Demi-fiend
Metempsychosis
It's taking the role of the mod himself/herself and telling other people how to act on a thread.
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Dark Drakan
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I feel dumb asking this because of how long I've bee here, but what exactly is backseat moderating? I ask because between here and REN, I've seen multiple staff members complaining about how annoying it is, but I've never been 100% sure I understand what it is. Is it really just regular members complaining to staff about what they should be doing? That's what I always thought. Or is it something else?
Just curious!And thanks in advance to whoever replies.
People telling us how to do our jobs, how to handle things & what they want us to do in certain situations.
Meg
Well-known Member
Thank you!
IncarnatedDemon
Well-known Member
How often do you check reports of bad posts from 1-10 scale? question answered indvidullay.
Dark Drakan
Well-known Member
Every time they are reported but sometimes there can be many reports to get through & huge amounts of posts to read through (not just reported ones) to understand whats going on in thread so takes some time.
Dark Drakan
Well-known Member
Tried clearing cookies and cache and reloading?
Shadow
the horror was for love
Dear all-knowing staff, which is better: frozen burritos or frozen pizza? (Or some other type of frozen food?)
Dark Drakan
Well-known Member
Frozen Pizza for sure, I prefer to make burritos myself. I like making my own pizzas too but prefer thick base/deep pan pizzas & easier to buy them frozen.
Darkstar Darin
The Badass In Black
could I have my name changed to Dynamite Darin?
Dark Drakan
Well-known Member
It has been done.
DMC
Devil May Cry
Will this thread will every end? If wanted to end this thread, how will u endit?
Dark Drakan
Well-known Member
DMC
Devil May Cry
Thats kinda brutaul.... but awsome
Darkstar Darin
The Badass In Black
thnx
Dark Drakan
Well-known Member
Just makes threads look untidy & some members would just post say 4 separate posts to boost post count rather than one long detailed one. Plus people would go around 'bumping' their own threads by multiposting & just clutters everything up. When you see a thread has 20 replies you want there to be 20 replies & not one person posting 12 separate posts in multiples with a couple of replies doing the same.
But one person can most multiple replies to the same thread as a part of discussion. If a thread has 20 replies, we can't expect 20 replies from 20 different people. The difference is the replies will not necessarily be in succession as in multi-posting but with replies from others intervened. So technically, a person can post multiple times to same thread. Then why not allow in succession.
I am by no means , against the rule.:lol:. I thought it had a technical significance behind it.
Dark Drakan
Well-known Member
Well its not like we expect 20 seperate replies that wasnt exactly my point but we dont want multiple in a row to be in multiple posts rather than being multi-quoted. That is what the feature is there for after all and why we encourage people to do it that way. Can be hard to juggle multiple posts & multiple replies all being quoted in different posts & gets very cluttered and untidy & people lose track of things. Also hard for the staff to keep up & find things.
Bottom line is we are tidy freaks & like things neat & manageable.
Personally I wouldnt say so as such as I guess people want something in return for taking the time to setup downloads for members to have access to.
Dark Drakan
Well-known Member
Down to the user I guess, personally I would rather allow people to give me likes if they wanted to & not use them as a way to 'pay' to gain access to something with them, but some people would want something for their efforts I guess. If people dont agree with it then they could simply not like the content & then the user would have to change things.