Setting aside the discussion about skill and time required to do this well, it would be an absolutely fantastic way to attract a new set of acolytes. YouTubers are the new blogger and it’s a fantastic platform for discovering new stuff. I’m sorry to wade into this long running discussion to post what might have been already beaten to death (is so, please ignore and mock me accordingly), but this shower thought popped into my head today and now seems relevant.Ĭecil should probably be running a YouTube series (and/or TikTok/SnapChat/Instagram for bite sized truthbombs) in which the question of the day is answered with the appropriate level of snark. This keeps the discussion (which is the best feature of SDMB) in order, and gives users a way to participate in the discussion without having to comment themselves. And agreement, or lack thereof, wouldn’t change the position of the post in the thread. Instead of Like/Dislike, I’d prefer Agree/Disagree options. I think this would appeal to a lot of people, if only they knew about SDMB. Posts on SDMB are a lot less likely to devolve into a string of puns, and a lot more likely to offer informed, well-written views. Much as I enjoy Reddit’s terrific roundup of politics, for example, after reading the comments, I routinely switch to SDMB for the adult pov. Since Reddit seems to be the standard to meet/beat, maybe SDMB needs to ‘advertise’ on Reddit to direct traffic here. The things suggested here - such as changing how moderation is done, or amending the Pit, etc., - are things that would only be noticed by someone who’s already been lurking or reading the board for a long timeĪgree. To get more people to join, more people need to hear of, or see, the Dope board in the first place. That’s all good and well, but that has little relevance to increasing board membership. What I’m seeing in this thread thus far is a lot of suggestions on how to improve the board experience. Starting too many threads or participating too much can get you into the accused seat, so people who are jockeying to get others in trouble don’t do much of that, which decreases post activity and leads to posters not showing up due to both inactivity and not wanting to be the next target. They sit in the courtroom watching and commenting. To extend your analogy, no one wants to be the accused, so they don’t start too many threads. This sort of court drama that happens decreases posting activity as well as decreases more member participation. Posting on these boards frequently feels like being in magistrate court, which most people don’t find fun. Subjective rules, moderators debating about their moderating decisions, public moderation, allowing offending posts to remain present etc I think all contribute to a form of discussion many people don’t like. More modern moderation that just doesn’t happen, there aren’t venues to cry about your offending posts being removed, and there are usually a narrow set of clear rules that can frequently be regulated by an automod. Since mod admonishment is done in public, a lot of people are jockeying to get other people in trouble with mods and gloat in the results in real time. I think the way the mods here “wade” into the muck contributes a lot to the board’s maladministration and the general poor tone of a lot of threads. Posters that post such posts frequently are banned. A typical subreddit, offending posts are simply deleted without comment. Most popular subreddits for example the moderators don’t “wade in” with warnings and admonishments, then escalate to suspensions and engage in rules lawyering debates about their decisions in a separate forum. In reality few message boards or communication systems I’m familiar with moderate content this way, and I think for good reason. It’s almost like it was schemed up in the 90s to emulate the role of a moderator in a formal debate. This isn’t because of any real defect with the moderating staff, but because the whole premise of how the forums are moderated aren’t good. I frankly think the whole style of moderation of these forums is antiquated and usually poorly done.
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