Moderate each post?

Sep

2008

hey, is there a way of enabling a staff member to check each post before the whole world sees it? i have made a club penguin site and dont want any abusive posts in the forum.

1 CANADIEN, on 13/09/2008 at 05h37

You mean like a way so that all posts must be approved before they are "released" to the general forum members? I don't think it's such a good idea, sorry.

2 jbowyer, on 13/09/2008 at 07h34

CANADIEN wrote: "I don't think it's such a good idea, sorry."

I wish you had included your reasoning.

I've been searching the support forums for the last hour, trying to find whether Forumotion.com (phpBB3) forums allow a moderator to approve a post before the post appears on the forum. I've finished my search here.

Personally, I'm amazed that Forumotion.com forums do not allow this ability, and judging by the results of this poll so far, a large percentage of respondents agree.

If Forumotion.com forums do not allow a moderator to approve a post before the post appears on the forum, then here's the results:

garbage posts will always have some "air time" in the forum

a conscientious moderator must read all of the posts anyway to find the garbage ones

Geez, if Forumotion.com forums are all about providing a multitude of options to forum administrators, then let the administrators choose whether a moderator must approve a post before it appears on the forum.

3 Animal Lover, on 13/09/2008 at 07h43

I could just go use a phpbb provider that allows this option. but i love forumotion forums Wink

but this is the only bad thing about them.

4 johanmandal, on 13/09/2008 at 07h52

i assume the reason would be large number of posts

moderators will have to go through each post

its not good for forums with lots of members unless they have moderators who work 24x7

5 Guest, on 13/09/2008 at 08h50

I don't like this idea. It would definitely turn me away from a forum that requires each individual post to be moderated before is seen in the thread.

6 Animal Lover, on 13/09/2008 at 09h03

Scamite wrote:I don't like this idea. It would definitely turn me away from a forum that requires each individual post to be moderated before is seen in the thread.

but then it will give the mods another option, because i have a fully kid forum and DONT want any abuse on the forum at all.

7 Doctor Inferno, on 13/09/2008 at 09h59

I would want this, only if if can select certain forums for it.

8 Guest, on 13/09/2008 at 10h03

swampslayer wrote:
Scamite wrote:I don't like this idea. It would definitely turn me away from a forum that requires each individual post to be moderated before is seen in the thread.

but then it will give the mods another option, because i have a fully kid forum and DONT want any abuse on the forum at all.

I don't mean to go off-topic, but international internet laws state that to join an online community (ie. a Forum) you must be of 13 years or older.

9 Animal Lover, on 13/09/2008 at 10h04

Scamite wrote:
swampslayer wrote:
Scamite wrote:I don't like this idea. It would definitely turn me away from a forum that requires each individual post to be moderated before is seen in the thread.

but then it will give the mods another option, because i have a fully kid forum and DONT want any abuse on the forum at all.
I don't mean to go off-topic, but international internet laws state that to join an online community (ie. a Forum) you must be of 13 years or older.

theres a site made by forumotion that has about 50 -13 year olds on.

10 tcwsl, on 13/09/2008 at 10h11

that just similar to function in Discuz! that the post published after the approval of the moderators

I don't care.... well, up to you guys

11 adg, on 18/04/2009 at 14h03

I like the Idea very much and in Yahoo groups it is very commonly used.

I wish the admins will not ignore a request that is being supported by so many (over 300)

12 HBX210, on 18/04/2009 at 14h10

I say Yes...I would only use it or important threads though

13 Vibhor, on 18/04/2009 at 15h10

YES, A very good idea!It can also be done according to ranks. Very Happy

14 DeathSoul, on 19/04/2009 at 22h02

love this idea im surpised forumotion doesnt have it right now

15 Count Dooku, on 20/04/2009 at 09h28

Good day,

That sounds very interesting; on other support forums these suggestions were also being made.

NB: I don't know if it will be accepted, even though the general idea is good.

Best regards.

16 ZX, on 22/04/2009 at 20h48

I dont like this idea
what if there arent any moderators online?
then there will be hundreds or even thousands of posts just sitting there...
dont like the idea

17 Noob, on 22/04/2009 at 21h03

Well, there are many Pros and Cons to this.

Here are some Pros : The Mods can moderate abusive posts and spam.
The Mods can control posting.

Here are some Cons : Mods have to shuffle though all of the posts.
If there are no Mods available, the Admins will have no choice to do their work -- even though they [ the Admins ] have a bigger responsibility than approving and disproving posts.

18 Count Dooku, on 22/04/2009 at 22h24

Good evening,

Indeed, this propossition will be useless in forums where moderators never show up to check the threads.

NB: In case they do, this option, if weel used, could be a powerful tool to control the quality of messages.

Regards.

19 Blofeld, on 22/04/2009 at 22h25

1. It would be too hard to keep up with posts

2. My members would get mad and leave

Voted No.

20 babaganoosh, on 24/04/2009 at 23h44

This would completely suck for me. I've got about 400 posts every day and I'm not about to read through all of them and select which ones get posted.