NormanQ4 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I thought part of the role of community moderators was to nip in the bud rogue postings by malcontents with nothing better to do with their time.There seems to be a bit of a flaw in that plan judging by yesterday's attack.Are all the moderators based in the UK?If this is the case then that is a bit unfair on us poor souls in the antipodes who have to tolerate this nonsense until someone in the UK awakens from their slumber and takes action.Surely there is someone willing and capable in the far east of the globe from the UK who could handle this.An alternative may be for one of the UK moderators to volunteer to work the night shift.Maybe rotating around all of them.Just saying! 🫨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VESPA Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Norman it happened last weekend as well but to be fair the community moderators are unpaid and have restrictions on what they can do. They cannot be on here 24/7 although I get your point. It may be better that no new members of the forum can sign up immediately without going through an email back to the address given and then using the Capture method of verification. Quite simple as lots of websites do this now to keep out rubbish adverts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahBunyan Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 If Hornby requires a Community Moderator that's atleast 5.5 to 6 hours ahead of the UK, I'll be happy to assist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Gosh, surely we dont need any more. There are more now, than any other forum i am on. All thats needed, is a tad of patience. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 @NormanQ4 Apologies that (due to time difference) you may not have seen the answer to the same question that you raised in a similar thread you posted yesterday. However, the thread was attracting too many potentially spam encouraging posts and had to be removed. The answer is that not all the Mods are based in the UK. There is no current intention to increase the number of Mods. Please indicate (by posting a response) that you have seen this reply and then this thread will be removed as well. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainlover23 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 All Moderator should be anonyomus and just know as MOD1 MOD2 etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofouroloco Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 As an Australian based ex-moderator on the UK N Gauge Forum I do agree that there should be someone to cover the hours that home based Mods are asleep, I have to say though that the N Gauge Forum never got anywhere near the amount of spam and rubbish that this forum gets, for some reason this forum seems to be a target for junk mail which is pretty sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37lover Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Roger B, and all the other Mods!Can you not lock a thread rather than remove it? When I saw this thread I was convinced I'd seen a similar thread and wasted time looking for it, now I know it was removed! Is it your decision to remove a thread, as per your notification above, that this thread will be deleted? Is there a job description for the Mods setting out their responsibilities and designated powers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanQ4 Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 I can't understand why this thread has to be removed since it is obviously relevant to a number of members who would also like to have a say.I don't see any spam encouraging posts, however, I have to admit I don't even know what a spam encouraging post would look like.I thought that my post yesterday was removed by accident but to find that it was deliberately removed even when it complied with the forum rules seems like some bizarre form of censorship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 All Moderator should be anonyomus and just know as MOD1 MOD2 etcI think I agree with you Trainlover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofouroloco Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 As a long time fan of Hornby since 1956 I am sorry that the powers to be think the forum requires so many moderators, crikey every second or third poster seems to be a Moderator, surely it hasn't got that far out of hand that it requires so many policemen, if nothing else it has put mormal run of the mill forum members on edge as to what they think they should or should not put in their threads or replies, sad really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Hi ofourloco, may I ask if you have contacted the forum Administrator directly with your comment, as has been requested in the post above yours? R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 ofouroloco, hi, you are not alone in your views, but they will not be acted upon. i tried. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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