[Special Mod Thread] V.3.0

[abomvubuso]

Hey folks! Now that we've moved from LJ to DW, I think we need a new Mod Thread. It's where members of the community could file complaints and offer feedback to the community staff.

This thread will be exclusively used for reporting and discussing the Rules, any possible violations thereof (see community profile for a list of the rules), and staff decisions. Also, to (hopefully) settle conflicts between members away from the other posts.

A link to this thread will be displayed in the community profile and on the community sidebar.

You may feel free to report anything that you consider disruptive to the debate on TalkPolitics, or propose relevant actions by the moderators, or approve or protest about actions taken, or just give any opinions on staff decisions, the Rules themselves, or the community in general. Or you could directly message any or all of the mods, if you prefer things to stay between you and the staff (we could also screen threads here once the issue has been settled, if you request so).

Finally, to remind of the Yellow/Red Card system. While official warnings are something we occasionally use with utmost reluctance, they are sometimes needed as a relatively diplomatic yet very explicit tool for extinguishing passions and/or systematic disruptive behaviour. However we do believe the members are able to moderate themselves for the most part, so we trust that this system will continue to gather dust as it has done for most of the 9 years of the community's existence (wow, how fast time flies, eh?)

Anyway. Let's proceed with our political discussions, shall we?

Thanks for your attention! :)

Comments

[abomvubuso]

I sense there's a proposal coming up. We're all ears! :)

Btw, it's not an invitation only forum. It's an open forum.

[johnny9fingers]

Well, since I've been on a few forums associated with my work (such as it is) and the most buoyant ones are the ones which have a YouTube presence in some form.

I'm just looking into it ATM. But maybe you guys should start a T_P YouTube page just as a holder awaiting translation. Let's make sure we can exploit any opportunities that may come our way. But looking at some of the longer discussions, they read like scripts. Would folk be prepared to record some of their OP's and comments (on a phone or webcam) so we can edit and splice them together as they are on the page? Maybe try some rough test edits and see if they work? Just to see if it is a possible. Not sure about editing as that isn't exactly part of my skill-set, but I do think that some of the debates on here, if put into a format of talking heads, would be slightly better than the stuff we get from our normal media.

Especially if we keep the swearing in. :)

It's an idea. Take it and run with it if it appeals. :)

[abomvubuso]

Well, you could present the idea in some detail to the community, and see where it goes.