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Thank you.

ah no wonder my post wasn't showing up.

I disagree with this becuase it will take too much work for all Mod's to read and approve/reject the posts.

You will make host angry and long time waiting and they will keep coming back and bother WHT again

Not a good idea to have this enabled as well

Keep like what WHT has been

Any chance of running an approve-bot? Something which would, say, automatically approve posts by anyone with more than 400 posts? ;)

I'm glad they did this to much bs going around.

Originally posted by josephp
I disagree with this becuase it will take too much work for all Mod's to read and approve/reject the posts.

You will make host angry and long time waiting and they will keep coming back and bother WHT again

Not a good idea to have this enabled as well

Keep like what WHT has been

I didn't like the idea of this either, but with the number of people flagrantly disregarding the rules and boasting/criticising/trolling other people's ads, we felt this was the only suitable alternative. :mad: Moderators will be making rounds as often as possible and we have some new mods coming in soon (more on this in a later thread).

Approve-bot? If you wanna program one :stickout

This hopefully won't be a permanent feature, but if we keep getting inconsiderate ads, trolling posts, etc. then we're gonna keep it.

Sorry guys, but you can thank a number of inconsiderate people for forcing this on us. We simply feel it's in the best interests of WHT.... As well as trying to get people to go back and use real-world business common sense and showing some courtesy to others.

Good idea. The volume of posts to be moderated will likely not be as high as the number of posts that previously appeared, since people might actually think twice about sending a post that is unproductive, rude, or otherwise unacceptable.

i think i support this new idea...
not only because the advertising forum is loaded with basically the same ads that are being posted every other day instead of the loosely decided 5-6 day period.

and also because i don't think ads matter much with time. whats the difference between the value of an ad that will be posted right away isntead of couple hours later?

it would also be great for legitimate advertisings because usually when someone posts an ad in the ad forum, it usually goes down toward the bottom within a few hours because of so many other advertisings. moderation will allow time to stand in between every few advertising posts...



Originally posted by josephp
You will make host angry and long time waiting and they will keep coming back and bother WHT again

hehe, i don't think hosts should use WHT's advertising forum as their primary way of advertising. I don't think hosts should be bothered about the moderation of the ad forum. and if they do keep coming back and "bothering" WHT, then it would be detrimental to their own reputation.

but im gonna have to agree that this will be a tedious workload for the WHT's 4 moderators. but hopefully, beneficial overall

I agree, I wish it wasn't needed, but it is. I think we really need to thank the mods for all the work they've done to keep this a nice enviroment!!

I agree that the need has arisen for the area to be moderated. :-(

However, I encountered a semi-annoying glitch tonight. I got an Email saying there was a reply to one of my subscribed threads. The problem is that the reply wasn't yet showing. Perhaps I'm slow, but it took me a bit to figure out you were now moderated and that it wasn't yet approved.

Here's the suggestion:

Is it possible to send the Email notification AFTER it is actually approved (thus can be seen when you click on the link in the Email)? I'm not sure if vBulletin allows this or not...

Originally posted by kwimberl
Is it possible to not send the Email notification until it is actually approved (thus can be seen when you click on the link in the Email)? I'm not sure if vBulletin allows this or not...

As far as I'm aware that is on the 'to-do' feature list of vB 2.1........... So the answer is : vB doesn't have this capability at this point.

Originally posted by BC


As far as I'm aware that is on the 'to-do' feature list of vB 2.1........... So the answer is : vB doesn't have this capability at this point.

Thanks for the quick reply. :-)

Good move, WHT :cool:

Realy Glad This Came Up Soon.

great move .



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let's all cheer BC for moderating the ad/offer forum ....! :)

cheers,
:beer:

maybe you should start it for all forums...that would be great idea

I think its a good move but I really feel for the mods....what a waste of their time.

Good move!! I wish it wasn't needed...but it is so lets give the mods, who dedicate hours upon hours to this and other forums some respect!! If you have problems with respect, go start your own forum where anyone can do anything! Just go do that and leave this forum and its mods alone. they are doing a great job. Shoo, shoo

you have got to be kidding, right? do you have a clue how much time that would take?

There is no way I'd moderate all forums... I'd rather shut the board down for a few days and let everything cool off first :D

So far, I'm glad to report the mods have been flying through the queues, most messages getting through in anywhere between a few mins and 6-8 hours maximum. A huge thank you to the other guys for keeping the queue cleared :D

After a few days of adjustments, no. of ads/posts per day has now remained steady compared to pre-mod and we are seeing far less of some of the filth produced by some people :D

Thanks for your patience everyone, the mods really appreciate your understanding. :)

Good Work Dudes! I was hoping this was gonna happen - I was sick of all the trash :)

Originally posted by BC
In case you are unaware of this change, please have a look at http://www.webhostingtalk.com/announcement.php?s=&forumid=4

Thank you.

I think this is an unnecessary step. The solution is rather simple, and it doesn't require moderation. There are two things that could be done:

1) Require registration to post in the Ad forum (I think you did already.)

2) Ban users who abuse or don't follow the forum rules.

Sure they could sign up again, and post again, but then you could invoke the part of the forum rules where you "shame them publicly".

But this is only my 2 cents of course...

Take care,

Brian

We didn't want to have to fully moderate the advertising forums more than anyone else, heck its just extra work for us. :stickout

Your first suggestion has already been implemented (has been for several months), all visitors are required to register before they can post.

Your second suggestion would be hard to implement and the damage would still be done, a lot of the abuse was from those who weren't hosts or at least not registered as hosts.

Most messages are approved within an hour, often every 10 minutes at peak times. The majority of people seem to agree this was a necessary step (as regrettable as it is).

The only negative feedback we've received about it is was from someone who said 'this forum is a dictatorship' :confused:, however he posted the exact same message after we remove his url from a post outside the advertising forum with the text something like. 'I'm not allowed to advertise in here, but...'. It seems to many people use WebHostingTalk for commercial gain, but oh well... I won't go on :)

The moderating is beneficial to hosting companies more than anyone else, it stops people from trashing your thread, and you can continue to start new threads like before :cool: