R3V needs James' help... and you need to ask him for it!

[McGyver]

Fun fact: Yesterday I banned digitalboy319, today I banned digitalboy320

You mean to tell me...


That James has done this...


THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN times before?!?!!?

Banhammer!

[2mAn]

Fun fact: Yesterday I banned digitalboy319, today I banned digitalboy320

I checked the IP and 1 other user uses the same IP address... and its JAMES CRIV

[Northern]

I think we were right with Señor Mod

[McGyver]

Mod Grande?

[82eye]

What if Simon was promoted to a Senior Mod? huh?

that sounds dangerously mexican enough to get our most dedicated mod deported.

[McGyver]

What if Simon was promoted to a Senior Mod? huh? Obviously this would be a title change only, no pay bump.

[rturbo 930]

I agree we need more mods, nando and agent haven't been here in ages, I see MR325 from time to time, but overall it feels like it's just Simon. Devo and McGyver would both be good additions. And IMO Simon needs a promotion. He's here all the time, and I think it would be good if he had more or less admin abilities. Sort of a R3V VP position.

[DEV0 E30]

I've ran/installed/admin'd/moderated many a phpbb forums and other types many a years ago.

I can help but I do think filters on new members plus more spam protection should alleviate nearly every issue the forum deals with these days.

But Simon honestly could use some help - not because it is above him, but give him an hour off of the clock, ya know?

He's on here more than nearly everyone but he also is a dude and has a life.

[McGyver]

How about adding some additional mods?

I'd be happy to take the east coast early shift, I'm browsing at work by 7am EST.

[MrBurgundy]

Simon is free labor, lets use it!

[2mAn]

I can certainly force all new users into moderation, but will require someone to verify them prior to activating. I don't dig the idea of requiring a buck to join, at least at this point I think it will cause more harm than good.

I can moderate the new users… I basically moderate them when I ban the spam lol

and yes, the forum news and suggestion and testing forums are pointless today

thank you for your attention to this matter lol

SET

[James Crivellone]

James Crivellone Can you just eliminate the Forums News & Suggestion sub-forum and the Testing123 ? Anything people used to post there they will just post in the General Discussion nowadays and I cant delete any of the Spam that ends up there.

Just nuke them entirely? I can hide them from regular users which will work.

[James Crivellone]

Thanks James!

I cannot figure out how we can make any changes to new members' pathway to membership. Is there a way to charge like $1 to join...

I would even be willing to send them a R3V sticker if we make it $5 which is what I charge anyways (break even cost basically)

The other idea I had was to create a new Usergroup that all newbies are automatically slotted into which prevents them from making new threads until they have ~10 posts or something. I just dont know how to route them into that group...

I can certainly force all new users into moderation, but will require someone to verify them prior to activating. I don't dig the idea of requiring a buck to join, at least at this point I think it will cause more harm than good.

[2mAn]

James Crivellone Can you just eliminate the Forums News & Suggestion sub-forum and the Testing123 ? Anything people used to post there they will just post in the General Discussion nowadays and I cant delete any of the Spam that ends up there.

[JasonWilson48]

Yeah, I like the ideas being thrown out, but I agree with rturbo 930 that a paywall would probably hurt the site more than help it. Even if it is only a dollar. I like an introduction post, where Simon (or other admins) could vet people. Like there can't be that many new users each day trying to sign up. Like no way more than 5 people are creating new accounts on here each day. My guess like it averages 1-2 actual humans creating new accounts each day. I don't know though. Just me throwing random numbers out there based on the vibes lol