Upvotes are now only in technical sections of the forum. They were removed from the race threads last year and that has been extended to all non-technical areas.Tizz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:18 amLike the recent changes. It is more relaxed but let's wait till the season starts. Happy that some new moderators want to spend the time to keep it clean. One suggestion: I lost my stars (I don't mind...) but now I can no longer reward a post with a +1 if I find it valuable. Is it possible to allow upvotes even if you don't have some stars ?
Yeah, I know, and that is a good change. But I do not have the time to learn and read as much on technical issues as others and appreciate the people that do and share it on the forum. It is a pity I cannot reward that with an upvote as long as I don't have some upvotes myself. I was hoping you were willing to change that.Stu wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:04 pmUpvotes are now only in technical sections of the forum. They were removed from the race threads last year and that has been extended to all non-technical areas.Tizz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:18 amLike the recent changes. It is more relaxed but let's wait till the season starts. Happy that some new moderators want to spend the time to keep it clean. One suggestion: I lost my stars (I don't mind...) but now I can no longer reward a post with a +1 if I find it valuable. Is it possible to allow upvotes even if you don't have some stars ?
Aah! I see what you mean now. The best way to get into that position is to spend a bit of time reading up on stuff and then making positive contributions in responses.Tizz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:37 pmYeah, I know, and that is a good change. But I do not have the time to learn and read as much on technical issues as others and appreciate the people that do and share it on the forum. It is a pity I cannot reward that with an upvote as long as I don't have some upvotes myself. I was hoping you were willing to change that.Stu wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:04 pmUpvotes are now only in technical sections of the forum. They were removed from the race threads last year and that has been extended to all non-technical areas.Tizz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:18 amLike the recent changes. It is more relaxed but let's wait till the season starts. Happy that some new moderators want to spend the time to keep it clean. One suggestion: I lost my stars (I don't mind...) but now I can no longer reward a post with a +1 if I find it valuable. Is it possible to allow upvotes even if you don't have some stars ?
Yea, I reported a post like that over 2 weeks ago, and nothing has been done about it. That kind of undermines the premise thats upvotes are now supposed to only be given for content of technical merit.AeroDynamic wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:34 pmI can only assume certain friends in a clique here are padding up peoples scores. Pathetic. It's conspicuous in some cases.
Sometimes we do (particularly if a thread is drifting), sometimes we just put a gentle reminder in a thread if it is starting to drift - if that is ignored, I just go into ‘delete-mode’!wogx wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 1:43 pm1. Would it be possible to post a short, simple message, e. g. "Some posts deleted. Back on topic now" every time, when a mod is removing off-top? Usually it is done, but not in every case. Mods aren't paid unfortunately, they are working in their free time I know about it, I am grateful to them and I sincerely appreciate their work!
Tbf there is already a huge amount of driver talk (way too much for what is a technical forum), and that is where most of the fanboy bullshit starts!! We spend most of our moderating time sifting through pointless arguments about X driver/Y driver. There are sections in the forum for Other Racing Series; but this is largely technically focussed.2. Why there is no "Drivers" category? Some news are related strictly to a person, it would be nice to have a space to chat about current/junior/ex F1 drivers.
Open question, do pundit interviews belong in the car threads? The car threads seem to be getting more of the cut/paste interview type rubbish that we normally see in the team threads. Should this also be moved to the team threads?Stu wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:50 amSometimes we do (particularly if a thread is drifting), sometimes we just put a gentle reminder in a thread if it is starting to drift - if that is ignored, I just go into ‘delete-mode’!wogx wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 1:43 pm1. Would it be possible to post a short, simple message, e. g. "Some posts deleted. Back on topic now" every time, when a mod is removing off-top? Usually it is done, but not in every case. Mods aren't paid unfortunately, they are working in their free time I know about it, I am grateful to them and I sincerely appreciate their work!
Sometimes posts are so OT that they simply get binned (we can view deleted posts, so even as moderators we can moderate each other). Sometimes we move posts to the relevant topic (there is an great deal of team talk in car threads).
Tbf there is already a huge amount of driver talk (way too much for what is a technical forum), and that is where most of the fanboy bullshit starts!! We spend most of our moderating time sifting through pointless arguments about X driver/Y driver. There are sections in the forum for Other Racing Series; but this is largely technically focussed.2. Why there is no "Drivers" category? Some news are related strictly to a person, it would be nice to have a space to chat about current/junior/ex F1 drivers.
I'd say yes. An we often move it there. But is feels like "putting doors on the fields", to cite a Spanish expression.
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