Thanks for the welcome.Kim O'Hara wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:01 am
Welcome back, purple rose, and thanks for taking on the role.
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To get a sense of what the admin and moderators have to deal with ... anyone know about how many postings DW gets per day?
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About 128 per day, on average. (I can see it in the admin panel, didn't have to calculate manually.)
That's about 4,000 per month.
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Good luck purple rose. Hopefully you can last longer than a monthpurple rose wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:45 pmThanks for the welcome.Kim O'Hara wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:01 am
Welcome back, purple rose, and thanks for taking on the role.
Kim
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Is 128 postings per day considered to be a lot for a forum?
Is each post read/vetted by a moderator? Or are moderators called in only when needed?
What does the administrator do ... besides worry?
Is each post read/vetted by a moderator? Or are moderators called in only when needed?
What does the administrator do ... besides worry?
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Forums are quite different, but I think it's a lot.
Better call them when needed. Since moderators have a life besides moderating it's impossible to read everything, in my opinion.Is each post read/vetted by a moderator? Or are moderators called in only when needed?
Technical stuff and final decisions, I think. Never really understood it though.What does the administrator do ... besides worry?
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See this post:
viewtopic.php?f=109&t=30554
Moderating is mostly passive - we rely on members to flag problematic posts. The vast majority of posts are not problematic.
We may actively "referee" a thread if its producing more heat than light and ideally get it back on track. If the conversation has substantively run its course and there's nothing but heat, we may shut the thread down.
Some users, including Newly Registered Users, by default, and Moderated Users, by Mod Team designation, require approval of all posts. There are several members who are in the MU, only known to Mod Team.
viewtopic.php?f=109&t=30554
Moderating is mostly passive - we rely on members to flag problematic posts. The vast majority of posts are not problematic.
We may actively "referee" a thread if its producing more heat than light and ideally get it back on track. If the conversation has substantively run its course and there's nothing but heat, we may shut the thread down.
Some users, including Newly Registered Users, by default, and Moderated Users, by Mod Team designation, require approval of all posts. There are several members who are in the MU, only known to Mod Team.
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There are also things like bots and spammers, and plenty of other stuff that never sees the light of day which has to be swept up to keep the place functional, some of the infrastructure is stuff that the admin handles.
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For a buddhist forum, it is somewhat high; as there are many that are virtually inactive. But compared to some other forums, our activity is very low. There are some pan-religious forums and politics forums that probably have at least 128 per hour.
I've seen lots of moderators come and go. For some it is just IRL activities and responsibilities that require their attention and they leave for a short while and then come back. Retro, over at DWT, for example left on at least one occasion, maybe even twice and then came back later, leaving only due to other responsibilities at the time.
Some take on too much, for example, feeling that they must analyze every single post made and then they get burned out. I'm speaking generally, not to any specific moderator or admin. Others take the other extreme and do too little and the mods or an admin suggests they leave the moderating team. I've found the most successful moderators and admins take a balanced approach, not taking on too much responsibility, but not being laissez-faire either. As in most things in life, middle way is best.
I mention this here, providing this info, as there may be future moderators here reading this.
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Maybe he is stressed from modding DW though,if you consider that he has to deal with Dharma Siblings at times.amanitamusc wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2019 4:11 amHe has one of the most stressful jobs I can think of offline.
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Welcome PR.
I’ll try to not give you too many headaches.
I’ll try to not give you too many headaches.
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
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I always figured that DW was Greg's way of staying engaged with like-minded people, i.e., a bit of an escape from his job and from a social environment which couldn't have supported his practice very much. If that was correct, then allowing himself to get *too* engaged here would have meant that DW became an extra burden instead of a way of easing his burden. And (still hypothetically) leaving would therefore be a good move for his own wellbeing.amanitamusc wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2019 5:21 amMaybe he is stressed from modding DW though,if you consider that he has to deal with Dharma Siblings at times.amanitamusc wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2019 4:11 amHe has one of the most stressful jobs I can think of offline.
More generally (i.e. this is not about Greg) the job is as stressful as you make it. David's comment is something I can agree with 100%.
Moderating is excellent training in patience and equanimity, so long as you are able to step back enough to see the "problem posters" as ignorant, fallible people who often don't know how annoying - or how wrong - they are, and to remember that helping them is a core part of the role. My own patience seems to run out after about a year in the job. At that point I need to step down for six months or so and participate without feeling an obligation to do something every time someone says something dumb.DNS wrote:Some take on too much, for example, feeling that they must analyze every single post made and then they get burned out. I'm speaking generally, not to any specific moderator or admin. Others take the other extreme and do too little and the mods or an admin suggests they leave the moderating team. I've found the most successful moderators and admins take a balanced approach, not taking on too much responsibility, but not being laissez-faire either. As in most things in life, middle way is best.
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It’s ironic.
Greg and I had many a tussle over the years..”you are whining” he would say. I would splutter indignantly and then catch myself whining.
“ You are power mad” I would whine.
But more lately we came to a kind of reppoachement. A grudging regard. An accommodation.
Then he up sticks! Huh!
Go well Greg. Your heart is big.
Greg and I had many a tussle over the years..”you are whining” he would say. I would splutter indignantly and then catch myself whining.
“ You are power mad” I would whine.
But more lately we came to a kind of reppoachement. A grudging regard. An accommodation.
Then he up sticks! Huh!
Go well Greg. Your heart is big.
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Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche to me.
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche to me.
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The internet in particular brings dynamics that was unknown to buddhas past. There are multiple factors involved. Communicating on the internet engages "ego" (negative aspects of self attachment), denies physical cues outside of engagement of the words limiting involvement of other senses, propagates secret/sensitive transmissions without discrimination and all conversation good or bad remains in perpetuity. It is not limited to these aspects all of which are foreign to proven methodology that makes it a very wild, wild west scenario.Kim O'Hara wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:09 am Moderating is excellent training in patience and equanimity, so long as you are able to step back enough to see the "problem posters" as ignorant, fallible people who often don't know how annoying - or how wrong - they are, and to remember that helping them is a core part of the role. My own patience seems to run out after about a year in the job. At that point I need to step down for six months or so and participate without feeling an obligation to do something every time someone says something dumb.
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Hi ford_truckin,
I seem to have missed your post.
pr
I seem to have missed your post.
A month you say ... yikes, that long ...ford_truckin wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:33 pm
Good luck purple rose. Hopefully you can last longer than a month
pr