I was thinking about creating another bitcoin forum. Mainly for purposes of competition/duplicity - if this forum goes down, but another well-used one is still up, discussions can continue there.
So say I set up another forum. Should it be entirely paid? Or VIP/paid sections with free sections for newbie members?
So say I set up another forum. Should it be entirely paid? Or VIP/paid sections with free sections for newbie members?
I was thinking something more along the following lines:
- Users can donate bitcoins to a "moderation fund" if they so desire (perhaps encouraged by recognizing members who donate)
- Anyone can create a "moderator account" and go around flagging posts that are abusive, pointlessly inflammatory, etc.
- Every week or so, some open-source algorithm determines which moderator was the most effective based on some metric or combination of metrics
- Coins from the moderation fund are distributed among the moderators based on some agreed-upon algorithm
Optionally, threads and posts that get deleted could instead be moved to a "graveyard", so that people aren't worried about censorship--they can always go through the graveyard and attempt to "resurrect" posts and threads that they believe were deleted unfairly (based on some sort of scoring or voting system)
No one would be forced to donate to the moderation fund, but the more donations the fund received, the better-moderated the forum would be, presumably.
