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sonNe:
About the new restrictions of null users, you guys think about take off the book restrictions of -20 post members? I may be talking trash, but since i comeback i didn't see the wiki of the forum, just a post talking that the administration took it off, but i suppose the E-Books Section still in the air, only available once you reach 20 post. A great part of the shitty topics/posts in the forum isn't about new members trying to get previleges? If i may give an idea, and you guys don't want to take of the restrictions, won't be a more intuitive way instead of blocking the restriction for posts, to change it to topics? Because that way, to get the previleges, the user will have to come up with good content, not only spam posts. I already see inumerals users here just spamming to get the access.
But if you guys did indeed take the E-books and software(if i remember well there was a software part), i apologize, and feel free to remove this post, or notify me to do it. Just a suggestion to help the moderation in someway.

TheWormKill:

--- Quote from: sonNe on February 27, 2016, 08:02:13 am ---I'm sorry for double posting, i will remove this post after you or somebody else answer me, but about the new restrictions of null users, you guys think about take off the book restrictions of -20 post members? I may be talking trash, but since i comeback i didn't see the wiki of the forum, just a post talking that the administration took it off, but i suppose the E-Books Section still in the air, only available once you reach 20 post. A great part of the shitty topics/posts in the forum isn't about new members trying to get previleges? If i may give an idea, and you guys don't want to take of the restrictions, won't be a more intuitive way instead of blocking the restriction for posts, to change it to topics? Because that way, to get the previleges, the user will have to come up with good content, not only spam posts. I already see inumerals users here just spamming to get the access.
But if you guys did indeed take the E-books and software(if i remember well there was a software part), i apologize, and feel free to remove this post, or notify me to do it. It was just a suggestion to help the moderation in someway.

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The main problem is that we get a lot of thank-you-nice-find posts, as well as topics that are just useless.
So lifting the restriction on one of those categrories wouln't be of help. It would also make the job harder because you can't filter posts proactively, and they contribute to the overall bad quality of the forums before they are removed. Making posting for new members approval-only is IMO a good step towards senseful moderation.

As for the eBooks: Well, they are there, and available after 20 posts. Given the reasons above, as well as the extensive discussion in the News and Announcements thread, I think I don't need to reiterate why ;).
The wiki, however, is down and was suppposed to be replaced, but that didn't happen yet.

iTpHo3NiX:

--- Quote from: TheWormKill on February 27, 2016, 10:33:32 am ---As for the eBooks: Well, they are there, and available after 20 posts. Given the reasons above, as well as the extensive discussion in the News and Announcements thread, I think I don't need to reiterate why ;).
The wiki, however, is down and was suppposed to be replaced, but that didn't happen yet.

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DCMA is a problem. No publically searchable links make it very difficult for Copyright trolls to report our content via DCMA.

As for the wiki, it went down because a vulnerability was discovered in December, and IPS was supposed to launch Jan 1st which would've rendered the wiki useless.

I hope that helps answer some questions

Also the benefit of this is no one can spam their way to 20 posts. They can try, but they won't get very far

0pt1musPr1m3:
I like this guy. Belated congrats dude.

r4kk00n:
Questions for clarification purposes:

Would the moderation que be handled by one particular admin, or will multiple admins be working on it?
If it was only one admin, that could be problematic for a couple of reasons; for one that could be a lot for one person alone  to have to read through and process. Perhaps that won't be an issue here, as it doesn't seem like there are tons of posts..... something to consider though.
Also, if it is one person only, what safeguards are in place to keep that person from using that power to silence posters they don't agree with, or don't like?

Also, is there a guide that details the exact grounds a post can be denied on, or is it entirely up to the whim and preference of  whichever mod is tasked with approving posts?

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