Forum - View topic[ATTN] A Letter to the ANN Mods
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HeeroYuy135
Posts: 150 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA |
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Dear ANN Mods,
I would like to say that this is a really good board, but as of late I have seen that many of your mods are being too strict and locking any threads that seem dumb and stupid. Take a page from the Adult Swim message boards: when someone posts something that seems stupid and dumb, they don't automatically lock the thread. Actually, they leave them alone. They just let them be. See for some odd reason, I think that the mods here at ANN don't like seeing any ideas and stuff like that. Mostly, you all think that it doesn't contribute to the discussion. Discussion of what??? If people wanna discuss an idea of William Hung singing anime songs, then let them. If someone needs fanfiction help, then by all means help him. Please, take consideration into what you lock and not lock. Maybe then, we can have a place where ideas and theories can be shared without threat of being locked. Thank You, HeeroYuy135 |
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10448 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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Back when there were a hundred or so regular posters on this forum, we let the forum go with very little moderating, and the result was a wonderful, relaxed place with a great signal to noise ratio.
Lots of intelligent conversation about the similarities between Nausicaa and Mononoke, about the merit of having a degree in cinematography before reviewing anime. The obviously are the higher end examples, but we also had lots of pretty common discussions about recent news, events in a popular anime, and what not. What we didn't have, was a new thread every day about favorite anime, who would win a fight and a different game. Unfortunately, as the forum started to grow, we had a lot, and I mean a lot of crap. Ten people would start threads asking what everyone's favorite anime was, four others would starts lists like "what's your favorite seiyu" and "who's your favorite anime girl", then there'd be four more threads that were games. And of course, half the posts sounded like this:
We didn't like it, and neither did our older, regular posters. People who had been contributing to great discussion decided to leave and go other places. This left us, the people who run this place, with a tough decision. Either we could let the forum go, and watch the people whose conversation we enjoyed leave; or we could take a heavy handed moderating approach and try to keep the forum "intelligent." We opted for the latter. We know that there are people who want to talk about things that don't require any thought, but we also know that there are people that want to discuss more philosophical issues of anime. We can't have both. And since we have to chose one, we'll do everything in our power to have the one that we want. I do apologize for when the moderating appears to be too heavy handed. As moderators, we've had to delte a lot of garbage from these forums, and unfortunately our tolerance has become zero, or even slightely negative. We're reacting too strongly to things that we probably should allow to stay, because it doesn't appeal to us. We're only human though, so pleae bear with us. Hopefully, through it all, we'll find a nice equilibrium. Christopher Macdonald Owner - Anime News Network Last edited by Tempest on Tue May 18, 2004 1:30 am; edited 2 times in total |
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HeeroYuy135
Posts: 150 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA |
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So, in the beginning you didn't have the strict moderation, but as time went on, you had all this crap and more crap. You had to do something, so you tighened the rules.
I can see that...now I understand why this all happened. Thanks. |
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The Ramblin' Wreck
 Posts: 924 Location: Teaching Robot Women How To Love |
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Adult Swim's boards are as close to anarchy as I can think of.
They could stand a little more moderation. |
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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Considering the circumstances, I can see exactly why Tempest would have to tighten the reins here. After all, I mod a board with only about 30 people on there. If we had as nearly as many posters there as there are here, it would be an utter nightmare. (though the traffic would be welcomed)
In the end, I like things the way there are. There are times where I wish I could lock unnecessary threads, but I know the mods will get to them eventually. I had a friend of mine point out to me that I practically live here on the ANN forum, so I think it's that I just have a tendency to see things first. 
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Haiseikoh 1973
 Posts: 1590 Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas. |
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Can't there be a time warning for some threads?
I wanted to add some info to the Song of the South thread, because of a DVD collection Cookie linked. However, when I went to post after I did some research on Amazon and Rotten.com's Library about certain banned cartoons, I find it locked after I had the page in the background while I was doing my research. Now i'm miffed. |
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Mr Mania
 Posts: 581 Location: UK |
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The moderating here is fair and helps to stop this forumm from degenerating into the likes of the AS board.
The mods like to encourage intelligent conversation and the only way to ensure that this board remians somewhat intelligent is to lock useless and stupid threads, and not to be rude but the Wiliimiam Hung thread was both. |
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Louie-kun
 Posts: 420 Location: I'm back. |
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I find the mods here run a tight ship and I like that. This is one of the few forums out there that encourage real discussion, and not just a list of your favorite anime. I also like how proper grammer is enforced, and I can actually read people's posts without need for a translator.
All in all, this is one of the best anime forums out there, and I don't want it turn into the anarchy of the AS forums or Gamefaqs. The mods do a good job here, and I don't have any complaints. |
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Mohawk52
 Posts: 8202 Location: England, UK |
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The FUNimation message board is so chok-a-bloked with those sort of repeated messages that it doesn't work right anymore and is virtually void of any intellectual conversation, though I'm not too sure it ever had that in the first place me thinks. the Mods all seem on the brink of a nervous breakdown.
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Hotaru
Posts: 481 Location: NY |
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the AS message boards are just a mess. you can't keep track of threads you post in, because people post nonsense fifteen times a day. it's better here.
the only problem i have here, is with certain members getting bitchy at other newer members for stupid reasons. i won't go into detail but if any of the mods wanna know what i'm talking about, please pm me, cause it's really making me want to stop coming here... |
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HeeroYuy135
Posts: 150 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA |
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Hey thanks for informing me on why things are the way they are here. For the most part, the AS boards are full of crap and more crap, and that here there isn't that much crap. This is why I like tha ANN boards than the AS boards: people are actually smarter here.
I would like to give my apologies to the mods if I offended you in anyway, and would like to wish this board a happy prosperity. Thanks again, Matthew-san |
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gnollman
 Posts: 535 Location: Richmond, KY |
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As far as moderation goes, this place is far from heavily enforced. Sure, there's been threads I thought ought to have been left alone (and others I thought should have been locked but weren't), but on the whole, I think ANN experiences the happy medium.
Good enough for me, at least. Vet crustiness towards newbs is kind of just a sign of a maturing board. It just happens. Sure, you can try to regulate it and stamp it down, but generally it takes care of itself. |
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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Bah, crustiness builds character... It's a gauntlet.
In all seriousness though, some people are way too sensetive. The fact is, the vets around here could be far worse in their nature. They give a little ribbing and stamp down hard on stupidity. If people wish to continue pointless and/or unintelligent threads, it makes sense as to why they get chased off. They either leave, or they stay and start to contribute. In that sense, the problem does take care of itself. I've never really considered the overall atmosphere as being too heavy handed or too lenient. It's pretty balanced in here, and I think that's why I enjoy this forum so much. |
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JETBLACK87
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Locking the newb threads that are like some of the examples given could be a good thing for the newb. It shows themthe type of board the mods want to have.
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HeeroYuy135
Posts: 150 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA |
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I'm one of those people who like to throw ideas out...most of them are dumb, but I like to see what type of reaction it gets...now I learned now not to just throw ideas out, but think them out before posting them...
and thanks again. |
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