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Nov 16th, 2021, 05:43 PM
#1
Ignoring moderators
Is it possible to enable regular users to be able to ignore forum moderators? I don't understand the rationale for this feature being disabled provided that moderators or usualy prolific posters here.
It's pretty common that some of their threads/opinions/signatures/forum activity to wex the regular users out of their minds which are now in a position of not being able get rid of the spam.
cheers,
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Nov 16th, 2021, 06:04 PM
#2
Re: Ignoring moderators
Moderators and Admins sometimes need to deal with rule violations etc and communicate something about that in a thread... In order for that to work, we need everybody to see our post.
The forum software is designed so that users don't have the option to ignore moderators/admins. It could potentially have been designed instead so that moderators/admins had a way to force particular posts to be visible to everyone, but that would allow us to occasionally make a mistake (forget to tick the box or whatever) and that could mean that some people would end up getting in trouble for not following the instructions.
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Nov 16th, 2021, 07:02 PM
#3
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by wqweto
Is it possible to enable regular users to be able to ignore forum moderators? I don't understand the rationale for this feature being disabled provided that moderators or usualy prolific posters here.
It's pretty common that some of their threads/opinions/signatures/forum activity to wex the regular users out of their minds which are now in a position of not being able get rid of the spam.
cheers,
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Sounds like I missed some drama somewhere. I doubt this question just came out of nowhere
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Nov 17th, 2021, 03:03 AM
#4
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by Niya
Sounds like I missed some drama somewhere. I doubt this question just came out of nowhere
Actually no. My reasons above are just hypothetiocal, yet! But don't ask me how I found out this forum "feature", please :-))
cheers,
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Nov 17th, 2021, 04:26 AM
#5
Re: Ignoring moderators
How did you find out this forum "feature"?
https://github.com/yereverluvinunclebert
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By the power invested in me, all the threads I start are battle free zones - no arguing about the benefits of VB6 over .NET here please. Happiness must reign.
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Nov 17th, 2021, 04:30 AM
#6
Re: Ignoring moderators
I do my best to ignore the forum moderators especially saggy or is shaggy?
Most of what they have to say is ... alright. I suppose you have to have a modicum of restraint to be a mod. Imagine if either of our two resident VB6ers or .NETers were given the power? There'd be big holes all over the forum where the posts had been nuked and there would be two defensive outposts with weapons trained against the other.
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By the power invested in me, all the threads I start are battle free zones - no arguing about the benefits of VB6 over .NET here please. Happiness must reign.
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Nov 17th, 2021, 07:51 AM
#7
Re: Ignoring moderators
Moderator, Smoderator. Maybe just glorified hallway monitors, making sure you don't cut in line for the water fountain.
We've had Three Eyed Frog moderators before! Ones with way too many constanants in there names!
It's the admins one must fear.
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Nov 17th, 2021, 08:17 AM
#8
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by szlamany
It's the admins one must fear.
So true... The fact that there are TWELVE Admins should make some people sweat.
OK... that was my one funny remark for November.
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Nov 17th, 2021, 08:43 AM
#9
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by Steve R Jones
So true... The fact that there are TWELVE Admins should make some people sweat.
OK... that was my one funny remark for November.
Lol!
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Nov 17th, 2021, 09:22 AM
#10
Re: Ignoring moderators
Twelve good men and true.
https://github.com/yereverluvinunclebert
Skillset: VMS,DOS,Windows Sysadmin from 1985, fault-tolerance, VaxCluster, Alpha,Sparc. DCL,QB,VBDOS- VB6,.NET, PHP,NODE.JS, Graphic Design, Project Manager, CMS, Quad Electronics. classic cars & m'bikes. Artist in water & oils. Historian.
By the power invested in me, all the threads I start are battle free zones - no arguing about the benefits of VB6 over .NET here please. Happiness must reign.
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Nov 17th, 2021, 10:46 AM
#11
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by yereverluvinuncleber
Twelve good men and true.
Not all of the admins are men....
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Nov 17th, 2021, 11:06 AM
#12
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter - Winston Churchill
Hadoop actually sounds more like the way they greet each other in Yorkshire - Inferrd
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Nov 17th, 2021, 11:49 AM
#13
My usual boring signature: Nothing
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Nov 17th, 2021, 12:02 PM
#14
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by yereverluvinuncleber
Most of what they have to say is ... alright. I suppose you have to have a modicum of restraint to be a mod. Imagine if either of our two resident VB6ers or .NETers were given the power? There'd be big holes all over the forum where the posts had been nuked and there would be two defensive outposts with weapons trained against the other.
Good idea for a movie. Wonder what a good title for it would be?
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Nov 17th, 2021, 12:26 PM
#15
Re: Ignoring moderators
Modern US Political Debate?
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Nov 17th, 2021, 12:46 PM
#16
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Modern US Political Debate?
