.

well now that the moderators are retired or MIA, i think its time Strife open up those private dossiers he mentioned. I mean, its not like it matters anymore.

Aki was a temp? Pfft. *muttering*

No problem, Lana. I was just asking for clarification. Usually an eye roll at the end of a post means the preceeding sentiment was sarcasm. I was just sensitive to it because I was the one who asked Strife to come out of retirement for one act of lockage on Mari's behalf since she was not thrilled that the thread had gotten so out of control.

They can't lock threads, oh judgemental one.

I think so many messages were sent to poor Aki that she suffocated in a pile of abuse reports. She has expired; God rest her soul, and may her replacement not share the same fate.

As long as Raymond's alt is here to hold up the sky for us, we'll be fine.

If I had that power, I'd never leave the house.

i'd never come home!

If we could all act like the adults that we should be, and use generally accepted rules of ettiquette and manners, then there should be no need for a moderator in our discussions. I don't go to a dinner party with my friends and need a man in the corner waiting to tell us that we are "off-topic".

Wonder how many other Lindens are no longer here. Its sad to see how these forums have turned out. If that not bad. Support Portal issues are not being dealt with or either on a timely bases ( if not at all ). Tickets are piling up i bet, because there are many i put in that are not even touched, or are in process for 6 months now.

Listen, when LL doesn't want to do something, they Really. Do Not. Want to Do It.

So whether it makes sense or not, what they are or aren't doing, we just have to grasp that they really do NOT want to do it.

coco

Its seems like a joke at times. awhile back they started a banning game from GAME and Forums if you posted anything LLABS didnt like what you said. But look now? Its just a joke........Nobody gets banned anymore ( maybe thats good ) But if that is a fact then maybe those that have been blackedballed by a few fruity and sometimes unstable Lindens should have their records cleared. The Lindens views how the forums are used and run is like a left on a windy day. blowing from left to right, up and down.........

/me is tempted to write an "is there a moderator?" test post in RA.

The lindens are probably happy to leave us as we are ..because all the time we are messing up in here and pulling each other apart we are leaving the grid alone

well they say SL is a social experiment...maybe these forums are the forum moderation application? LOL NOW that would be ironic...and funny.

~Lana Tomba

Yes it was sorry to see Mari's thread get like that, had it probably been anyone elses thread I would have not cared at all, if it was allowed to die of natrual causes, I just stopped opening it after a while, only opened it at the end because I saw Strife post.
We are adults and if 2 want to duke it out, let em go for it, neither them had reached physical violence yet

The forums are no worse than when Strife ran his reign of terror around here. No where near where they were 18 months ago. Why this constant whining and complaining, "Oh poor us the forums are so awful"?

think so? well they were bad then but look around now think its same as when Strife was here? I really don`t believe its the same. Its is worse........Anyways this is the way it is now so there no need thinking boat the past. This is the way it is now if we like it or not. Well "Whining and crying as many american`s say ( always the easy way to for those trying to make a point by uesing these words )these days I not doing. If you would read my post it points to the lack of control. i didnt say it was good or bad. I just state condition we are in. BTW My 2 1/2 girl "Whines and Cry" We are all adults here.......

In the cosmic scheme of things, aren't we all? Yeah, somewhat to my surpise, it really hasn't come off the rails, with a few notable 50-page-thread exceptions. We're kinda saved by the Big F'ing Hammer that's still poised should somebody really grief the forums, and by the fact you can't post here with No Payment Info On File. (Unfortunately, you also can't *read* here with no payment info, and the Forums software is loaded from punchcards, but hey, whaddya want fer nuttin'?)

And I do think some credit is due to the posters here, who are generally fairly civil.

One problem I foresee (I know, I worry too much) is that because we've been reasonably well-behaved on our own, we may well chafe at the yoke of a new moderator, should one or more ever be appointed. If ever that happens, it will be a test of us all to remember that moderators are kinda expected to moderate occasionally.

The thing is that entry to this forum is restricted, and it is not actually that well known anyway. This has the consequence that

(a) We do not have the usual problems of random spammers and trolls that other boards have - nobody is going to go to the trouble of signing up to SL just to say "your all gay" or to talk about free iPods, particularly as the registration mechanism is pretty much opaque to bots;

(b) Most people here are at least slightly experienced SL residents, who have enough interest and investment in SL to have heard of the forums and come here.

Thus the population is likely to be a lot politer and more reasonable than your average Aethernet Discussion Place.

On the other hand, as soon as somebody _does_ decide that they want to mess about, they will be able to do so very easily. This is particularly true when it comes to the less obvious tactics - not flooding a forum with irrelevant topics, but, say, a team of posters who relentlessly chase a victim between threads, bombarding them with off-topic insults until they quit in disgust.

/me gets popcorn and awaits the "Why are all ageplayers German Jews?" thread with interest.

Started, no doubt, by someone brand new to the forums named CnnReporter Mrigesh
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It's no coincidence that the Title "Moderator" and "Moderate" are almost spelled alike and pronounced almost identically as well.

mod·er·ate /adj., n. ˈmɒdərɪt, ˈmɒdrɪt; v. ˈmɒdəˌreɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[adj., n. mod-er-it, mod-rit; v. mod-uh-reyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, noun, verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.
–adjective 1. kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
2. of medium quantity, extent, or amount: a moderate income.
3. mediocre or fair: moderate talent.
4. calm or mild, as of the weather.
5. of or pertaining to moderates, as in politics or religion.
–noun 6. a person who is moderate in opinion or opposed to extreme views and actions, esp. in politics or religion.
7. (usually initial capital letter) a member of a political party advocating moderate reform.
–verb (used with object) 8. to reduce the excessiveness of; make less violent, severe, intense, or rigorous: to moderate the sharpness of one's words.
9. to preside over or at (a public forum, meeting, discussion, etc.).
–verb (used without object) 10. to become less violent, severe, intense, or rigorous.
11. to act as moderator; preside.


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[Origin: 1350–1400; ME moderate (adj.), moderaten (v.) < L moderātus (ptp. of moderārī to restrain, control), equiv. to moderā- v. s. (see modest) + -tus ptp. suffix]

I've not seen too many here with those qualities(myself included))I think it's a little humorous that some who obviously have gone out of their way to display every attribute in these forums EXCEPT the afore mentioned somehow think they qualify for the position

"Ring"...."Ring"...The clue phone is ringing

~Lana Tomba

Why can't adults cry?

I think we are in better shape than we were 4 months ago. We actually have some freedom of discussion. Like you said we are adults. If you don't like a thread, don't open it, pretty simple.