Topic: Theymos Doesn't love the Forum Anymore ?? !!!!! - page 2. (Read 1095 times)

Xalolex and frodocooper were selected as  moderators much younger than a Sr. Member but they are doing their job well...

I doubt that you read all of the OP, there are local boards that are less active yet they still have mods

Although, theymos has made users that have been lower ranked than Sr Member. I believe rickbig was one of these members. Of course, I would agree that higher ranked members have less of a risk associated with them, but certainly not in all cases.

The "Salaries" that you speak of are a percentage from ad revenue based on an unknown algorithm made by theymos which probably takes into account how much a staff member has done for that period. It wouldn't cost theymos anymore, however it would reduce the earnings of the current moderators.

Perhaps the OP doesn't know that mods aren't appointed for fun. They are placed on salary.

Not sure those local boards he mentioned are worth spending salaries on  

Yes, he doesn't normally leave a position of the forum unappointed when there's a need and someone who can fill the slot.

Potentially produce some sort of shortlist on a thread fore each section that is without a moderator. The shortlist should be Sr members plus at least (theymos isn't going to trust someone who has only been here a few weeks to run a board of the forum - with a higher ranked account there's more for the user to lose).

There's no knowing what theymos will do, but he might appreciate a list of people who would be willing to do it, and if he feels there's a need for it to be moderated then he can articulate his opinions based on that list. He's only recently asked the community to give their input on who should moderate the Politics and Society section so he does listen to the community when he feels it's best too.

An admin who takes up the pain to change code just to make the members smile on April fools day (2018) is being labeled as a person who does not love the forum. I need not post anything more here.

Thread I am referring to: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/april-fools-new-new-rank-requirements-3232693

I am not sure I read, but sometime I read threads in which Theymos or one of the forum mods said that they can not find the appropriate mods to manage several local boards, such as Vietnamese board.
I come from Vietnam, and at the first time I joined the forum, I knew that Vietnamese board was locked due to 2 main reasons:
1) Over abusements there.
2) The forum can not find mods who know Vietnamese.

It might be because there are mods who know those languages, so they can manage those local boards.

Thanks to all for your replies and Suggestions .

I noticed some of the user said that Send a list of Members who wanted to Moderate the Sub-Forum to Theymos. But what will happen with that. We all Know Theymos will ignore that. Same happened with the Indian Sub forum when some users posted here that they need Mod but their request is ignored.

Moreover Theymos doesn't have Guts to answer here. He loves Hiding.

No Offence

If you think that theymos doesnt love the forum, then can we ask do you love the forum? Do your local board people love the forum? If yes, then make some contribution, gather your locals, and make the list of you trusted members who are willing to be moderators. If you love the forum, you will at least initate that even though you dont get the attention from your locals or admin. If.

I've fallen into this trap before that when things aren't getting dealt with you stop reporting, but this isn't the answer as there needs to be reports over a somewhat long time to get a general idea of how widespread the issue is. theymos could go and look at the french section and see that there's a lot of spam, but he doesn't know if this collates to other days. I would advise not to give up on reporting, and ask your fellow french members to not either. 

Abuse could happen, but it isn't very likely and I don't think this has happened in the past? I suppose someone could use their rank as a way of persuasion, or they could target certain members that they've previously had disputes with. This would likely be brought up very quickly and addresses by theymos but, it's better to eliminate this risk by appointing someone who can be trustworthy in the first place.

The French section is bad as to get Ripple talks in BTC news, referral links spams, scams attempts, and so on. Not long ago I said soon a lady will open a topic about her mentruation in the dev section and another about the blood volume in the speculation section.
I think members have stopped using the report button because they see it as useless. For example, I remember 2 users, who tired of the mess, spend few hours to report everything where an action was needed. They did it for nothing at the end. I did it too to test with a section and the result was the same

Within a year we had 5-6 topics opened by users (including me) asking the opinion for a new moderator or another one. It's something every member agree with. It's not a question anymore for us. We all agree with the idea to get a new moderator. We even agreed together with how to change the local forum to make everyone happy. the general opinion is to get something like the English subforums.

I admit appointing a member who is trustworthy may be not easy, but with a "Legendary" member who is using the forum actively for years, you have less risk. And as for "abusing power", I don't see how it can be done (I may be naive about this)
If you create a friendly environment you don't get much trouble to moderate a community. Everyone enjoy and at the end, you don't have much to do

Appointing a moderator is fine, but there's several factors that theymos would need to consider. I doubt he's just going to appoint someone just because a few reports are made now and then. I have no idea how bad it is in the french section or any other, but it depends on how many reports are being made. Plus, then it's appointing a member who is trustworthy and isn't going to use his position with ill intent.

I'm not sure if you've thought about this, but in the past a few local boards have had a sort of an election/voting system to appoint a moderator among the community. You could try that whether theymos looks at that and follows that advice will be another thing.

Adage: Actions speak louder than words...

It's really time to do something. I think one (or more) moderator(s) already reported to you the issues some local forums are facing. It's not a fantasy it's a reality. Some local forums are not usable anymore for a long time. Sometimes there are more bots than members.

Not long ago while reporting in the French section, nothing was moderated, guess what? It's a moderator from another section who did the job. (@ricky---) And no sorry it isn't an isolated case.
You ask to report, we do, but we get nothing, so what a member can do more? Leave the local forum.....

I don't know what can be the issue you see to increase or replace the staff but trying something else can't really be worst than what some sections get.

It's not so cool for the folks interested in cryptocurrencies but don't understand English. They are limited to their native language but when they see the mess I don't think it is motivating to read or participate in discussions. As a result instead to get people interested in cryptocurrencies local section get people interested to use the forum as a cash cow instead...

You're being unfair and judgmental. You are only looking on the other side of the coin. I am pretty sure theymos is still overseeing the forum. He might be laughing at you now because of your post.

Am I misunderstanding something here? If it gets reported, then one of those mods need to pick it up. Then, for every message, they need to translate it into their native language and then work out if it's spam. That seems a lot of effort for every message unless they get the webpage translated in its entirety.

Yieee. chill. theymos love us guys 💕

Yes, this was also the case when mods were appointed for Politics and Society board.

Posts are being reported; but guess theymos has his own reasons or he simply doesn't care. In fact there are a few suitable candidates in my humble opinion for the Indian board too; but dunno why the issue has failed to elicit any response.

It is the case that the 5 global moderators have to deal with reports on boards without their own moderator. The number of those reports would be the thing that brings it to their attention that a local moderator is needed. If nobody is bothering to report things then it probably looks like everything is OK.

If this is the case, then the users of the particular boards that OP is talking about should be able to click on the "Report to moderator" link to at least bring attention to posts that break the rules. It might be wise to select a moderator for these boards based on how many posts they have accurately reported, along with a review of their history on the forums.