While we understand how important points/ranks are to many members here, please keep in mind that at the end of the day, it will be the quality of your posts that will count. You can be a Hero member but SP members may not value your sharing when all you do is post one-liners or just keep posting in the for sale sections. You may also be a Newbie with very few points but if your posts are sensible, SP members will respect and value you just the same.
Sure, anyone can argue that the reason why many of us are here is because we post insightful and sensible sharing. We don't question that. Unfortunately, the software of the board is not built to judge which are quality posts and which are not. This is why we encourage everyone to be focused on the quality and not the number.
With regards to transfer of many threads from General Discussion to Welcome Aboard, this is one way of organizing the board. Since its relaunch, SP is constantly improving the site thus there is a need to organize, merge, or delete posts. All our posts will definitely be affected but again, let's not be focused on the points and rank.
Let me cite an example. Person A receives hundreds of Christmas cards while Person B only receives a dozen. If you read the Christmas cards of Person A, you'll find that the cards she has received are from merchants/store owners where she has done a lot of shopping. If you read the cards of Person B, all of them comes from friends and people whose lives she touched. Who do we think is more appreciated in this scenario?
Also part of the improvement is adding more moderators to help out in the boards. I recommended a couple of SP members to the SP editorial team. No, I don't know them personally. I have never met them personally. My basis for recommending them was because 1) they are active members here, 2) they are respected by the community, 3) they have a strong desire to help the community grow, and 4) they are stickler for rules. Sure, they probably had their share of violations before but we don't require the moderators to be perfect.
With regards to the warning...Warnings are just reminders for members to follow the board rules. And please keep in mind that we issue warnings not because we just like to issue warnings. We issue warnings because there are other members who were bothered by violations.
Like ilovegabe said, moderators have day jobs and we can't be online all the time. If you see us posting warnings, it's because we are responding to the posts reported by concerned members. And these reports range from simple text-speak violations (which are still committed by a lot of members) to the more serious ones like posting hostile comments.
We are very thankful to members who take the time out to report violations, even something as text-speak. Reports like these make our lives easier and help the community a lot. We are equally thankful to members who observe the rules because they make the community a better one. They also serve as great role models for other members.
Mods are not paid to do this job but we do it out of sheer love for the community. As moderators, we need to be objective at all times. Even when some members are hostile with us, we still need to keep our cool.
To jvcav08's question na may takutan dito sa SP pag may kumalaban sa comments, we issue warnings because members reported it. There were members who were bothered with the comments. Hindi kami mag-iissue ng warning dahil trip lang namin.
Finally, moderators are your allies and not enemies. When some members here were harassed and rumors were spread about them, it was the moderators who stepped in and stopped it. Just a couple of weeks back, somebody was harassing another member, posting defamatory comments against her, it was also the mods who recommended that the harasser be banned.
At the end of the day, members and mods should work together to make the community a great one. So let's just focus on how to improve the site better.
Parting words lang.
jvcav08, please refrain from posting in text-speak.
ilovegabe, yup, medyo OT ka na.
Thanks.
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