Miss Kate wrote: Peter Anderson, passed away.

well damn. i hope that, wherever he went, he continues to put smiles on peoples faces like he did here on earth. even when they were bittersweet smiles, they were always good...

you know - i just realized that last post was inappropriate in this thread. i figger no one's read it yet, so just pretend i've edited it to something innocuous and non-inflammatry, like "yay for getting something that allows me to adjust my posts to improve the overall demeanor of the board!"

>I don't know if you were on here during the last edit debacle.

was he banned by then, or not?

>existing bbs fora

i meant phpbb fora. my apologies for not catching this on preview.

>Feedback from Spanky, a strictly flat structure is not possible. either he misunderstood the question, you misunderstood his answer, or someone (possibly, but unlikely me) doesn't know what they're tralking about. the plethora of existing bbs fora which do this (of which this is one example) should...

>what kind of applications? custom ones. i'd imagine the ticket exchange to be some sort of dual bidding system, with matches made for buying and selling. rideshare would be similar, with need ride and got ride sections detailing # of people and how much stuff they can take. for both, hookups would ...

>a fan of a beer in the morning

me too. i wonder what ever happened to him?

am i the only who thinks that ticket exchange and rideshare might be better served by other applications other than a bbs?

>enforced admin action on a eplayan who i enjoy reading (?) and/or contributes to the community well, there's yer problem right there. i think the admin actions in the past went from nothing to draconian to quickly. a couple of the the things i keep harping on (banning from selected areas rather tha...

>What other compelling argument is there for disallowing people to edit their posts?


isn't one of the spirit of burning man things about subjugation of free will?

>know who the moderator is

i'd expect there to be a team of moderators who cooperate, rather than simply distributing responsibilities.

i think having a moderator sock would set a bad precedent.

i understand the problem. i also think that honesty about what a persons role is would be better than trying to maintain a facade.

you know - that whole "flow my tears" thing...

i'd prefer to have accountability.

that's a bunch of legalese which says: "we're not responsible for what you post, but once you post it, we won't let you maintain ownership of it, either."

i never liked that part of the t.o.s.

to correct zane - it's not about threads - it's about sections where people can create threads - you have a much courser gradation available to you.

i think the moderated/unmoderated distinction is acceptable. i don't think the ptb would approve of 3playa style ownership...

i realize, btw, that this could be a popularity contest. it's certainly not intended as such. i'm very fond of badger as a personal friend, but don't think the history of his actions on this board make him suitable to be moderator. instead, i chose those people i thought were involved enough to have...

i think it's also critical that the moderators come from the community, rather than the tech team. there needs to be an understanding of the the flow of the community, and how the individuals behave and what their quirks are. but the moderators also need to be able to consciously divest themselves o...

i agree with g.e. (smart cookie that she is) that the line with "forums" on it might be better served by whitespace.

i don't think that's the right place to try to gain whitespace, though. there's other clutter that should go first...

this board made a big deal out of "you own your own words", but really it meant that you had no control over your words after you hit the post button. the biggest issue i see with not editing is that the context of your post can change while you are composing it. this is only exacerbated by requirin...

>Maybe we break this into two areas (as subforum)? Open Forum and PortaPotty for the shitstarters? i think this is an absolute requirement. the open forum would be moderated, the potty area not. (in fact, i'd imagine the potty area to be the only unmoderated section). i'd prefer to have fewer sticki...

inclined to agree - 1 & 3 are appropriate for different situations, and 1 is suitable for most situations. moderators won't want to supervise everything, but only lend a guiding hand when it becomes necessary. this implies that the default state should allow as much user freedom as possible. i think...

i'd presume that to be documented in a "moderator actions" sticky thread.

however, i'm realizing that i've already developed a fairly explicit process in my head, that reflects (almost) no input from anyone else. time to shut up and listen, for a while, i think.`

in fact, i think the most contentious part of the whole moderator debate will not be what powers they have, but how they are chosen and managed.

agreed that moderators should achieve as much as possible by way of persuasion and finagling, and should probably be chosen for their ability to do so and reluctance to resort to other measures. however, i think that other measures are required, at least as a possibility, in order for them to be abl...

>images are still a problem

fwiw - i think fixing part of the problem is better than fixing none of the problem. i was just seeing what might still be a problem...

my take would be that moderators could: - delete posts. - block users from posting in particular areas (rather than the whole board). - move threads to appropriate areas. - post to the restricted moderator thread that provides feedback to the rest of the eplaya of what they're doing in a particular ...

wide images still seem to break the whole thing.

cool.

test 2:

test: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...

i think moderation is a more critical part of the rollout than is the categorization. we've been through oodles of category changes, and they never really changed the pugilistic behavior much. since that was the primary concern, i think moderation needs to be brought up sooner than later.