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hetalia2012-03-16 03:34 pm
kasumicc.livejournal.com) wrote in hetalia2012-03-16 03:34 pm
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[Discussion] Community issues + moderation
I thought it would be good to bring this to discussion. For a while, I've been hearing people having issues when posting to this community. Either their posts remain forever in moderation queue or, for one reason or another, their post just won't get in.
I really don't know if it should be blamed to Livejournal, or to some setting in the community itself. But I find this rather worrying. This comm already gets a minimum amount of daily posts compared to some years ago. And the fact that these issues are happening only helps to the comm inactivity. Which brings me to another point: the comm's moderation. It's true that with such low activity, there's no need for permanent vigilance anymore. However, as this community still keeps a daily activity, I do think it's necessary to have a mod around, someone who has the time to check once a day or so. Not just to solve the post queue issues, but also, to reinforce some rules from time to time. Because I do see at times posts that break a rule or two (ex. questions that should go to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
aph_request instead, mature entries not being locked, etc), but in all honesty, no one takes issue with such things anymore.
And that makes me wonder if there's any point on keeping the actual rules anymore. These rules come from another time, and many of them are meant to lessen comm spam. Comms such ashetalia_events and aph_request were born for this. But said spam is nonexistent today. I'm not alone on thinking that having a decentralized community is rather inconvenient now, and bringing these posts back to the main comm shouldn't have a significant effect on your f-lists, as fandom nowadays does have little activity compared to some years ago. So I personally think that the comm's rules should undergo some revision, at least.
So that's it. Feel free to share your thoughts on this~
I really don't know if it should be blamed to Livejournal, or to some setting in the community itself. But I find this rather worrying. This comm already gets a minimum amount of daily posts compared to some years ago. And the fact that these issues are happening only helps to the comm inactivity. Which brings me to another point: the comm's moderation. It's true that with such low activity, there's no need for permanent vigilance anymore. However, as this community still keeps a daily activity, I do think it's necessary to have a mod around, someone who has the time to check once a day or so. Not just to solve the post queue issues, but also, to reinforce some rules from time to time. Because I do see at times posts that break a rule or two (ex. questions that should go to
aph_request instead, mature entries not being locked, etc), but in all honesty, no one takes issue with such things anymore.And that makes me wonder if there's any point on keeping the actual rules anymore. These rules come from another time, and many of them are meant to lessen comm spam. Comms such as
hetalia_events and aph_request were born for this. But said spam is nonexistent today. I'm not alone on thinking that having a decentralized community is rather inconvenient now, and bringing these posts back to the main comm shouldn't have a significant effect on your f-lists, as fandom nowadays does have little activity compared to some years ago. So I personally think that the comm's rules should undergo some revision, at least.So that's it. Feel free to share your thoughts on this~