Since a few days the NC subforum is very quiet.


The forum Mods are in vacation/holidays?

Where are the people with knowledge?


I feel little bit as an inofficially Mod.

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Where I am, 90% of people on holiday till mid-January. Maybe the same elsewhere...

It's Xmas. Time to take a break from the forums and get do shopping/family time/friend time. I've set NNT and will shutdown here in a couple days. And I'm only a few k from my 1M credits milestone!

Since a few days the NC subforum is very quiet.


The forum Mods are in vacation/holidays?

Where are the people with knowledge?


I feel little bit as an inofficially Mod.

Few problems lately so it's a bit quite.

Come on over to Politics and Cafe SETI - it's rarely quite there and the drinks are free. Just don't forget to bring a gun or baseball bat with you :-)

No, the mods are not on holiday. We are still around. You cant blame the mods for everything. :-))))

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Few problems lately so it's a bit quite.

Come on over to Politics and Cafe SETI - it's rarely quite there and the drinks are free. Just don't forget to bring a gun or baseball bat with you :-)

No thanks.

As an european I don't have a gun , ..also no baseball bat .




But honestly, I look sometimes in the Café..

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No, the mods are not on holiday. We are still around. You cant blame the mods for everything. :-))))

Hmm.. I miss some Mods..

I see only 2 Mods here in the NC..


Ahh.. I'm the 3rd, inofficially..

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i've been cooking,
then i was traveling,,
now i am recovering.


this pagan feast has its drawbacks.


but i did get enough $$$ to expand the ranch...
get along little doggies, get along...

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i've been cooking,
then i was traveling,,
now i am recovering.


this pagan feast has its drawbacks.


but i did get enough $$$ to expand the ranch...
get along little doggies, get along...

Hope you had an awesome Christmas with your family, no matter how hard I try just can't keep up with you. Hopefully getting a 295 sometime this month. Want to make it to the front page of Hosts.

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Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons...
And no good credit hound!

No, the mods are not on holiday. We are still around. You cant blame the mods for everything. :-))))

Hmm.. I miss some Mods..

I see only 2 Mods here in the NC..


Ahh.. I'm the 3rd, inofficially..

Thats what you see, is not what it is. I am often around, but i am not a great poster.

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I'm always lurking. I often frequent NC, Cafe & Politics. Sometimes Science...

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- Luke.

I've been shoe shopping. ;o)

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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Albert Einstein

I meant it in an other way..

Forum moderator, what is a forum mod?

What is the main job of a forum mod?

• To read the messages if they're kind? To decide to hide?
  
• To help people with their probs?
  

For my understanding, to help people if they have questions about the project.
I see mods very rarely in this way.


If I must decide who is a forum mod, I would give a test to the person before:

• How to increase/decrease the WUs on my PC?
  
• How to crunch only on 2 CPU-Cores on my QUAD-CPU?
  
• I have a CPU with SSE2 extension, is there an opt. app for AP?
  
• ..
  and so on..
  

If not in this way, I would give a mod a paper with the FAQ in the hand.


SETI@home, you need additional a mod, here I'm. ;-D

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The only requirement of being a Mod is to review RedX complaints or search for violations on the forums. Some Mods even have additional responsibilities such as hardware or cash donations. Helping others is not a requirement, but most of us tend to do it anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderation

A moderator is there to moderate behaviour.

The rest of it is what forums are all about, sharing your knowledge.

Then the title Moderator have a different meaning in different languages.

In Germany a "Moderator" is a 'host?'_(US) of a show.
He accompanied the persons which look through the show.

I translated Moderator here with this same meaning.

I guess a lot of people thought/think the same way..

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Sutaru, there is a difference between moderators and supporters.

Our job description is (as Ozz has pointed out) to keep the forums clean and friendly. Supporting is not our job. But we do, if we can.

Suggestion: You can ask Fred or Eric, to be our official computer supporter.

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Then the title Moderator have a different meaning in different languages.

In Germany a "Moderator" is a 'host?'_(US) of a show.
He accompanied the persons which look through the show.

I translated Moderator here with this same meaning.

I guess a lot of people thought/think the same way..

You are right. If i watch a talk show, the moderator is not a master of the discussed topic. He has only to lead the show.

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Sutaru, there is a difference between moderators and supporters.

Our job description is (as Ozz has pointed out) to keep the forums clean and friendly. Supporting is not our job. But we do, if we can.

Suggestion: You can ask Fred or Eric, to be our official computer supporter.

What's a computer supporter? What he do?
I get then additional a 2nd title near my nick? :-D

You are right. If i watch a talk show, the moderator is not a master of the discussed topic. He has only to lead the show.

But, he had read/informed about the topics which are shown/discussed in his show. To have knowledge about.

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What's a computer supporter? What he do?

Call it what ever you want. Its a matter of your knowledge.

But, he had read/informed about the topics which are shown/discussed in his show. To have knowledge about.

But this does not makes him a specialist. Mostly he is only asking questions.

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