Hmmm....Doesn't sound like much of a movie title. Movie titles usually have double meanings or a meaning you have to watch it to figure out like "Dune" or "Avatar".
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Nov 17th, 2021, 03:48 PM
#17
https://github.com/yereverluvinunclebert
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By the power invested in me, all the threads I start are battle free zones - no arguing about the benefits of VB6 over .NET here please. Happiness must reign.
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Nov 17th, 2021, 05:40 PM
#18
Re: Ignoring moderators
One can only imagine the hoot-fests that go on in the hidden forum where they laugh about the rest of us poor slobs.
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Nov 18th, 2021, 05:50 AM
#19
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by dilettante
One can only imagine the hoot-fests that go on in the hidden forum where they laugh about the rest of us poor slobs.
I hate to disappoint people so I won't
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Nov 18th, 2021, 08:27 AM
#20
The best friend of any programmer is a search engine
"Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom" (J. Rohn)
“They did not know it was impossible so they did it” (Mark Twain)
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Nov 18th, 2021, 08:45 AM
#21
Re: Ignoring moderators
Twelve good men and true...
https://github.com/yereverluvinunclebert
Skillset: VMS,DOS,Windows Sysadmin from 1985, fault-tolerance, VaxCluster, Alpha,Sparc. DCL,QB,VBDOS- VB6,.NET, PHP,NODE.JS, Graphic Design, Project Manager, CMS, Quad Electronics. classic cars & m'bikes. Artist in water & oils. Historian.
By the power invested in me, all the threads I start are battle free zones - no arguing about the benefits of VB6 over .NET here please. Happiness must reign.
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Nov 18th, 2021, 04:03 PM
#22
Re: Ignoring moderators
Did you see the Russian remake of that movie? I rather liked it. The original assumed the sanitized, white-bread, view of America of the time frame. The Russian version....had a Russian view.
My usual boring signature: Nothing
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Nov 19th, 2021, 05:22 AM
#23
Re: Ignoring moderators
didn't know they have done one, it is usually the reverse, American remake of Russian movie (like Solaris). I will have a look to it.
The best friend of any programmer is a search engine
"Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom" (J. Rohn)
“They did not know it was impossible so they did it” (Mark Twain)
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Nov 19th, 2021, 10:10 AM
#24
Re: Ignoring moderators
Looking back at the original post, (and being a bit coy) the best way to ignore or avoid moderators is simply to not read posts on the forum. As an analogy, the best way to avoid traffic signs is to simply not drive or go anywhere.
While traffic signs might be annoying at times, it is important that they are there because they work to help everyone.
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Nov 19th, 2021, 03:26 PM
#25
Re: Ignoring moderators
Could be regular users will be totally helpless in these forums without the comrade help by our chivalrous moderators but when I awoke from this dream the forum reassuringly chimed "brad jones has been successfully added to your ignore list" and the BS level was suddenly and substantially reduced :-))
cheers,
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Nov 21st, 2021, 09:35 AM
#26
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by Steve R Jones
The fact that there are TWELVE Admins should make some people sweat.
Wow... 12 Admins is indeed quite an amount of "manpower"...
Now, if "Admin" were understood as: "technician first, juryman only an occasional second..." -
we might even enjoy a working image-upload...
Olaf
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Nov 21st, 2021, 09:49 AM
#27
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by Schmidt
we might even enjoy a working image-upload...
I figured out how to get image uploads to work here. Maybe you know already, but for those who don't: There appears to be an off-by-one error in the image attachment code. When you upload an image it will insert something like [ATTACH]123[/ATTACH] in the post. You then have click "Go Advanced", and delete the [ATTACH]123[/ATTACH] text. Next, click the Attachments icon, drag the most recent image attachment down to the attachments section and click "Insert Inline". [ATTACH]124[/ATTACH] will be inserted and when you post the reply the image will appear. Yes, that's a lot of hoops to jump through
Last edited by jpbro; Nov 21st, 2021 at 10:43 AM.
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Nov 21st, 2021, 12:10 PM
#28
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by jpbro
I figured out how to get image uploads to work here. Maybe you know already, but for those who don't: There appears to be an off-by-one error in the image attachment code. When you upload an image it will insert something like [ATTACH]123[/ATTACH] in the post. You then have click "Go Advanced", and delete the [ATTACH]123[/ATTACH] text. Next, click the Attachments icon, drag the most recent image attachment down to the attachments section and click "Insert Inline". [ATTACH]12 4[/ATTACH] will be inserted and when you post the reply the image will appear. Yes, that's a lot of hoops to jump through
If you go straight to the Advanced option and upload from there - BOOM....you're all done.
