Moderation Station

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Alright, here it is, the long requested return of TransMod. Still think this needs a better title.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Thread title's been updated.

Keep it site related fellas.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Eventually. We'll probably end up selling them off...

 

[Chorn]

I wonder how much money SF could make selling custom titles.

 

[Grand Potentate]

My jokes are being censored? Come on man, that was some of my best work!

I lol'ed.

 

[Betelgeuse]

Does the theme was changed?

 

[Rain Man]

Basic black. Goes with everything.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Yes guys, the default theme was changed to Black Responsive - Blue. We're going to start rotating them every so often.

 

[Betelgeuse]

Yes guys, the default theme was changed to Black Responsive - Blue. We're going to start rotating them every so often.

Ok, gotcha.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Done

 

[Grand Potentate]

That's going to be the permanent default unless something better comes down the pipe. Rotating them has been good as no one seems to have read the Getting Started thread.

 

[Chorn]

Not really sure what the point of rotating them was in the first place. Letting people know that there are options? Not sure if that's worth it; permanent default seems the way to go.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Just to introduce people to the different themes. The default will stay the soft blue. In the meantime a little change every now and then isn't anything to be afraid of

 

[OfficePants]

a little change every now and then isn't anything to be afraid of

Same can be said for whinging.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Do you guys think we should open up the forum browsing by unregistered members?

 

[Grand Potentate]

Doesn't hurt

Yep. Might also benefit the Google crawler and generate some pageviews and therefore new signups.

True, but there's the inevitable downside to that - the flood of new people and spam. Certainly couldn't hurt as an experiment though...

 

[Grand Potentate]

But a spammer still has to take the time to sign up regardless.

They often do. They just get rejected. We've had 850 rejected spammer applications this week alone.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Jesus.

Yep, and that's without the forum being open to the public.

 

[Grand Potentate]

The forum is now open to the public

 

[Grand Potentate]

Also, I rearranged the stickies, so most of them in Everything are now in The New Forum.

 

[OfficePants]

The forum is now open to the public

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Grand Potentate]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Yeah, I feel the same way. But we need more people. It can't just be the same 10 people posting all the time, no matter how nice that might be.

 

[Lady Canuker]

The forum is now open to the public

You better start training another Mod or 2

 

[Grand Potentate]

maybe

 

[OfficePants]

Yeah, I feel the same way. But we need more people. It can't just be the same 10 people posting all the time, no matter how nice that might be.

Nice? Its perfect.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Nice? Its perfect.

Awwww. You like us. You really like us!

 

[Grand Potentate]

You guys think we should keep DT closed off to only registered members?

 

[Lady Canuker]

You guys think we should keep DT closed off to only registered members?

Yes

 

[OfficePants]

Yes, I would set them at a 400 or 500 post count before getting in or something.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Restricted to registration for now. We don't even have 5 members with that many posts, so it would be kind of pointless.

 

[Chorn]

*Good on opening up for viewers

*Can there be a minimum post count to start a thread?

*How does the software recognize spammers (the 850 rejections)? Is that just from the "Type the words and letters you see" thing?

 

[OfficePants]

+1 on start a thread.

 

[Grand Potentate]

*Good on opening up for viewers

*Can there be a minimum post count to start a thread?

*How does the software recognize spammers (the 850 rejections)? Is that just from the "Type the words and letters you see" thing?

-What number of posts do you guys like? And for classifieds too.

There is a function built in to prevent spammers from registering. Whenever some registers, even if its prevented, we get an email. So its easy to keep track of that way.

 

[OfficePants]

60 - 120 posts.

 

[Chorn]

10 seems reasonable.

 

[Grand Potentate]

How about 25 for a thread and 75 for a classified?

 

[Grand Potentate]

Alright, I think I got it. If you're a new member, you shouldn't be able to post a new thread until 30 posts, and a new classified until 100 posts.

 

[OfficePants]

Do we have our first outsider yet?

 

[Grand Potentate]

Do we have our first outsider yet?

???

 

[Chorn]