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Offline franksolich

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Skins's island won't be firing any more moderators
« on: June 23, 2011, 04:29:03 PM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=437x3280

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Vanje  (1000+ posts)      Sun Jun-19-11 12:15 PM
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So Heddi is dropped from the Mod Squad for being honest. Her whistle-blowing broke a confidence agreement, so this is understandable.

But How about those rogue mods she wrote about in her post?

Are they are still out there bending the rules and acting on their own?

Is the whistle-blower the only one who gets demoted?

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EarlG ADMIN  (1000+ posts)        Sun Jun-19-11 01:20 PM
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1. Please see the response to dsc in this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... 

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Vanje  (1000+ posts)      Sun Jun-19-11 01:43 PM
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2. Thanks for the quick response

But I'm still curious as to whether any other changes in mod status will be forthcoming , as a result of Heddi's whistle blowing.

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EarlG ADMIN  (1000+ posts)        Sun Jun-19-11 03:22 PM
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3. You mean will we be firing any other moderators?

We have no plans to do that at this time.

However, as we have been saying for a long time now, DU3 is on the way and will be bringing with it some extremely significant changes to the way the board is moderated. We love our moderators, but I think that we can all agree at this point that the system of moderation we are forcing them to use is just not working for where DU is now, in 2011. One of the reasons we're finding this latest episode so frustrating is that believe it or not most of the issues with moderation that everyone has been fighting over lately will be moot on DU3, which is why we're trying to focus all our attention on getting that finished at the moment.
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Re: Skins's island won't be firing any more moderators
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2011, 04:40:48 PM »
DU3 has been under development longer than most Windows operating systems before they are launched.  Any bets that DU3 will be more buggy than any version of Windows?
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Re: Skins's island won't be firing any more moderators
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2011, 04:45:08 PM »
DU3? The place has had the same crappy look since January 20, 2001. Where does the upgrade go? DEFCON mode?
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Re: Skins's island won't be firing any more moderators
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2011, 04:52:22 PM »
Quote from: Duke Nukum on June 23, 2011, 04:45:08 PM
DU3? The place has had the same crappy look since January 20, 2001. Where does the upgrade go? DEFCON mode?

They posted a preview a few months ago... it's more like moving the furniture around than an actual "upgrade".
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Re: Skins's island won't be firing any more moderators
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2011, 04:54:15 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on June 23, 2011, 04:52:22 PM
They posted a preview a few months ago... it's more like moving the furniture around than an actual "upgrade".

My question to you, sir.

Why don't they just have this SMF thing, like we do?

As far as I know, looking at it from the surface, it's easy to maintain and it updates itself.

Why does the elusive enigmatic Elad even have to be on the payroll, devising Rube Goldberg contraptions?
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Re: Skins's island won't be firing any more moderators
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2011, 05:00:19 PM »
Frank I think the appeal is that the source code for the board they use is available for them to tinker with and modify. It makes them feel in control of the asylum so to speak. :-)
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Re: Skins's island won't be firing any more moderators
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2011, 05:01:51 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on June 23, 2011, 04:40:48 PM
DU3 has been under development longer than most Windows operating systems before they are launched.  Any bets that DU3 will be more buggy than any version of Windows?

It'll be the Windows ME of board software.
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Re: Skins's island won't be firing any more moderators
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2011, 05:29:21 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on June 23, 2011, 04:54:15 PM
My question to you, sir.

Why don't they just have this SMF thing, like we do?

As far as I know, looking at it from the surface, it's easy to maintain and it updates itself.

Why does the elusive enigmatic Elad even have to be on the payroll, devising Rube Goldberg contraptions?

I don't know if SMF could handle the 50 bazillion members of DU.  :lmao:
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Re: Skins's island won't be firing any more moderators
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2011, 05:37:43 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on June 23, 2011, 04:54:15 PM
Why does the elusive enigmatic Elad even have to be on the payroll, devising Rube Goldberg contraptions?
The half-witted but enigmatic Elad serves no purpose. The few times he has been left in control of the DUmp, watching gauges, tweaking dials, maintaining safe pressure, he has nearly demolished the place. The first time, he authorized the Andy scam. From the elusive Elad's perspective, the less said about that, the better. That put him on DUmp probation for several years. Then just recently, he was left in control over a weekend, and the Great Nadin Meltdown occurred. The man is as useless as a cartoon boy who can draw nothing but blank speech bubbles. If he's in charge of DU3 development, it will be a disaster.
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Re: Skins's island won't be firing any more moderators
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2011, 05:39:16 PM »
Okay, the DUmmies want us to understand that the planet is in peril but they have time for this mod/gay soap opera?
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Re: Skins's island won't be firing any more moderators
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2011, 05:56:11 PM »
I thought the left loved whistleblowers?
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