Global Moderators have been relieved

[VLS]

Global Moderators have been relieved from their duties.

...I mentioned this already at the mods lounge yet let me state it again: big thanks to you guys. It has been a pleasure working with you. Thanks for your generous & selfless services. It is deeply appreciated

@all

Please notice everybody remains in charge of his/her own thread & section/blog moderators remain in place as usual.

...And of course, there's YOU. This is a move towards a community-driven moderation model so please be the forum's  eyes from now on and report the wrongful messages you see by using the button at the ⇲ lower-right corner of every post.

We count on you.



Rest assured every one of your reports is being acted upon and published in our moderation log for full transparency.

Improvements are being rolled-in (incl. moderating ones) as the new web engine gets in place during the month for BetSelection.cc and our other new sites.

Thanks a lot for being around!
Vic

[vo rogue]

good on ya Vic, did the mods get a gift, or trip to the bahamas ?.

[VLS]

Thanks VO, our full community has a higher count of  eyes reading at any given time than we (staff) had; that's basically why this move to community moderation makes sense.

Our forum rules are spelled-out quite clearly. If you see a post that doesn't resonate with our rules, then it's simply a matter of sending a signal by reporting it to initiate the process of taking action. Everybody is part of our moderating team now. Each and every one of us became our forum's eyes at once & all reports are acted upon.

...Also, we now have a moderation log for the public viewing, handling and contesting of reports with full transparency in our new community moderation model.

did the mods get a gift, or trip to the bahamas ?.

All relieved Mods get the year for free on every product we offer during this 2017

[alrelax]

Don't you offer cases of Louis the 13th?? (Cognac)

[Albalaha]

A nice democratic decision.

[Nathan Detroit5]

Victor,

Why the shake up ?


ND

[VLS]

Don't you offer cases of Louis the 13th?? (Cognac)

BetSey doesn't promote drinking

A nice democratic decision.

We're the forum eyes now. All of us

Why the shake up ?

Well, there's nothing personal in the decision and in fact this isn't a rushed decision. We've been moving towards the community moderation model for years now. It is only now I'm having the time to program the web engine we need to make this a reality. Also, as we're moving to being a network of sites including services and products, the fair thing is for me to be the staff in charge of website administration. As we all step down to being watchers of the forum, it becomes more efficient too. People don't need to wait for a global moderator to take action. Everybody who sees something that doesn't belong here can initiate the moderating action by means of his/her report.

New moderating features are being rolled-in little by little. We still have to implement a system giving more weight to seasoned members. Community moderation is the true definition of 100% opt-in support. Everybody's in to make a small part that doesn't represent an individual burden, merely reporting when stumbling onto something in a natural fashion, while making spammers and wrong-doers be hesitant to target us as we actually have a thousand eyes watching

...We're implementing a form of Linus Law: "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow", this is, we're switching from the 'Cathedral pyramid of command' to the more flat/level 'Bazaar' model.

[alrelax]

Scratch the Cognac, you owe me a BMW, any model, 2016 or newer.  Thanks. 

[AsymBacGuy]

Scratch the Cognac, you owe me a BMW, any model, 2016 or newer.  Thanks. 

Good choice Al.
I'd suggest a BMW i8, fantastic line and an unbelievable gas saver.

as.

[alrelax]

Yep, I was going to ask for a Ferrier or a Maserati but I know Vic's a little tight right now, so I toned it down!!   

[AsymBacGuy]

LOL. You are right. 

Anyway, I really like your joining on the moderator's group.

And you still owe me that Benihana dinner in Vegas 

as.

[ADulay]

Good choice Al.
I'd suggest a BMW i8, fantastic line and an unbelievable gas saver.

as.

Wow!  BMW makes cars, too!  That's great.

AD

[alrelax]

Wow!  BMW makes cars, too!  That's great.

AD

Nice!  All the more reason Vic should step up and make sure we all have BMW's!

[AsymBacGuy]

Wow!  BMW makes cars, too!  That's great.

AD

ahahahhh, right!