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Post by AH! APRIL! on Apr 3, 2008 17:38:47 GMT -8
I totally agree. Admin's are looked upon as a bases of if a person is going to join or not. I've seen to many boards shut down, [that had a good idea] due to 'looks' I am an Admin, I try my hardest to be nice to everyone, which is difficult sometimes. But is it fair? grr..
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Post by Kat [Brianne] on Apr 3, 2008 17:50:29 GMT -8
I also agree. Mean admins, like once with no patience, usually don't end up with a lot of members.
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Post by kreesta on Apr 8, 2008 20:54:34 GMT -8
I have to admit to being one of those rude admins, but that's all behind me. I used to think I was cool because I had power or something? I don't know what was behind that.
I witnessed one of my staff members being completely rude to one of my members, and low and behold that member left... and she was one of the most active members at my forum. . . you can imagine how horrible I felt after that.
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Post by Sparks Of War on Apr 23, 2008 11:00:33 GMT -8
It's not just rudeness either. Even just being unhelpful. I've been confused about rules on an RP board or just had a question of etiquette or where a good place to start would be and gotten a curt. "It's in the rules." or "Just look."
Some people just wont give you the time of day.
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Post by Dusk on Apr 23, 2008 17:39:35 GMT -8
I really hate admins that ban a person for no reason. I've seen it multiple times before. One time, someone was merely pointing something out and they were banned forever without even a warning. I was almost tempted to leave after that, actually.
On some RP forums, I've had a few admins bragging in my face about how literate and advanced they are. That gets really annoying, having someone tell you how illiterate you are compared to them. I think to be an admin you really do need patience.
I've also had a few admins ignore all my questions. I pretty much left all those forums after seeing how rude they were.
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Post by sagetree on Apr 23, 2008 19:36:31 GMT -8
I had recently joined two different, non-RP, proboards forums.....and I deleted my accounts on both of them today. The first one, I really liked and even became a top poster but then a couple things occurred- 1) a forum killer I know followed me and 2) the Admin seems to disappear for days on end. As of today, it's been almost two weeks since he's logged in! The second one I joined and left seems like a place I'd really like to hang out but haven't posted yet for various, unrelated reasons. Then, at the beginning of this month I recieved an email from the admin warning me about distrespectful behavior and threatening to ban me. To top it off, this email was not executed in a professional way whatsoever. I felt like I was in highschool again. I replied telling him that he had the wrong person and that I was put off by recieving an email like this from someone who's supposed to be admin. I never got a response! Not even an "I'm sorry for the mix up". These people need to check out this thread. I'm not going to go through what I think proper admin etiquette is because I think this topic has been covered well, quite a few times. One question I do have however..... how to deal with a forum killer that doesn't completely kill a forum? Does that make sense? The only reason they haven't killed it completely is because they are an active member.
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Post by filmgal on Apr 24, 2008 9:27:40 GMT -8
After having a pretty successful Proboards board since May of 2005 I have learned some things, and in defense of Administrators:
1) Some people are simply easily offended and leave over posts they don't like, whether by the admin or a moderator or regular poster - even when such posts were not flame posts but simple differences of opinion,
2) It's actually nicer and better for everyone not to encourage easily offended posters to stay - it makes for a smoother board for the ones who remain, not to mention the Administrator himself/herself,
3) The Administrator should learn from mistakes but not beat themselves over the head for them. All of life is transitory, people come and go, and if you have a quality board and they leave it's really their loss for being intolerant of the rules or standards you've set up from the beginning. Sometimes people learn and eventually come back too.
4) Greet everyone nicely when they first sign up, have a thread just to welcome people. That also gives the Administrator a chance to show off their welcoming attitude.
What I do wish Proboards offered (maybe they do but I haven't seen it) is when someone has been a member for awhile and leaves in a huff over something without informing the Administrator first so he or she could remove their hundreds of posts first so you don't have them as filler "guest" posts, alerting everyone who looks at old posts "Oh, this person left, I wonder why?"
I wish there was a way to get rid of these "guest" posts so it looks like only current members' posts are seen.
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Post by sagetree on Apr 24, 2008 10:20:10 GMT -8
What I do wish Proboards offered (maybe they do but I haven't seen it) is when someone has been a member for awhile and leaves in a huff over something without informing the Administrator first so he or she could remove their hundreds of posts first so you don't have them as filler "guest" posts, alerting everyone who looks at old posts "Oh, this person left, I wonder why?" I wish there was a way to get rid of these "guest" posts so it looks like only current members' posts are seen. You can remove all posts by a specific member, the only downside is that it will leave gaps in the dialogue. Also, any threads that that member started will also be removed- including posts made by other members.
