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I'm a semi-retired doc who loves music. I found this site because I'm one of the moderators of a new musician's website and I was looking for info.
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 | I like any kind of rock. Some of my favorites include The Beatles (duh), Stones, Eric Clapton with whatever band he happened to be playing with, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Nirvana, Sting, U2, Greenday and jon peter lewis.  |
 | Re: Deleting members I agree. I don't delete members for anything other than serious, repeated rule violations, or at their request. We've had people show up after months of inactivity, and I presume that had they been deleted, they wouldn't have bothered to rejoin. I think one should do everything possible to facilitate …  |
 | Hi. I'm the head moderator at a fairly new website for a fairly new musician. I'm a neophyte to the moderating business, but we're all volunteer and I had the most experience working with people, so I got the job. I've been looking for ideas on ways to improve the … |
 | I am the moderator of a forum that contains two groups with opposing views. One group wants frank discussion/criticism (this forum is the official site for a musician) and the other, larger group, likes it peaceful and positive. Since it's an official site, some people feel that it exists to … |
| | [QUOTE=Scribbller]Thanks for the replies. Dani you hit the mark, the problem is that new members feel alienated and dont think they can fit into the community, because as I said we have some members who live and breath on our forum (which is kinda) strange that makes that lot very … |
| | I think it depends on who your second in command is. If you've got a head moderator who can function independently on your behalf, then an administrator does not have to be that hands on. But, I think the forum members have to feel as if someone is steering the … |
 | In looking at several different forums, I've noticed that the majority of members either don't post or post rarely. There is always a nucleus of people who post regularly and chat with each other. There are also people who join, post madly for a few weeks and then stop. We've … |
 | I think finding people willing to be moderators is not all that difficult. A title is a nice thing to have. But many of the volunteers end up not having the interest or the skills to make a good moderator. So, it is a winnowing process. Ask twenty people and … |
 | [QUOTE=HeldCaptive]Well, let me ask you all this.. You all say "Content, content, content!" Then how do you start a off-topic community? How do you start a community of normal talking? :o[/QUOTE] I think most communities need to at least start with a theme. People who are interested in that theme … |
| | Re: Guest Forum [QUOTE=kall]Woohoo! Another Kiwi! *coughs* Anyway - I have one forum where guests can post, The Testing Zone...it allows them to get a feel for the site without cluttering up the main forums with possible spam. :)[/QUOTE] Have you found many people who post on the guest forum actually end up … |
| | [QUOTE=Danny]What if the members cause chaos on your forum? Isn't it worth taking a hit of a few members each month to make the community as a whole happy?[/QUOTE] So we're not alone? We did that.....basically made it difficult for the chaos creators to post without actually banning them. But, … |
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