Question

An interesting proposal for OpenStudy users that will make the system fairer and dynamic :)

Answer 1

I love it!

Answer 2

We need a team, a team to handle, a team to manage this whole system. Of course, the moderators are there, but we need the help of the experienced users. I have an idea for this. \(\cal{\text{The fair team - }}\) This will be a team of experienced users who are familiar with the system and know how to manage the site. The members of the fair team may be or may not be a secret to the normal users.

Answer 3

Ehh, too much trust given that would be more people for the mods to have to keep an eye on. Active doesn't mean responsible or mature. I'm not sure I love it...
Creative though.

Answer 4

Here's the features available to them -
- They can warn people who are cheating or gaming the system by direct answering, not necessarily the people who are abusing in the chat.
- They can take back the medals if some user has directly posted the answer.
- They aren't as powerful as the mods, but they can act like them when in need.

Answer 5

I just don't think I can go for it...*Jim Carey voice*

Answer 6

Here's the list of features not available.
- Suspending.
- Attending abuse reports.
- Deleting posts.
- Other minor things available to moderators.

Answer 7

C'mon guys. We need to do this. We can't make the system unfair.
It'd be even more interesting if we have them as a secret! What do you say, guys?

Answer 8

This will be something like a volunteering job for OpenStudy(like the ambassadors).

Answer 9

I think we're still not on topic, so let's plan more to make this detailed.

Answer 10

this will be nice but this should not be based on the medals .. this should be based on the nature of the person .....
btw moderators are enough for this ... Why are we making this whole system complicated...
We will not be able to interact with each person .. we will have to think about that is he / she that secret users

Answer 11

@ParthKohli We should wait for that ..........Everything is not possible at a time...
and also u r right we need some fair team that is just among us who are not so seniors to whom we can talk easily !!!

Answer 12

This job stands for those who wouldn't be able to become moderators, but we may say that they're good enough to be in the fair-team. Not everyone on OpenStudy is a moderator, and we must give a chance to everyone for participation.

Answer 13

So, I'm generally opposed to complicating the power structure of the site. Our current power structure is simple, we have moderators and regular users. There are different varieties of moderators, but they all serve the same purpose and have similar powers.

In addition to that, I'm not sure this is a problem that couldn't be addressed by getting some more moderators online during the dead hours (which @cshalvey is working on).

Answer 14

may be u r right @ParthKohli but we shall take 1-2 days to think about this implementation

Answer 15

right @farmdawgnation u should chose some moderator from different countries so that time zone will not make effect on the level of the questions answering

Answer 16

This may decrease the work of a moderator. I'm not saying that they must be called the fair team. They may be called mini-mods or something.

Answer 17

we should not focus on the name of this .. but we should focus on the matter not the title
the real context..

Answer 18

I'm with the duck. quack
sorry couldn't help it: http://t.qkme.me/35daq3.jpg

Answer 19

<---Colm disapproves of this idea ;D

Answer 20

You're missing my point. I'm not really concerned about names. I think it makes things more complicated than just moderators and non-moderators, and I think that complication is not needed.

Answer 21

I think that this is worth a close then. What say? :D

Answer 22

Maybe we could work on this, since the system isn't perfect. I guess if we work more on this post, we'll reach to a conclusion that'll change the site forever :)

Answer 23

I think Farmdawg came to a conclusion.

Answer 24

Then duck should close the question(if he thinks this is the end)

Answer 25

right @farmdawgnation i said earlier that this will make os more complicated ..... here students should be able to talk and ask questions in their independent way but if we introduce this system then this will give a feeling of a school instead ...(student-1 , teachers -2)

Answer 26

and more unnecessary power to people who don't need it.

Answer 27

Well, do keep in mind that I don't have final say on anything. I'm just one voice from the team. However, I suspect the others will agree with me. @cshalvey might have some more specific comments as well.

Answer 28

we should think about some thing different or should close this thought

Answer 29

@ParthKohli There was no reason for you to change the question. It wasn't a bad idea, I just didn't particularly care for it. :P

Answer 30

I think i agree with farm on this, we don't really want to take over the site by ourselves you know, we can't just take the mods jobs. Even if it would b cool to do parths idea, im still onto having the mods do their regular job:)

Answer 31

lol

Answer 32

I'm reverting your edit sir. :P

Answer 33

O Lord!

Answer 34

If you really believed it was a fail idea you would've closed the question ;P

Answer 35

^ Done

Answer 36

omg PArth I didn't mean close it xD

Answer 37

Lol. Parth closed it.

Answer 38

Lol i think he did

Answer 39

it just dissapeared hahaha

Answer 40

I crushed the poor kid. Oops.

Answer 41

becca y r u dressed as colm?

Answer 42

lol I think mods should be able to open questions back

Answer 43

What do you mean Karatechopper?

Answer 44

WUT?! thts allowed??

Answer 45

This is supposed to go to chat.

Answer 46

hush:P its a closed question

Answer 47

No, because you'd expect to be on it, and quite honestly, as cool and genius as I think you are you couldn't handle that responsibility.

Answer 48

Whenever I post a tutorial, sat dominates.
Whenever I post a proposal, admins dominate.

Answer 49

Stop deleting the relevant comments!

Answer 50

Who said I want to be on the fair team?

Answer 51

Just wondering - where did the term 'answer fiend' come from? Did shadow name it?

Answer 52

Farm is afk. Can any mod come and open the question for me?

Answer 53

@ParthKohli wait for the correct time ..

Answer 54

Eh @cshalvey

Answer 55

you finally broke down and tagged a mod :P

Answer 56

Deserved a tag right there.

Answer 57

Epic fail. He hasn't come yet.

Answer 58

He must be afraid of my beard. ; {) >

Answer 59

he has a shorter beard:P

Answer 60

I know he went to the barber like 15 hours ago... it's a shame

Answer 61

lol