Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 2657 Location: looking for space
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: The Future of peakoil.com
You can have it both ways, and here is how:
Have two classes of threads, tightly moderated, and loosely moderated. The "tight" threads are moderated at the complete discretion of the author. The "loose" threads are moderated under the general guidelines.
The "tight" thread requires some method to allow the authors to edit their threads.
I am not familiar with the limitations of this board structure. Giving thread authors control may require giving moderation status, which would mean the ability to start "tight" threads would be limited to certain posters, because obviously the site can't be handing out moderation controls to just anyone that wants to start a tight thread.
Having authors put through moderation requests for their "tight" threads won't work, the work load will drive the current moderators away.
You could start a second set of "sub moderators", which would be posters that have moderation control, but only use the controls only for moderating specific threads.
There should be a workable solution here that allows free speech to rule while also allowing the "polite engagement" crowd a place to particpate more freely(I do believe we chase quite a few potential posters away over this).
The concept of "tight" and "loose" threads fills the need perfectly, if it can be engineered to work under this existing structure _________________ Fuel, Fertilizer, and Food.
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