Public Comment Period: Official Sitewide Moderator Review

Discussion in 'Yanks Abroad' started by dark knight, Sep 27, 2002.

  1. dark knight

    dark knight Super Moderator
    Staff Member

    Dec 15, 1999
    Club:
    Leicester City FC
    (This message is from Huss and JonnyQuest and is being posted in each forum by the moderators.)

    Dear BigSoccer Members and Premium Members,

    As we hope you all know and appreciate, we are always striving to make BigSoccer the best community it possibly can be. One of the keys to our community is our moderators. They work hard to provide a fun and safe environment for everyone on the site. Of course, we realize things don't always go smoothly and that when some people have praise others have complaints.

    We are instituting a new procedure for reviewing our moderators, and that involves soliciting feedback from you. This is a serious excercise and we ask you to only participate if you take it seriously. We are asking you to post your praise and criticism, and suggestions, regarding the moderation of THIS PARTICULAR FORUM in this thread. Personal attacks will be binned (the mods have our approval to do this) and we are only looking for thoughtful criticisms or compliments. Though we'd prefer you didn't, if you are uncomfortable posting in public, please send EMAIL to help@bigsoccer.com.

    Thank you for your participation.

    Huss and JonnyQuest
     
  2. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are you kidding? Moderators in this forum. Man, every time the subject gets slightly away from being a yank abroad, the thread gets moved. Man, talk about strict... ;)

    Actually, I like the moderators on this board, specially the understanding between them. The fairness I have been shown, and the kind warnings have been very respectful.
     
  3. GringoTex

    GringoTex Member

    Aug 22, 2001
    1301 miles de Texas
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Bolivia
    This is BS's best-moderated board.
     
  4. fidlerre

    fidlerre Member+

    Oct 10, 2000
    Central Ohio
    agreed...
     
  5. BuffloSoldier

    BuffloSoldier BigSoccer Supporter

    Jan 31, 2000
    Northern NJ
    And where do the checks get sent to, gents?
     
  6. Barca_Fan2003

    Barca_Fan2003 New Member

    Mar 30, 2002
    Slidell, LA
    By far the best forum. Segroves and Reilly free. Great job guys.
     
  7. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    um, mine's in the mail...
     
  8. pething101

    pething101 Member

    Jul 31, 2001
    Smyrna, Ga
    Club:
    West Ham United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nutter, I think he meant where could he send you the check for buttering him up... as I shall do as well.

    Buff and Dark do a great job with this one. This might be the toughest board to moderate, atleast of the ones I frequent and they do it very well.

    ps
    send it to
    The Drunk Guy
    Wheelers Pub
    Fayetteville, NC.
     
  9. Smurfquake

    Smurfquake Moderator

    Aug 8, 2000
    San Carlos, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is a well moderated board. I don't spend a lot of time here, but when I want to see something about [Yank] who played on [date] it is very easy to find the appropriate thread since they are consistently named.
     
  10. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have the annoying habit of reading too fast...

    maybe I should stop drinking now...;)
     
  11. Fah Que

    Fah Que Member

    Sep 29, 2000
    LA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Since I haven't posted here for a long time, that really makes things easy.
     
  12. Bambule GK

    Bambule GK New Member

    Aug 16, 2000
    The ATL
    I miss the old moderators.

    :D
     
  13. Red&Black

    Red&Black Member+

    Aug 30, 2001
    Lot 8
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Burkina Faso
    This is my favorite board on the site, mostly because folks tend to stay on track a bit more. I have never seen the bile, racism, sexism on the YA board I see. I post a lot on the DCU board and they have good threads and good moderators, but this is even better.

    Btw--I think it takes both good mods and good users to make a fun board, this has both.
     
  14. TexanSoccer06

    TexanSoccer06 New Member

    Great job by dark night and Buff (who I sincerely thank for not killing me for repeatedly forgetting to return his tapes).
     
  15. BuffloSoldier

    BuffloSoldier BigSoccer Supporter

    Jan 31, 2000
    Northern NJ
    That reminds me...
     
  16. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I hear soccertom has become a hitman...;)
     
  17. snorklefish

    snorklefish New Member

    Mar 26, 2001
    Miami, FL
    Yup... But it's Buff's "reporting" that makes the board stand out head and shoulders above the rest.
     
  18. uniteo

    uniteo Member+

    Sep 2, 2000
    Rockville, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Actually, I think the mods here have gotten a little parochial. A little too heavy in the direction of moving and merging threads, IMHO.

    -Uniteo
     
  19. bungadiri

    bungadiri Super Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jan 25, 2002
    Acnestia
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I agree with the post that credited the users, too, but it seems clear that Bufflo and Dark Knight set the standards everyone else follows.
    What, has the Pop-a-Top Lounge closed?
     
  20. dark knight

    dark knight Super Moderator
    Staff Member

    Dec 15, 1999
    Club:
    Leicester City FC

    Thanks for the comment. When you say gotten, are you thinking of a recent trend? I sort of felt like the trend was going in the other direction, i.e., things have eased up a little here. Just recently we got a complaint from the other end of the spectrum -- from someone who was unhappy that something off-topic was allowed to stay up for a little while.

    I do understand what you are saying generally and at times I agree with the perspective (just ask Buff), but the truth is, many people seem happy with a more buttoned-up forum.
     
  21. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I agree with that - here, sometimes its needed since threads can very easily and quickly go off topic and start talking what is going on in a similar thread or another board. Kinda easy since the topic is so narrow.

    question, how often does a thread get moved to yank's abroad?
     
  22. GersMan

    GersMan Member

    May 11, 2000
    Indianapolis
    Just to say that the information available on here is as good as any board on this site.
     
  23. dark knight

    dark knight Super Moderator
    Staff Member

    Dec 15, 1999
    Club:
    Leicester City FC
    Thanks for the input -- we're taking this down but feel free to continue commenting.
     

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