cbqdbq wrote:I have looked at the list of users newer than me and there are many who are registered, and newer ones that are "newly-registered". There seems to be a period of time a few years ago that joiners are all only in probation. Do most of these people just stop trying to post messages so probationers are a very tiny minority that you dont mind having to approve each of their posts?
I guess I would just start a new account and hope to become registered. but that is not something i want to do. i dont want to create an account just to try to get around the probation period joiners. So I will just endeur being probation as long as you moderator folks want to stand on that position insted of donig a periodic review of them to see if anyone deserves to be razed to registered status.
i did have an even older acct I stopped using before i set up this one but i lost the password for it. it was a regular registered acct that allowed me PM and post without waiting for approval.
Dave's kind of a modest sort but that's never been much problem for me so here's my understanding of the situation. Having been a moderator here myself, you wouldn't believe the number of jerks, dopes, freaks, criminals, benighted idiots, perverts, malignant assholes, etc. that populate the nether regions of this place. Some are simply stupid or messed up and some really are out to do mental, emotional, or at least threaten with physical, harm. It requires a certain level of policing and attention that's a real challenge for a one man operation and especially so for one man with several other one man operations that require far more attention than this place.
Given the level of producer participation that keeps this venue moderately entertaining, how would you feel if we put a credit card slot on QSF? It would definitely serve to keep the bad players out and finance a better operation. Sort of turns the place into a gated community but it would improve the level of "customer service" for sure. You get what you pay for.