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Post by filmgal on Apr 25, 2008 12:23:03 GMT -8
>>You can remove all posts by a specific member,
I know that. Before they leave. Once they have cancelled their membership all their old posts are seen as "guest" posts and when you go to put their old screen name in the "remove threads by this person" the search engine doesn't recognize them once they are "guests" and not active members.
I wish the search engine recognized names whether they were current members or "guests".
>>the only downside is that it will leave gaps in the dialogue
That's less of a concern to me, I just don't want any posts saying "guest" and I'm stuck with a lot of them when a member who has been around for awhile leaves in a huff.
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Post by spookygrl on May 2, 2008 17:28:54 GMT -8
Certainly! After I read your article it really hit home. I remember this person that had made a board on a different server that was a very mean, nasty condescending person. (actually I met several like that who owned boards) He had this board and every time a new person would try to join, if they weren't in full agreement with his religious views, he'd try very hard to attack them, insult them and try to belittle them. As you can imagine, his board was pretty much a ghost town in the end.
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Post by chrisnelson on May 4, 2008 16:02:01 GMT -8
I believe the best way for an admin to behave is like they are just another member. This is exactly the way I run my board. I know who each of my members are and take part in all the conversations. I believe the admin sets the tone of the board, if the admin is a lighthearted person and doesn't take his job too seriously, then no-one else will. I could never imagine banning someone, just for disagreeing. I have seen this done and have actually been banned, as well as seen other being banned on a certain board, for the simple fact that they questioned an admin or Mod's decision.
It is true that the admin has to walk a line between being a staff member and a regular member, but to me there really isn't much of a difference. It's just that the admin has the power to change things and must be able to keep things in order if they should fall out.
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Post by inthi on May 4, 2008 16:05:40 GMT -8
This is a good question. I will answer tomm.
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Post by Enchant on May 4, 2008 16:48:14 GMT -8
This is a good question. I will answer tomm. Please follow the rules of the board you are posting in. This is for a discussion not a comment and certainly not one that you will be posting in it tommorow. If you are not going to post accordingly...Please do not post.
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Post by bolissa on May 10, 2008 2:16:38 GMT -8
A lot of good information for me to keep in mind. Admins should treat their members with consideration and common decency. They should be someone whom the members feel comfortable approaching with any problem or even suggestions. Running your forum like a dictator will only make people feel unwanted. They'll just end up hating you and badmouthing you on other forums. It's pointless for all concerned to treat people harshly. Of course there are times when you'll have to hand out discipline but if you've created a friendly atmosphere, those instances should be few and far between.
This thread has been an amazing read. I can't believe the behavior of some of these Admins! How they treat people is horrible! I am an Admin to a fairly new board(I'm also brand new to Proboards) and I can't even possibly imagine this type of behavior being tolerated. Anyways, thank you to everyone for participating on this thread. I really enjoyed all your comments.
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Post by spookygrl on May 10, 2008 16:35:19 GMT -8
SAGETREE,
I just noticed your question. I think you mean forum killer as in some one that dominates the forum while at the same time driving other members off and disrupting the enjoyment for all others to the point they don't want to come back? Is that what you mean?
On my board I do mention that anyone on the staff has within their disgression the right to take action on anything that may be a flagrant disruption of the board or infringes upon the enjoyment of other members.
By this I do not mean just some one that posts a lot and is otherwise just been a good productive pillar of the board community. What I am talking about is the ones that pretty much troll in what they do, posting like crazy and nasty with anyone else that tries to share their opinion or bullies others on the board. IN a case like this, I believe it is the staff's obligation for the better good of their board, on behalf of the rest of the members to take action and deal with this, and not allow it to get out of the hand in the first place. What I would do, is first issue this person a warning, be polite yet firm about my stance on it. Sometimes people may not be aware that they are like this, so unless it's a blatant attack on other members, I think it's fair to first deal with the member with a warning to give them the chance to correct that. If that doesn't work then I would temporary ban (unless it's very severe), in the end if they failed to heed the wishes of the staff and start being more considerate of the fellow members, then the only thing I can see reasonable is a permanent ban. But under no circumstances would I ever allow a forum wrecker to get out of hand like that.
My apologies if this question and answer are rather off topic.
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