Are the Mods handling these forums as well as they could be? How can we help them?


Let me begin by congratulating the mods on the job they are doing here, as one who has had experience doing the very same job on forums it is a usually a thankless unpaid task that garners no friends in any quarter!

That being said I am of the belief that just deleting posts that are deemed inappropriate is not the best way to handle the rabble rousers who are left free to perform said actions again and again and again.
This is a select few who are well known to the majority but can and do spoil many a decent thread and have indeed caused a number of once regular contributers to go "dark".
My proposal would be for the mods to tally up infractions for inappropriate posts and after a certain points limit is hit then an automatic ban should occur, the severity of which would be decided by the mods based on the manner of the infractions. I have found that if posters know there is a system in place that could limit their freedom to post they usually think twice about said posts and if not , well soon enough they become irrelevant anyway.

I am also accustomed to the mods being well known to other members, not faceless entities although this is not the end of the world just a little odd from my previous background.

What do the Audiogon membership think on this matter?

I sincerely hope the mods do not remove this thread as it is not intended as direct criticism , rather as a tool to help them possibly deal with the increasing problem in a way that the membership would be most comfortable with.
128x128uberwaltz

The mods are doing a fine job.
It would be nice if one or two of them were qualified technicians, to keep a safety handle on some of the dangerous pratices that some non qualified members tell the gullible members to do, especially regarding mains related fiddling issues.

Cheers George
On the whole, I don't have an issue with the moderators on this forum.
I like the fact that they added the feature wherein any member can edit (time limited) or delete their own post.

The one feature I would like to see added, is to allow the OP of a thread moderate their own thread, and delete some of the postings as they see fit.
I say this because some of these posts go so far off the rails that they become plain silly, and useless. Allowing the OP to moderate their own thread, even delete the whole thing, may help keep a thread topic  "on track".
@georgehifi 
Quite an admirable sentiment, however as they remain faceless we do not know whether any actually are?

@jmcgrogan2 
I also believe they are doing a fine job...up to the point I have brought up of course.
As to an OP self moderating....nice thought but sure it would go too far the other way as most OP are severely biased towards their own thread...lol. Now as far as I am aware the OP can delete their own thread at any time, all posts included.

I still think that heading off the silly and irrelevant posts at the pass would be the better way...but of course...I am biased........
Personally, I am against censorship.  Let the cards fall where they may.
If I wanted censorship, I would go live in Russia, China, N. Korea, etc.  There is absolutely no need for that here.  I think some of us have way too much time on their hand.  I just skip over the derogatory posts.