Does Bullets need another mod?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 14 Apr 2008, 08:59

It's been about a month since I've taken over, and now that the dust has settled it's time to ask an important question.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 14 Apr 2008, 10:23

Nope, you're doing fine as far as I'm concerned, although I do find it a shame that the 'Brad lost his mind-thread' got deleted, as I enjoyed that...

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Apr 2008, 12:06

No, one is fine. You're doing a great job, Tom.

But have Lourdes as a back up to sort out technical issues, ie when the PHP script is being a cunt.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 14 Apr 2008, 15:26

I voted for:

"Yes, Bullets needs two mods to work properly"

You always need two opinions to give a fairer outcome, not that Tom isn't doing a good job.

Who was the third person who voted for? -

"No, Bullets is/will be fine"

It's a bit unfair to vote but then not show your face.

But have Lourdes as a back up to sort out technical issues, ie when the PHP script is being a cunt.

No fucking way. PM Mordib and let him sort it out. Bar the odd glitch, the forum runs itself anyway. It's not needed.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 14 Apr 2008, 15:42

I voted for "Bullets is/will be fine" - as its fine at the moment IMO but can also see the value of having two people's POV (say if theres a mod disagreement or whatever), I don't mind if we have 2 mods or not TBH

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 14 Apr 2008, 17:38

Just so I'm not 'not showing my face', I voted for the titties

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 14 Apr 2008, 17:38

I vote for Grim

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Apr 2008, 17:47

Grim already is a moderator, unless someone finally actually bothered to strip him of his powers.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 14 Apr 2008, 18:00

I answered you last time you said that

, Grim was stripped of his mod powers years ago.

I believe Toge still has some though.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 14 Apr 2008, 22:33

Well I still recall the cpanel pass (I'm no good at forgetting things) so I can always fix anything that breaks or take over the forum at will.
Toge is an admin along with tom and mordib, nobody else has any power.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Apr 2008, 17:28

My vote for a second Mod would be:

Hungfist
Saltysam

Only one mod means there is no one to give a second opinion if there is a problem. I also think it would be a good idea if Toge's powers were removed, it's not as if he ever posts any more.

Two members + Mordib makes the best sense to me.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 16 Apr 2008, 20:32

Well looks like a no I guess.
All we need is a moneky to ban spammers.

With the consent of the regulars I'll have a go at upgrading to the latest phpBB version sometime and perhaps add some proper captcha things so we don't even need Tom!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Apr 2008, 21:57

Some way of properly stopping spammers would be good. Tom having to do it manually is far from efficient.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 16 Apr 2008, 23:02

Those spammer sign on, but cant post untill someone gives them clearance, right!?
So why bother removing them? Just dont authorize them so they cant post, and just hold a nice cleaning session once every 3 months orso...
Instead of each time removing them individually.

I dont know why they even bother trying to spam this site anyway...
Kinda mute.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Apr 2008, 23:39

When someone registers they cannot post until Tom manually checks the account to see if it's fake. The problem is when he's not around they start to build up and even when he is around they start to build up.

Sure this is for fine the spammers but it also inflicts genuine new members, it could be days/weeks before they can post. That's pretty off putting for new members.

It's not an matter of not removing spammers but legitimate members cannot also post until Tom allows them in.

I think it's assumed we now have some type of spam filter, when in fact it was decided sometime ago to stop spammers the mods would block ALL new members from posting, until they're manually checked. It's not a spam filter at all.

I dont know why they even bother trying to spam this site anyway...

That's the million dollar question, we'd put to all spammers.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Apr 2008, 00:03

Aw ic ic. Yeah that's a shame
I know i wouldnt bother with a forum that would make me wait a few days before I could actually start posting...

There must be an easier way. Other forums seem to manage.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Apr 2008, 00:09

Other forums have active webmasters, who're about to add new features

The upside being, Tom has never seemed to mind manually checking, although I don't think he checks daily.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 17 Apr 2008, 14:53

He does, actually. I check for new legit members every time I check my mail.
Clueless_Monkey's account was activated way less than 24 hours after he signed up.

I agree that it's not the best solution, but it's the only one that works at the moment.

As for the "other mod" vote, the results are quite clear IMO.
No need to change anything for the time being.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Apr 2008, 15:23

Our sole leader maintains in absolute power! Hail Tom!!! Hail Tom!!!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Apr 2008, 15:48

tom2681 wrote:He does, actually. I check for new legit members every time I check my mail.
Clueless_Monkey's account was activated way less than 24 hours after he signed up.

Fair enough. You must get stacks of Spam from Bullets. I used to get hundreds each day.

tom2681 wrote:As for the "other mod" vote, the results are quite clear IMO.
No need to change anything for the time being.

Hmmm. Fair enough

Subject closed, for now.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 17 Apr 2008, 17:49

As I said I can upgrade the forum to latest version of 2.xx (currently being EOL'd) or 3.xx and try some things to stop the spammers. But it all depends on what everyone wants.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Apr 2008, 17:54

I'm not against that....

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Apr 2008, 18:09

That sounds good.

Some method to track posts would be handy. Over at AV Forums each post has a post link, so you can easily point people to the relevant post. That would be handy.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 17 Apr 2008, 18:18

bradavon wrote:That sounds good.

Some method to track posts would be handy. Over at AV Forums each post has a post link, so you can easily point people to the relevant post. That would be handy.

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... 865#110865

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Apr 2008, 18:22

True that works but it's a pain to get hold of that formatted link. A link in each thread (maybe next to the Quote/Edit buttons) would be really handy.

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