Quote from: alrelax on February 16, 2017, 12:04:21 PM
Don't you offer cases of Louis the 13th?? (Cognac)

BetSey doesn't promote drinking

Quote from: Albalaha on February 16, 2017, 10:30:49 PM
A nice democratic decision.

We're the forum eyes now. All of us

Quote from: Nathan Detroit5 on February 17, 2017, 11:34:53 AM
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.

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.

Quote from: vo rogue on February 15, 2017, 11:00:11 PM
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

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.

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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

Quote from: greenguy on February 10, 2017, 08:03:26 AMThat sounds interesting and innovative. I look forward to seeing this in operation.

Detection of blatant spam can be automated easily since spammers have a one-track mind: "post the link, post the link"; and so they do for our bot to catch

The new "Peacemaker" group is going to be given to active members who flag posts accurately during the last 7 days, so everybody can choose to wear the badge if they care for our community and hit the report button.

Quote from: greenguy on February 10, 2017, 08:03:26 AMSorry for not apologising for my beliefs.

We respect everyone's belief. No need to apologize for your beliefs around here @ BetSelection

Cheers.

Hello GG, our moderators have been advised since some time now we're going to switch to a community moderation system + a moderation bot when the new site gets up online.

Any personal issue with a moderator isn't worth pursuing right now as we are only days away from me being the only active member of the staff & relying on the community as a whole to cover the moderation part

My advise is not to worry about pointing at anybody's virtues or faults. People is smart enough to make-up their own mind about others. Like I just mentioned to a friend: every individual has his/her own ledger. It isn't our business to add or remove from it.

Quote from: ProfessorSlot on January 21, 2017, 08:52:48 AM
To be honest to all of you the forum has help me a lot. Able to learn new thing and found lot of bonuses without spending a single cent. I was also able to avoid risky casino posted in the forum.

Glad our place helped you. That's the goal: to make a positive impact in our members' lives.

(Even losing less can be a win on its own )

Cheers!

Welcome back GGasoft!

Nice to see you around

May 2017 be a productive year for you & your bets
Vic

Quote from: alrelax on January 04, 2017, 06:55:40 AM
So, maybe I am totally missing something?  Should I make all my private phone calls, emails and maybe even conversations in person available to whomever.  Like maybe I should make transcripts and recordings of each and post them so I don't commit the sin of , 'talk behind anyone's back one-on-one'?

One on one is fine; it's no sin to talk directly to another member online. That's for sure

Thanks to member Albalaha for helping us enable the chat to more users by means of his timely report

Quote from: Gizmotron on January 03, 2017, 10:29:37 PM
Vic, this is very cool. You can talk behind anyone's back one on one. So who can see these chat's?

You got it right: It's a direct one-on-one chat hence no other connected people sees the msgs.

i.e. different from a traditional one-to-many chat room. One to many interaction is what the regular forum is for 

Quote from: Albalaha on January 03, 2017, 09:34:23 PM
I can't locate the chat.

Just sent you a test message

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A small forum chat has been added for online members to interact:

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Feedback on it welcome.

Quote from: greenguy on December 30, 2016, 09:51:44 PMAre you serious?

Give the man some time

He's proven to care for BetSelection.cc and is actually fair and balanced when the crucial moment arrives.

This is a meditated decision. When weighting "alrelax" the forum character and Glen the actual man behind it, he's a winner for the long term.

A lot of activity happens behind the scenes in the forum, he has already steered moderating decisions in the past proving him capable of exercising good judgement when dealing with posters.

There's a peer-reviewable moderation log, so it isn't like any one of our moderating crew can get away with something. It's all logged. Also, we discuss moderating decisions at the moderators' lounge permanently.

Focus on his posts here; we are confident he's not a troll: http://betselection.cc/profile/?area=showposts;u=924

Add the private layer and you have someone who can make it as a good moderator

Let's let time be the judge.

Fellow member alrelax joins our crew today as a new moderator to assist us in making our BetSelection space a moderated, warm & cozy community.

With this addition, our staff to enter 2017 is comprised by (in alphabetical order):

- ADulay
- alrelax
- esoito
and yours truly.

Welcome Glen!

Quote from: Nathan Detroit5 on December 29, 2016, 04:59:48 PM
Wishing  all of you a very Happy , Healthy, and a Prosperous  New Year.

Joining here to the New Year's best wishes:

May our fine fellow members & visitors have a prosperous 2017 with many successes crystallizing in the journey.

This is a wonderful time to look back to learn as well as to take a breath while looking forward, being inspired to achieve.

Vic