Post by Roku Ni-San on Apr 5, 2006 23:25:55 GMT -4
I used to have different guidelines regarding member activity. But, I've decided to change them, due to some suggestions brought up at another forum where I serve as a global moderator.
The general guidelines are as follows...
Regarding Regular Member Accounts
I won't delete accounts due to inactivity unless the account owner hasn't signed in for, like, a year or something. I don't have a desperate need to prune the members list.
I'll only delete accounts if:
1. The account owner is creating a duplicate account (I can tell by IP addresses).
2. The account owner has a history of spamming or breaking rules at another forum.
3. The account owner has been previously banned and is creating a new account under a different email address (Again, I can tell by IP addresses who is doing this).
Regarding Staff Accounts
Like regular member accounts, I won't flat out delete them or anything. However, if a member of staff has been inactive for 30 days or more, I'm removing their staff rank and reverting their status to that of an ordinary forum member.
So if you were a staff member and decided to sign in, and saw that your staff rank disappeared, it was because of inactivity. That's the only reason I would demote staff - inactivity.
(Abusing of staff powers does not result in demoting - the result of that is usually ban or deletion.)
Don't pester the admin to give your staff status back. If you resume activity I may consider it.
(I'm willing to bend the rules a little for long-time staff members. If you have been doing your job and have been a member with the forum for a long time, I'll stretch the limit to 60 days.)
The reason I'm enforcing this policy is because inactive staff don't serve much purpose on a forum. I'm sorry, but they don't. If a member of staff signs in maybe once in a blue moon, the opportunity for them to use their staff abilities is minimal. I understand that for some people it is awfully hard to be active. I totally understand that. But if you know you're not going to be a frequent visitor, then maybe you'd enjoy just being a regular member.
The thing is... staff kind of have to be frequent visitors. The forum administrator can't be online 100% of the time. They can only do so much.
If the occasion comes up that I have to demote staff, and believe me, I don't want to do it (I hate being mean...), the staff position will be opened up to the rest of the forum members. However, there will only be a certain number of positions available in total.
Moderator - Maximum 4 positions
Stylist - Maximum 2 positions
Global Moderator - Maximum 2 positions
Assistant Admin - Maximum 2 positions
Administrator - Maximum 1 position
So that's about it. There's no penalty for being an inactive member - you won't lose Forum Earnings, or get warnings, or get banned, or get a custom title that says "Inactive" or anything like that. However, if you're an inactive staff member, the only thing that will happen is that you'll probably be stripped of your staff rank if you've been inactive for too long.
I apologize if I sound like an evil, evil dictator. I really am sorry.
Regards,
Roku Megami, Admin
P.S. I'd like to give credit to the BTT Forums for the ideas. ^^
The general guidelines are as follows...
Regarding Regular Member Accounts
I won't delete accounts due to inactivity unless the account owner hasn't signed in for, like, a year or something. I don't have a desperate need to prune the members list.
I'll only delete accounts if:
1. The account owner is creating a duplicate account (I can tell by IP addresses).
2. The account owner has a history of spamming or breaking rules at another forum.
3. The account owner has been previously banned and is creating a new account under a different email address (Again, I can tell by IP addresses who is doing this).
Regarding Staff Accounts
Like regular member accounts, I won't flat out delete them or anything. However, if a member of staff has been inactive for 30 days or more, I'm removing their staff rank and reverting their status to that of an ordinary forum member.
So if you were a staff member and decided to sign in, and saw that your staff rank disappeared, it was because of inactivity. That's the only reason I would demote staff - inactivity.
(Abusing of staff powers does not result in demoting - the result of that is usually ban or deletion.)
Don't pester the admin to give your staff status back. If you resume activity I may consider it.
(I'm willing to bend the rules a little for long-time staff members. If you have been doing your job and have been a member with the forum for a long time, I'll stretch the limit to 60 days.)
The reason I'm enforcing this policy is because inactive staff don't serve much purpose on a forum. I'm sorry, but they don't. If a member of staff signs in maybe once in a blue moon, the opportunity for them to use their staff abilities is minimal. I understand that for some people it is awfully hard to be active. I totally understand that. But if you know you're not going to be a frequent visitor, then maybe you'd enjoy just being a regular member.
The thing is... staff kind of have to be frequent visitors. The forum administrator can't be online 100% of the time. They can only do so much.
If the occasion comes up that I have to demote staff, and believe me, I don't want to do it (I hate being mean...), the staff position will be opened up to the rest of the forum members. However, there will only be a certain number of positions available in total.
Moderator - Maximum 4 positions
Stylist - Maximum 2 positions
Global Moderator - Maximum 2 positions
Assistant Admin - Maximum 2 positions
Administrator - Maximum 1 position
So that's about it. There's no penalty for being an inactive member - you won't lose Forum Earnings, or get warnings, or get banned, or get a custom title that says "Inactive" or anything like that. However, if you're an inactive staff member, the only thing that will happen is that you'll probably be stripped of your staff rank if you've been inactive for too long.
I apologize if I sound like an evil, evil dictator. I really am sorry.
Regards,
Roku Megami, Admin
P.S. I'd like to give credit to the BTT Forums for the ideas. ^^