Where are the moderators?????

[circlecity]

You know it only takes a few people to derail a lot of threads and people will stop coming here.

[e-tank]

to what threads are you referring?

[bowl1820]

You know it only takes a few people to derail a lot of threads and people will stop coming here.

Moderators, Well I'm about the only one left or at least the only one left who even kinda of cares.

[striker12]

You know it only takes a few people to derail a lot of threads and people will stop coming here.

thats not the only reason why people are not coming here anymore theres alot of other reasons but im not going to say any.

[Aslan]

to what threads are you referring?

Yeah. I mean, it might be an "age thing". I've noticed some of the older users tend to get rubbed the wrong way over things that are really kinda "tame" for the internet. Not sure if it's an "age thing" or not...just a theory.

I personally think that "derailing" is more the product of relatively few users. A site with 70,000 people where 250 are logged on posting at any given time...threads tend to stay more on topic. But I've come in here and see the same person's username next to 17 threads...and I've done that too. With a small sample size of active users...the same people with the same agenda and history with each other can inadvertantly go off topic. I don't think it's intentional. Like me, Iceman, and Mudpuppy started talking about motorcycles in the bowling alley thread. It just kinda got off topic...not intentionally.

I don't know...is that the kind of thing ccity is talking about??

[e-tank]

Yeah. I mean, it might be an "age thing". I've noticed some of the older users tend to get rubbed the wrong way over things that are really kinda "tame" for the internet. Not sure if it's an "age thing" or not...just a theory.

I personally think that "derailing" is more the product of relatively few users. A site with 70,000 people where 250 are logged on posting at any given time...threads tend to stay more on topic. But I've come in here and see the same person's username next to 17 threads...and I've done that too. With a small sample size of active users...the same people with the same agenda and history with each other can inadvertantly go off topic. I don't think it's intentional. Like me, Iceman, and Mudpuppy started talking about motorcycles in the bowling alley thread. It just kinda got off topic...not intentionally.

I don't know...is that the kind of thing ccity is talking about??

Yea i do agree that this community has many older users that see the interactions her differently than the younger gen. Ive seen some off topic things but nothing too bad. Ive only been here a year but i dont think its the mods job to keep things on topic anyway unless the posts get out of hand or are breaking rules

[dnhoffman]

Yea i do agree that this community has many older users that see the interactions her differently than the younger gen. Ive seen some off topic things but nothing too bad. Ive only been here a year but i dont think its the mods job to keep things on topic anyway unless the posts get out of hand or are breaking rules

Pretty sure he's talking about something else, but either way the OP has a point. There are way too many people that either derail threads by trolling the, or just spam responses in order to get posts on Sundays or something.

[Aslan]

I haven't seen too much of it.

I saw one spam post once....but I'm sure bowl1820 stays on top of those. And yes, there are those days after a ball giveaway where we have like 22 new users....who post 13 times and then get bored and leave. But...anytime ya give people chance at free stuff...they'll try to take advantage of it. Most of em don't tend to stick around.

[circlecity]

thats not the only reason why people are not coming here anymore theres alot of other reasons but im not going to say any.

I have been a big part of many online forums and have been a moderator on some as well. My personal experience is that forums fail because the owners give up and stop maintaining the site. This includes finding moderators to mod the forums. They will come and go and some will do their job and others will just sit and do nothing.

It's appears that their is only one mod still active and it sucks being a mod on a forum where the owners have thrown in the towel. I also would have to question the bowling ball contests on here as well given the state of no maintince

[circlecity]

but i dont think its the mods job to keep things on topic anyway unless the posts get out of hand or are breaking rules

Actually, that is one of the jobs of a moderator. They need to step in and tell them to keep on OP topic. They can also move the messages to another thread or start a new thread with the off topic posts.

Mods can't catch every problem post but they can act or take a look when there is a report on a post done.

I have requested to be a moderator on this forum but have not heard back.