Internet forum mods. Are they really necessary?

Are they?? Would forums go to hell in a hand basket without chaperones?

There necessary to keep the order around any given forum so as to avoid any form of abuse, offense, spam etc etc. Which does actually happen around these boards.

Originally posted by Sai1
Are they?? Would forums go to hell in a hand basket without chaperones?

Pretty much. People tend to go too far by forgetting that they are debating over the internet, things get out of hand and so then a moderator must step in...

i think that it depends on the focus of their task. imho a mods' sole purpose should be to eliminate malicious people who exist online in order to disrupt and annoy. i would argue that this alone was the original inspiration for people on newsgroups demanding moderation. most people can deal with rudeness without having to cry to some parental gaurdian unit. what really matters imho is that people are in place with the authority to deal with mischievous e-sabateurs.

so no, mods are necessary/unnecassary depending on the tasks they perform and how effectively they prioritise them, imho.

Originally posted by Schecter
i think that it depends on the focus of their task. imho a mods' sole purpose should be to eliminate malicious people who exist online in order to disrupt and annoy. i would argue that this alone was the original inspiration for people on newsgroups demanding moderation. most people can deal with rudeness without having to cry to some parental gaurdian unit. what really matters imho is that people are in place with the authority to deal with mischievous e-sabateurs.

so no, mods are necessary/unnecassary depending on the tasks they perform and how effectively they prioritise them, imho.

They are always necessary, that they do a lot of things wrong doesn't mean that the forum would be better of without them.

Originally posted by Fishy
They are always necessary, that they do a lot of things wrong doesn't mean that the forum would be better of without them.

did you even read what i said or did you quote me mistakenly?

Originally posted by Schecter
did you even read what i said or did you quote me mistakenly?

I did, didn't get that out of the post... My bad

my bad too. ive been on the kneejerk offensive considering the recent influx of idiots and trolls.

to clarify, my point was that the simple existance of any moderators is not necessary by default.

Originally posted by Sai1
Are they?? Would forums go to hell in a hand basket without chaperones?

its alwas good to have cleanup.

Yeah. They can lock useless threads, and get rid of useless people. Sounds pretty good to me.

forums would be desolate and lonely without useless people....i mean...its the interweb

Well on occasion. A moderator is needed when you do not know who is coming in.

I think the Movie Discussion forum needs a little cleanup. The first objective should be to actually make it a respectable forum about movies.

Originally posted by Sai1
Are they?? Would forums go to hell in a hand basket without chaperones?

Originally posted by Sai1
Are they?? Would forums go to hell in a hand basket without chaperones?

Originally posted by Sai1
Are they?? Would forums go to hell in a hand basket without chaperones?

Stupidest thread ever conceived. Perhaps a forum mod could make use of their use by example in this thread.

Originally posted by Sai1
Are they?? Would forums go to hell in a hand basket without chaperones?

Idiot.

Originally posted by JacopeX
Without mods, there would've never been an Admin.....without an admin, the forum would never exist......

Idiot.

Oh Satan, it's like the f*ckin' plot line from the dumbass Matrix movies!

"Only the chosen one will never require a mod to tell him/her what to do, for the poster will be perfect. Shh, Scythe farted, we all hear it..."

Originally posted by Ymir
Yeah. They can lock useless threads, and get rid of useless people. Sounds pretty good to me.

Such as that old troll PVS.