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New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
- Head_on_a_Stick
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Re: New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
Congratulations Garry!
Thank you for your contributions to this forum, I'm sure you will do a fine job
Thank you for your contributions to this forum, I'm sure you will do a fine job
deadbang
Re: New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
Don't sweat it Garry!GarryRicketson wrote:..just today, a "spambot" snuck in , while I was trying to help answer a question, and typeing my response, fortunately a moderator also was on line, and "nailed it",
"lesson learned", try to make my posts shorter, pay more attention, to the forum activity, and leave the questions/answers to those with more experience, and also online.
anyway thanks on the welcome.
Take your time to write your posts and don't feel like you have to "nail" spam on the spot.
We are not going to reply or click links on spam posts and even if a few of them make it and stay alive while you write your posts or drink your coffee, nothing bad will happen.
The important thing is to remove spam and keep the board uncluttered, not to remove it the instant it is posted.
This is of course only my personal opinion, but I am confident many will agree with me.
Bye and thanks.
Re: New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
I totally agree with mor.
You were a helper on this forum first, became spam hunter later, and the role was trusted to you because of your contributions as a helper (well, your previous experience also counts, but credibility comes from your interaction on the forums as a helper). So while your new role definitely demands a little more from you, if it hinders your contribution as a helper in any way, I'd consider it an overall loss to the forums.
I have a very little experience of moderation on forums, and I was doing just fine. But as soon as I started feeling that it was restricting my ability to help freely, I stepped down. What use is a perfectly moderated forum if there are no good helpers on it?
You were a helper on this forum first, became spam hunter later, and the role was trusted to you because of your contributions as a helper (well, your previous experience also counts, but credibility comes from your interaction on the forums as a helper). So while your new role definitely demands a little more from you, if it hinders your contribution as a helper in any way, I'd consider it an overall loss to the forums.
I have a very little experience of moderation on forums, and I was doing just fine. But as soon as I started feeling that it was restricting my ability to help freely, I stepped down. What use is a perfectly moderated forum if there are no good helpers on it?
- GarryRicketson
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Re: New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
Congratulations, both, and welcome to the "team" H_O_A_S
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Re: New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
Congrats HOAS, finally you'll be of some use to the forums..
Congrats emariz also!
Congrats emariz also!
- Ardouos
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Re: New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
Greats news! Congratulations.
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Re: New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
Explained against "Legend" at the bottom of forums index page -Danielsan wrote:However what do mean the colors?
Legend: Administrators, Global moderators, Server Admins, Spam Hunters
Re: New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
Looks like Garry has left the forum. This in his profile:sickpig wrote:Chirs's display pic rocks! Congratulations, but I miss the bird.
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May the FORK be with you!
Re: New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
Actually his last post was on the 20th several days ago. So something must have happened around then for him to go away.golinux wrote:Looks like Garry has left the forum. This in his profile:sickpig wrote:Chirs's display pic rocks! Congratulations, but I miss the bird.User is inactive
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May the FORK be with you!
- Head_on_a_Stick
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Re: New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
He did post a thread in which he explained his reasons but it has been deleted since — a few of our newer members criticised him repeatedly for posting links to lmsptfy and man pages and he took it to heart and decided to leavegolinux wrote:something must have happened around then for him to go away.
deadbang
Re: New Admins, Mods and SpamHunters
Things change for people. However, if you keep having/allowing SJW snowflakes run the show and make demands then this is the natural result. Qualified people leave and your left with twits holding their knickers up. Debian is but a pale shadow of its former self, and that affliction is spreading to a distro near you.