Reality Check 101...

[Alex]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by ?Gary?:
Quit your fuckin whining!!!!!
I have an idea, since no one HAS to post here, no one will.... do you want that?

Look, if you want people to like your board, sometimes you have to change it for them. It's called marketing. SF and I are two of the only few that still post here. Are you trying to pizz us off too?

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hahahahaha.

What's the ratio of moderators posting on your forum to those who are not moderators?

Most forums simply have other moderators posting on their forum. There are a lot of chefs, and few customers because the system encourages everyone to have their own forum.

The Hostboard messaging system probably could to be tweaked. Consider that a Hostboard member earns a higher designation depending on post counts. 0-29 posts is one designation, 30 plus is another designation.

Yet someone can be a moderator out of the gate, with zero posts???


If having a forum was viewed as a privilege that occured once someone has made a 100 post, or 250 posts...etc, then there might be a better balance of regular posters to Moderators.

The reverse to that argument is that if everyone is going to be a moderator anyway, then what difference does it make whether they make one post or 250 before they become a moderator?

Well, the Hostboard member has to choose what type of forums they like, commit to posting, and in the process, that creates overall traffic for those moderators that have previously put in their posts on other forums.

Plus, newbies who become instant moderators either A. stay on their own forum waiting to moderate, or B. go visiting other forums with an ulterior motive of getting other members to post on their forum.

Neither of those agendas contributes to the bigger picture. Making 250 posts before becoming a moderator would help overall traffic.

Until Hostboard makes it a bit more work for members to become moderators, it's irrelevant to talk about how many posters contribute to a forum, since most of the contributors usually are moderators themselves.

One of my forums has mainly non-moderators contributing, but that is specifically because the forum is very narrowly defined into a "hobby/craft".

But for many discussion/personality/beliefs based forums, the sad fact is most people who post on the forum are other moderators.

[SmokinLizzies]

Was a point there?

I have 1700 posts.... WTF are you talking about?

[Alex]

Actually, you had 1673 or less at the time of your post. I don't know how many posts you had when you got your forum, (you didn't say).

As for the rest, I laid it out pretty succinctly.

[SmokinLizzies]

1673..... you're right, im a lier.....
(you're a dumbazz)

[Alex]

1670, or 1700, neither is that central to the main point. If you'd like to contribute to this topic post, can you remember how many posts you had before you became a moderator?

[SmokinLizzies]

1670?
I though you said I had 1673,
make up your fuckin mind already!!!!!
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[Alex]

Alex, it's Spock here, I'll help Gary "Rememberrrr, Rememberrrrr..."

[SmokinLizzies]

Alex, I'm sorry to bring this out in the open, but from time to time I tell big fat **** lies and I can't help myself.

sorry.

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[soulfilms]

are you saying being a moderator lessens a board's validity? i don't understand why it should be an issue. if someone has interesting/witty things to say, what cares i whether they're mod or not?

[Alex]

You are right, but...

If everytime a new person posts on your forum it's a moderator, that basically means one forum, one member.

So the question is, is that a realistic foundation for a hosting service?