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How is the VGChartz mod team doing?

It's doing a great job. 299 32.97%
 
It's doing okay. 143 15.77%
 
It's not doing well. 432 47.63%
 
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Khuutra on 30 December 2012
spurgeonryan said:
I think they are fine how they are. What is two more mods going to do? Magically make the other mods more strict? They have already said they have the reports under control. Maybe let go the ones who are here once a month.

As for being strict.....people are already leaving left and right because of various reasons. No older members are still magically coming back either. Being more strict has not worked so far. A new rush of new users and a new console and Christmas has helped. These new members signed on to how the charts have been over the past six months. They


I do not think any real attempt at control has been exerted.

The mods have reports under control, but the culture of the forum is growing more and more chaotic over time, and they can't stop it as things are going now.



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Carl on 30 December 2012
kowenicki said:

Come on Carl.

Your ban list is longer than mine. You have been guilty of your 3rd and 4th sentence regularly. 

Yes, which is why I am one of the best possible people for noticing it.

I did it, I was punished for it.

My last ban was 8th June 2011. Since then Ive had 4 warnings, 2 of which have been wrong and removed by the moderator.

Its safe to say that I learned my lesson. I know what to and what not to do. I was ignorant to the rules, I flamed and trolled... I got banned for it. Everything now just feels more... Easy.



                            

Khuutra on 30 December 2012

Tell you guys a secret?

Like, a real secret?

I think the idea of making topics out of news articles from other sites is a terrible thing. Like, the worst.

Also:

Having one review thread for a game I can almost understand, but having one for every review, and news story, and so forth? Terrible. Game topics need to be more centralized.

And if I see one more thread about "most overrated bluh" or "worst bloo of all time" in an effort to farm points out of negativity, I am going to be even more pessimistic than I am now



Carl on 30 December 2012
kowenicki said:

Learned from it yes. Like me. You now know HOW to say things, HOW to phrase things. The message is the same though. 

Nah. I disagree.



                            

Jaywood2010 on 30 December 2012
Khuutra said:
Tell you guys a secret?

Like, a real secret?

I think the idea of making topics out of news articles from other sites is a terrible thing. Like, the worst.

Also:

Having one review thread for a game I can almost understand, but having one for every review, and news story, and so forth? Terrible. Game topics need to be more centralized.

And if I see one more thread about "most overrated bluh" or "worst bloo of all time" in an effort to farm points out of negativity, I am going to be even more pessimistic than I am now


Why not just ignore those seeing as a lot of people do like them.  If you removed most of those things then this site would basically be dead.




       

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ethomaz on 31 December 2012
Khuutra said:
Tell you guys a secret?

Like, a real secret?

I think the idea of making topics out of news articles from other sites is a terrible thing. Like, the worst.

Also:

Having one review thread for a game I can almost understand, but having one for every review, and news story, and so forth? Terrible. Game topics need to be more centralized.

And if I see one more thread about "most overrated bluh" or "worst bloo of all time" in an effort to farm points out of negativity, I am going to be even more pessimistic than I am now

That's the main focus of this forum... without it the forum is dead.

Anyway in the vgchartz's GOLD AGE these "terrible" threads/topics had more than 200 comments... so pretty good disscussion... the mods just try to kill that.



Carl on 31 December 2012

I think more attention needs to be shown to thread creation.

People posting rubbish, factually incorrect articles without doing research is bad for the forum. Its misinformation, which leads other easily-led users into annoying me. People should be moderated for pushing the forum a step back after every 2 steps forward.

In short - It should be a rule that posting utter rubbish from other sites (or utter rubbish in general), when facts show the exact opposite, is a bannable offence.



                            

bonkers555 on 31 December 2012
Carl2291 said:
I think more attention needs to be shown to thread creation.

People posting rubbish, factually incorrect articles without doing research is bad for the forum. Its misinformation, which leads other easily-led users into annoying me. People should be moderated for pushing the forum a step back after every 2 steps forward.

In short - It should be a rule that posting utter rubbish from other sites (or utter rubbish in general), when facts show the exact opposite, is a bannable offence.

But the question is what Fact or Fiction? For example last year Microsoft claim to sell more 360 then the Wii and PS3 but on this site it doesn't show that. People posted article about it on this site. In that case what would you consider fact or fiction? Do we go with the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company or a site that get information from multiple outlet and make a educated guess?



My Video Games Collection/Set-Up.

bonkers555 on 31 December 2012
spurgeonryan said:
He wants them banned no matter what. If I understand his post correctly.

Thats what I thought but I want to be clear.



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slowmo on 31 December 2012
Carl2291 said:
I think more attention needs to be shown to thread creation.

People posting rubbish, factually incorrect articles without doing research is bad for the forum. Its misinformation, which leads other easily-led users into annoying me. People should be moderated for pushing the forum a step back after every 2 steps forward.

In short - It should be a rule that posting utter rubbish from other sites (or utter rubbish in general), when facts show the exact opposite, is a bannable offence.


I understand your frustration, particularly when we had that spate of XBL bashing "articles" but the point of a moderation team is to make the call then take action.  Sometimes they just don't lock obvious garbage threads quickly and it leads to chaos and multiple bans.  I'm pretty sure they do ban for spam or trolling which is both you describe above though.  Its a knife edge though as even dubious articles might trigger a debate or discussion that will engage lots of members which is good for the site.  If they lock and ban early we have a Nazi state, if they don't then we accuse them of letting people run wild.  I think the community must take some responsibility for not reporting these threads enough.