Thanks for posting this in the appropriate subverse, and for voicing your thoughts. I am not sure all those you pinged actually received one. It's my understanding that only the first five pings work. Then you have to ping in comments, five pings per separate comment.
Regarding posts with new evidence being hard to find: we do have a flair for that, as well as "Potential Lead". I try to use these flairs whenever they would be helpful. If you make a comment in the post saying you think it should be flaired, and and why, and ping me, I will evaluate. I don't see a lot of the posts that come in early in the morning East Coast time because I am in a different timezone.
Hey. Just now got your ping. (Kinda feels like a radio call went out and I just got into range.) I've noticed that lately many of the posts are showing up on PG four, five, or even six times a day as separate posts on the same exact topic. Some of that can be explained due to the Search function being intentionally disabled (yes, intentionally-- it's 2017 so a search function is not cutting edge technology) so people can't check to see if that topic has already been posted, but mostly, it's meant to dilute the forum. When newbies and regulars arrive and scroll down and see a bunch of posts from the same day on the same topic it shouts disorganization, confusion, and non-communication. It also drowns out the other posts that should be getting attention. All of this is fixable but... it's not getting fixed. Why? I can guess why and that concerns me. I think it's having a hugely negative affect on the forum.
If users requested a Submission Guideline rule change that would empower mods to remove repeat posts by different users, this could be dealt with more effectively. We are currently limited by Voat's anti-censorship, restrictive definition of spam as being reposts by the same user.
You may need to ping folks in to that thread like horse did with this one. Not a lot of people check new submissions in v/pizzagatemods. You can also post a link to it in the comment section of the sticky I just put up. If you click the "H" formatting button, you can give your comment a headline. Click "Preview" to see how it looks.
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Vindicator ago
Hi there horse,
Thanks for posting this in the appropriate subverse, and for voicing your thoughts. I am not sure all those you pinged actually received one. It's my understanding that only the first five pings work. Then you have to ping in comments, five pings per separate comment.
Regarding posts with new evidence being hard to find: we do have a flair for that, as well as "Potential Lead". I try to use these flairs whenever they would be helpful. If you make a comment in the post saying you think it should be flaired, and and why, and ping me, I will evaluate. I don't see a lot of the posts that come in early in the morning East Coast time because I am in a different timezone.
horse-with-a-name ago
Well, thanks. Don't see much value in pinging the others in comments. Not even the first five replied. Maybe they are content with everything.
SoldierofLight ago
Hey. Just now got your ping. (Kinda feels like a radio call went out and I just got into range.) I've noticed that lately many of the posts are showing up on PG four, five, or even six times a day as separate posts on the same exact topic. Some of that can be explained due to the Search function being intentionally disabled (yes, intentionally-- it's 2017 so a search function is not cutting edge technology) so people can't check to see if that topic has already been posted, but mostly, it's meant to dilute the forum. When newbies and regulars arrive and scroll down and see a bunch of posts from the same day on the same topic it shouts disorganization, confusion, and non-communication. It also drowns out the other posts that should be getting attention. All of this is fixable but... it's not getting fixed. Why? I can guess why and that concerns me. I think it's having a hugely negative affect on the forum.
Vindicator ago
If users requested a Submission Guideline rule change that would empower mods to remove repeat posts by different users, this could be dealt with more effectively. We are currently limited by Voat's anti-censorship, restrictive definition of spam as being reposts by the same user.
SoldierofLight ago
Done. Thank you for explaining that. Hopefully my request to the mods forum will address all issues.
Vindicator ago
You may need to ping folks in to that thread like horse did with this one. Not a lot of people check new submissions in v/pizzagatemods. You can also post a link to it in the comment section of the sticky I just put up. If you click the "H" formatting button, you can give your comment a headline. Click "Preview" to see how it looks.