I'd make guides for stuff, keep indexes of threads, run writing competitions, members compilations, album clubs, etc. all in the hope of turning MB into the kind of place where community participation and writing work (reviews etc) is appreciated and rewarded.

Little of this requires modship, but it helps.

Enforcing rules is a mess here. Rules are more guidelines than anything and that causes chaos. Enforcing rules is tedious, ungrateful work and the current situation also makes it very personal and more difficult. Every mod is (was?) expected to figure it out, but basically .. If the right person calls someone an ass, there's no consequence. If the wrong person calls someone an ass, there might be repercussions. This creates an environment where if the right person ever experienced repercussions, they would take it personal. It would be personal because a mod has gone out of the way to punish that person in an unusual way.

It causes inconsistent rule enforcement, generally little of it and butthurtedness when it does occur.

It would be better to use the infractions system in the board and punish each occurrence of rule breaking similarly (ex. 5 point infractions for trolling). A mod would never have to ban anyone, just hand out infractions. Temporary bans would follow naturally from the infractions system (an excess of 10 infraction points means you're banned).

I brought this up earlier when I was a mod (complete change of rule enforcing policy), but generally met with resistance.

No modship, needed then have at it.^ Doesn't TH already do this with journals? I actually asking seriously because I think he (TH) puts in a an effort there.

We don't have an in fract system in place now? Like not even a little?

Been there done that! Today I'm not invested enough in MB to bother with it if I'm to be perfectly honest. I might consider investing time and effort in MB again, but only if I could run the ship :p:

The site has (always had?) an infraction system, but it's never been used the way it's supposed to. There are plenty of more good arguments why it should be used. For instance, infractions go on a users permanent record - so they actually have a record. It makes it much easier to co-mod as mods are better informed about how users are punished and rules are enforced by other mods.

Dammit. I thought this was a Yes thread with a typo.
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Btw, Chula's not strange, he's just really, really, REALLY freakin old. Old people tend to take the mundane and make it mundane.

:laughing:. Mmmm I have thought that, before just old and creepy.

Dude. You turn 50 in how many days?

I don't know, many? Besides, I still have that youthful glow.

Age doesn't matter. Oldness is measured by how far down your leg your balls hang.

Jebus, now I remember why I stopped smoking weed. Feel like total crap this AM and am pretty sure I made a complete ass of myself last night here and in Plug.

But I can't remember a bloody thing.

City is a great album though. Thanks BL!

You didn't do anything stupid in plug.