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Matt · 09-04-2009, 07:57 PM

Below is Party Two's full speech for the first TiBB Moderator Elections.

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This is Big Brother… it’s pretty amazing isn’t it? It’s a wonderful haven for us all to talk about certain things which may not even be related to Big Brother, but it does lack in certain areas, however. These areas are not only things which could easily be improved, but would help the TiBB community in a variety of different ways – and, if in the event we were made moderators – enable more people to join as well. Our party comprising of two people who would make fantastic moderators, due to their contributions to the forum, their un-biased approach to topics and high ability, have come up with various issues which WOULD be approached if we were moderators. You all know them: and you know they are both doers and thinkers.

First of all: do you find the moderation a bit slack on TiBB? We thought so, too. Our first policy is to rearrange the number of active moderators and assign them to specific sections. For example, a busy section with high traffic such as Chat and Games would need one or two assigned moderators, rather than a section such as Creative Writing which provides less traffic for the site, and could be more easily moderated. At the moment a moderator must monitor each thread which is not only a complicated and difficult task, but could easily be improved. How good!

The next aspect that would be improved, if in the event that we were moderators, would be to stop problems prior to their occurrence. Doesn’t it seem that an argument occurs every day? And on their occurrence, these threads are closed possibly days after the initial argument. Annoying, isn’t it? If you were to vote for our team this would not only improve: but make TiBB a more pleasant society to be in.

Already you are able to see, that these two policies would help TiBB to be a better moderated and friendlier place than it already is – and we all know TiBB is a nice place to be around.

Another policy by our rather amazing team, would enforce is the removal of immature bans, namely the deletion of a post purely as it is in capital letters. If a post was in full capital letters that does not mean it should be deleted – capital letters may be necessary for the tone of the post. Therefore we would remove that ban: and if the capital letters were not overly necessary to a post, it would be then a U2U or a comment would be sent to that person to remind them of the rules, and not delete their posts. Again, this policy would help YOU express your opinion, and us as moderators, to perform an effective and beneficial task.

The penultimate policy is the simple but very effective ways of tackling spelling and grammar, which has become a problem on the site recently. Obviously it is vital to understand what a person is saying, so if moderators – such as us – would aid in this respect it would not only be beneficial for TiBB but enable everybody to understand what people are saying. This would tie in with our initial policy of assigned moderation – a moderator could use this within their task and it would not seem as daunting, as if they had every single thread moderated.

The last policy: and the most important, too, is differentiating between Chat and Games, and General Chat. If we were moderators, we would move each post into their properly assigned positions, as at the moment it is very hard to differentiate, and many people are posting threads in one, which suit the other far more. Thus far, a better, more organized TiBB is created – and you already know how organized our team is.

Overall, our policies would help YOU! We know you need the best, and with our team that is what you will be getting. Our team is not only here to help you but help the use, ease and improvement of the forum in ways – which although may seem simple at first – can improve the quality of TiBB to a completely new level. If you agree with these policies (and you’d be strange if you didn’t) we ARE the way forward, not only because we get things done, but we do it with a smile, too.

Sam! · 09-04-2009, 08:02 PM

hearhear

Lauren · 09-04-2009, 08:06 PM

The thing about capital letters - it's hard to enforce. How do we know when it's "necessary" to a post to say "OMG I HATE SARA SHE'S NASTY TO EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE I HATE HER AND IF I WAS IN THERE I'D VOTE HER OUT LOL ANYONE AGREE WITH ME ?" It's annoying for people reading.

Also - two points contest each other. You want correct grammar but enforce using all capitals? Use of capitals is grammar.

PS. About closing threads before trouble happens. This is also subjective. Where do we decide trouble is "about" to happen? And closing that thread just causes an upsurge in copy threads complaining to the mods that they wrongly closed an innocent thread, then that moderator gets vilified by a majority of people. It's not just as easy as going "hmm, I sense some trouble - *lock* The end".

A lot of these proposals seem like just words that can't be enforced. Just like real politics.

PS. This is friendlier than the other one though. Muwhaha.