Fake Forum Economy

[Valka]

Well, I'm not going to ask for any "editing." Whatever forum currency I have, I want to have been earned fairly, under the rules.

One of the perks introduced at TrekBBS is that premium members (those who have a paid membership) get to access all lounges (normally people only get to access the lounge that corresponds to their rank, which for me is Fleet Admiral: those between 5000-7999 posts). But now I can post anywhere I want, even the next lounge up, in a post ranking I haven't reached yet. But unlike some other premium members, I haven't done that. As far as I'm concerned, it wouldn't be right to post in the Admirals' lounge until I've earned it fairly and reached that 8000th post. And at the rate I post at that place, I might make it by Christmas. Maybe. I have 1444 posts to go.

[Buster's Uncle]

I mention editing because that's how I know I can find individual accounts - again I've reduced the top five several times.

Of course, things like private lounges are only doable with traffic numbers a lot higher than we have here.  -I mean, I could totally do that and control access with membergroups, but who would you talk to?  Interesting notion to hold onto for the future, though.

[Valka]

Oh, it wasn't a suggestion for here, since we really don't have enough people. But as you say, maybe later. We're nowhere near anything like that and probably won't be for a long time.

[Buster's Uncle]

Yeah.  It's thing, though, that we could do for specialized purposes any time, for something like team games that need private folders - or collaborative story-writing with a team who don't want to fool with lots of PMs and do want avoid spoiling...

No big deal to set up.

[Valka]

The NES/IOT people have a lot of separate social groups for that sort of thing over on CFC. Back in my staff days there, someone from one of the IOT games asked me to help set one of them up, since he wasn't sure how to do the group's avatar.

[Buster's Uncle]

The IRC chat groups?  See, right there, it's in a forum's best interest to keep people talking to each other on site - and a few private group folders might could do the trick.

But you're talking about stuff like IALS - which the management is in error to moderate much, especially where no one complained...  Mediating brewing fights, perhaps, but not infracting people for marginal stuff, like's been done to you before...

[Valka]

No, I don't mean IRC chat groups. I've tried chat groups, but don't like them. I can't type fast enough to keep up, and it's hard to tune out other conversations I'm not involved in. I mean the various social groups used by particular Imperium Off-Topicum factions to discuss strategy and story without the others knowing what's coming until it get posted in the game thread itself. These function just like IALS does, except they're game-specific groups, not general discussion like IALS.

And yeah, it is my opinion that the social groups there need to have a freer rein for moderating. I have complete confidence in Cutlass' judgment in IALS, and in the odd time or two when I thought he should act on a post or two, he took my advice (or politely disagreed, as is his right as group owner). The incidents you're referring to didn't even meet normal OT standards of moderation, let alone in a group that's invitation-only and most of the forum doesn't even realize it exists.

[Buster's Uncle]

A lot of the reasons for moderating just aren't there in private folders/groups - no soccer moms are gonna see and start a crusade.  My mom and people like her aren't going to see and make me embarrassed.  No content problems with advertisers.  When you want to cuss me out in the Staff Room, cuss, if you choose to (and don't think it will offend Yitzi).

It's private, y'know?

[Valka]

Unlike on some other sites, I don't expect to have a reason to do that here. 

[Buster's Uncle]

[Buster's Uncle]

I just dropped another thousand in the Bank - and while I was in there, having heard no objection to dropping interest to .5% a day -still over six times what it was until recently, and should provide an intuitive rate- I went ahead and did so...


(So I can check in a few hours to get a sense if it's working right...)

BUncle - €435392877
I Have No Name - €432328763
sisko - €95568037
Kilkakon - €64304457
ariete - €2082773
Rymdolov - €11369
NewAgeOfPower - €9343
Unorthodox - €9084
Geo - €5636
Yitzi - €5602

[Buster's Uncle]

BUncle - €437569841
I Have No Name - €434490407
sisko - €96045877
Kilkakon - €64625979
ariete - €2093187
Rymdolov - €11426
NewAgeOfPower - €9390
Unorthodox - €9129
Geo - €5664
Yitzi - €5630

Okay - this'll do, if nobody has a problem with it...

[Valka]

This forum has better interest rates than my RL bank does. 

[Buster's Uncle]

[Eadee]

Now I'm broke...
But it's totally worth it!