I'm going to try and treat this thread with the seriousness that it was created. So here we go.
Actually give Staff positions out to people who are active and deserve them. People like Sharpshooter (My new fav poster), Straightedge, Airfixx, Montana and others.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't sharpshooter a glorified spammer? How would that make a better staff member? Montana has been staff before but would never even view the staff room so would not be aware of new things, directives or rules that were layed out. He may be an active poster, and I like the guy, but if he's not going to participate in staff discussions to me that means he's not staff worthy. I do like Straightedge, I even voted for him in the mod elections. Airfixx I don't really know. A lot of that has to do with me not being as active anymore.
Give people complete control over a few sections and let them decide the rules/punishments for those sections (& If someone complains about spam/trolling/useless posts then take it up with the mod(s) who are in charge of those sections.
I think that could be asking for trouble. Here's why. If say one mod is really strict and others are not, you run the risk of confusing members as to what the rules actually are. The way it is now, does make a little more sense, with there being a set rules for the entire forum and you know the risks of breaking said rules, and if a mod chooses to let it slide fine, but if they don't well you knew that was a possibility since you knew it was against the rules.
Have 2 or 3 people in charge of the wrestling sections (JB, Montana and someone else). Have someone in charge of Casual & serious discussion and have people in btb/reviews and other stuff. But appoint active members. Keep some of the current staff. Also, i suggest keeping the SMods as they are. Perhaps appoint a 2nd admin since Mike's on his own.
If you have Smods (or global mods as they are now called) you don't really need more then one admin. There isn't a whole lot that a gmod can't do that an admin can't.
Encourage members to post & advertise threads. Organize a weekly "Thread of the week" contest and the winner would get his name in a different colour (Colour is their choice).
this is just dumb. Or maybe its just me. I mean I wouldn't feel encouraged to post more just because there was a thread of the week contest.
Get rid of the "applying for Troll-U / VIP". I think it would be easier and better for members to automatically get those shit when they get to 1/2000 posts.
as G1 has said, Troll-U is a private group....anyone can create a group and the creator of that group can decide who to let in and who not. Just like on Facebook. You can create your own group if you want and make it a private or not priave. Monk has choosen to make his private. Thats his right as a member and as the creator of the group, and that will not change.
as for VIP, that will always remain as is as well. Content contained within VIP needs to stay as hidden as possibe for legal reasons.
Don't let members drive away other members. Inform the member that you will stop the trolls from trolling you & If the trolls don't leave him/her alone, Infract & Temp ban.
I agree and disagree. I disagree because the majority of the trolling of any member (not just new members) is mainly contained within HIAT. Personally if you take everything said about you on the internet so seriously, I really don't want to know you that much. But I do agree that trolling outside of HIAT as well as flaming etc does need to be reduced and the rules against it enforced a little more often then they are.