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Nov 21st, 2021, 12:38 PM
#29
Re: Ignoring moderators
I prefer KABOOM over BOOM.
https://github.com/yereverluvinunclebert
Skillset: VMS,DOS,Windows Sysadmin from 1985, fault-tolerance, VaxCluster, Alpha,Sparc. DCL,QB,VBDOS- VB6,.NET, PHP,NODE.JS, Graphic Design, Project Manager, CMS, Quad Electronics. classic cars & m'bikes. Artist in water & oils. Historian.
By the power invested in me, all the threads I start are battle free zones - no arguing about the benefits of VB6 over .NET here please. Happiness must reign.
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Nov 22nd, 2021, 11:57 AM
#30
Re: Ignoring moderators
I prefer shazam over kaboom.
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Nov 22nd, 2021, 12:34 PM
#31
Re: Ignoring moderators
You are entitled to your opinion.
https://github.com/yereverluvinunclebert
Skillset: VMS,DOS,Windows Sysadmin from 1985, fault-tolerance, VaxCluster, Alpha,Sparc. DCL,QB,VBDOS- VB6,.NET, PHP,NODE.JS, Graphic Design, Project Manager, CMS, Quad Electronics. classic cars & m'bikes. Artist in water & oils. Historian.
By the power invested in me, all the threads I start are battle free zones - no arguing about the benefits of VB6 over .NET here please. Happiness must reign.
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Nov 22nd, 2021, 02:41 PM
#32
Re: Ignoring moderators
And I think that everyone that uses either word is sexy and should eat ice cream for breakfast.
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Nov 22nd, 2021, 02:44 PM
#33
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by Schmidt
Now, if "Admin" were understood as: "technician first, juryman only an occasional second..." -
we might even enjoy a working image-upload...
Or not losing posts if we were logged out before posting a quick reply
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Nov 22nd, 2021, 05:44 PM
#34
Re: Ignoring moderators
I never, ever post anywhere without copying and paste-ing my comments into CintaNotes first. The number of times a forum or online 'app' has lost my long and hard thought-out comment into the ether... never again!
https://github.com/yereverluvinunclebert
Skillset: VMS,DOS,Windows Sysadmin from 1985, fault-tolerance, VaxCluster, Alpha,Sparc. DCL,QB,VBDOS- VB6,.NET, PHP,NODE.JS, Graphic Design, Project Manager, CMS, Quad Electronics. classic cars & m'bikes. Artist in water & oils. Historian.
By the power invested in me, all the threads I start are battle free zones - no arguing about the benefits of VB6 over .NET here please. Happiness must reign.
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Nov 22nd, 2021, 10:55 PM
#35
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by yereverluvinuncleber
I never, ever post anywhere without copying and paste-ing my comments into CintaNotes first. The number of times a forum or online 'app' has lost my long and hard thought-out comment into the ether... never again!
I use WordPad for this, especially when I'm writing really big posts with lots of illustrations and carefully thought out statements. My bigger CodeBank entries are examples of such posts.
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Nov 23rd, 2021, 11:33 AM
#36
Re: Ignoring moderators
In the news: Rust entire moderation team resigns.
vbforums.com one when? :-))
cheers,
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Nov 23rd, 2021, 11:41 AM
#37
Re: Ignoring moderators
Don't know what you're on about, and you clearly don't want to say it, but nothing much is going to happen as long as nobody understands you...or at least nothing you want.
My usual boring signature: Nothing
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Nov 23rd, 2021, 12:04 PM
#38
Re: Ignoring moderators
I'm resigning my position as defender of the faith as of now.
https://github.com/yereverluvinunclebert
Skillset: VMS,DOS,Windows Sysadmin from 1985, fault-tolerance, VaxCluster, Alpha,Sparc. DCL,QB,VBDOS- VB6,.NET, PHP,NODE.JS, Graphic Design, Project Manager, CMS, Quad Electronics. classic cars & m'bikes. Artist in water & oils. Historian.
By the power invested in me, all the threads I start are battle free zones - no arguing about the benefits of VB6 over .NET here please. Happiness must reign.
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Nov 23rd, 2021, 12:12 PM
#39
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Don't know what you're on about, and you clearly don't want to say it, but nothing much is going to happen as long as nobody understands you...or at least nothing you want.
I agree with you Shaggy. This seems like a roundabout way to say he is unhappy with the moderation on the forum. I'm not sure what is being implied by linking to a post on the resignation of moderators on another forum.
If someone has an actual issue with this forum, then they can always send Steve R Jones a message and discuss it with him. Roundabout, vague threads asking to block the people helping to keep the forum operational isn't going to lead to anything constructive.
Just my thought and not reflective of the forum, its owners, or anyone else.
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Nov 23rd, 2021, 12:39 PM
#40
Re: Ignoring moderators
Originally Posted by wqweto
Now that is classic panties-in-a-bunch! We get it - they don't like the Rust core group, lol!
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