billvon 2,411 #76 March 6, 2009 > but recently we've been quite nice actually. That's why it's only a warning. (We do not have 24 hour monitoring here; we are, after all, a Canadian website, and most of the moderators are in North America. And we sleep sometimes.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regulator 0 #77 March 6, 2009 So did anyone else see my post about me getting my new main in the mail? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotsR4pimps 0 #78 March 6, 2009 if it's not a pilot than we dont care!!!!! Just kidding, but seriously. Nah, what did you get man and what size? Gotta be careful or we might get moved to general skydiving forum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #79 March 6, 2009 Quote If you knew how many guns I have access to you would know that I could if I wanted to but I dont kill people I just smoke them out. Hence my comment about expecting someone else to do what YOU want done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtnesbitt 0 #80 March 6, 2009 Quoteif it's not a pilot than we dont care!!!!! +1"If this post needs to be moderated I would prefer it to be completly removed and not edited and butchered into a disney movie" - DorkZone Hero Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regulator 0 #82 March 6, 2009 So I'm curious (not trying to get banned) but what exactly is a moderator. Is this a 'real' job where you ban people that curse other people out on the forums or do you have other duties as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,411 #83 March 6, 2009 Moderators here on DZ.com volunteer to moderate the various forums. It's not a 'real' job. We don't get paid. The reason we are here at all is that many of us saw what happened to the original (unmoderated) rec.skydiving group. It started out with a group of maybe 20-30 active posters and maybe 100 people reading. It was a useful group where a lot of information was exchanged. What became the ISP was first discussed there, for example. The reasons that it was successful as an unmoderated group were: 1) There was a pretty high barrier to entry. Even in 1993, not many people knew how to get on Usenet or operate a newsreader. Thus the people who were able to get on were generally pretty smart and wanted a discussion forum instead of a place to call each other names or tell dirty jokes (although there was a bit of that, too.) 2) The Internet was not yet much of a market, so there wasn't much spam. 3) The community was small enough that people all knew each other, and thus there was a little less "anonymous flaming." As the group grew, though, people started to spend more and more time calling each other every name in the book. Some posters delighted in finding a useful thread (say, on high performance canopies) and posting "so why don't you suck my dick?" in response to every single post. The spammers eventually found it. It is now a wasteland of porn spam and get rich quick schemes. So when Willem started dropzone.com, he wanted to prevent that from happening. So he asked a few of us to volunteer as moderators. We agreed because we saw the value in rec.skydiving get buried under all that crap, and we thought that value was worth trying to bring back. We set up a few very basic rules (no personal attacks, no commercial advertising, no pedophilia jokes) and went from there. As time went on, groups were added, new moderators were added and rules were refined. Nowadays, in the topical forums, our main job is to keep people on track. People in Incidents often wander onto different topics, and those posts get moved to the appropriate forum (if they're useful) or deleted (if they're not.) People in Speaker's Corner often insult each other. People in Bonfire sometimes post stuff that's just a plain waste of space (pictures of poop.) But the other forums are pretty self-regulating. (And that's probably way more than you wanted to know about the history of this place and what we do.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtnesbitt 0 #84 March 6, 2009 A moderator is someone that has been nominated to perform the free service on these boards of making sure everything remains civil. It is up to the moderators descresion as to what is civil and what isn't combined with how they interpret the rules of the forum. (Edit: oops, Bill you beat me to it.)"If this post needs to be moderated I would prefer it to be completly removed and not edited and butchered into a disney movie" - DorkZone Hero Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regulator 0 #85 March 6, 2009 I read all your post and I'm glad you gave me all the details. Now I've leaned something! Thanks for replying back and informing me of the gritty details regarding moderators. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerdgirl 0 #86 March 6, 2009 Is "fastest" the best? Optimal? Or most effective? I can think of a number of things that can be done fast, but have better and more preferable outcomes if speed is not the sole metric. And most of them aren't salacious. /Marg Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #87 March 6, 2009 QuoteQuoteHopefully one would easily tell the difference between a 'street' gang and a group of friends that call themselves a gang, but it always isnt that easy. You're right, it isn't always easy. Looks like a bunch of wingsuiters. Then I slowed down and took a closer look. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #88 March 6, 2009 QuoteQuoteQuoteHopefully one would easily tell the difference between a 'street' gang and a group of friends that call themselves a gang, but it always isnt that easy. You're right, it isn't always easy. Looks like a bunch of wingsuiters. Then I slowed down and took a closer look. It wasn't a bunch of wingsuiters. Just a bunch of cartoon characters dressed like wingsuiters. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D22369 0 #89 March 6, 2009 Maybe we should cut off the tackle of rapists and hands from thieves too.... Quote well.... I like this idea People who are caught speeding should have the length of their right leg reduced this one sucks!!! RoyThey say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #90 March 6, 2009 Pssst Roy...... quote the full line please or not at all N.B : --> (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #91 March 6, 2009 QuoteYou cant stop violence with violence. You need to stop it, peacefully with wisdom. So, tell me... how'd that whole gig work out for the folks in Carthage, pray tell? Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,411 #92 March 6, 2009 >how'd that whole gig work out for the folks in Carthage, pray tell? You're right! We should instead follow the example of the Middle East, where violence has ended all violence, and where brother now lives peacefully with brother. Heck, if India hadn't killed all those British troops, they'd still be under control of the British crown. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #93 March 6, 2009 QuoteAnd most of them aren't salacious. BOOOOO! HISSSSSSS!Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #94 March 6, 2009 Quote Heck, if India hadn't killed all those British troops, they'd still be under control of the British crown. Actually, that incident WAS what called attention to the actions of the East India company. Wishful thinking that criminals will somehow listen to reason is just that - wishful thinking.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #95 March 6, 2009 Quote I dont necessarily blame the people themselves because 90% of gang members come from broken homes with no father figures in their lives so they pair up with an OG that they idolize and do their dirty work for them. OH! OH! I KNOW! (waves hand wildly) When homes get broken lets just kill all the kids. That'll work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D22369 0 #96 March 7, 2009 Boy... yer shore picky todayRoy They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #97 March 7, 2009 sorry (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #98 March 7, 2009 QuoteThat was one of the most though out comments on this post so far. Well, it wasn't too hard to beat your opener since you seem to think that the same people willing to do a murder will be swayed by their parents to go back to school. "The message that would be spread throughout the states would be to parents ...if you want to have your child be safe...get them out of whatever they are in now and get them in school immidietly" Who knows. Maybe they'll learn how to spell the word "immediately"."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #99 March 7, 2009 Quoteif I were president I would mandate an order that if you are in a gang you would get 48 hours to comply and admit you are in a gang and then sent to a rehabilitation compound Buckwheat is in trouble._____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HillerMyLife 0 #100 March 8, 2009 Godwins law in the second post, FTW.Someday Never Comes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
