Question

Posts should not be closed unless the OP wants to close it.

If a mod has to really close a post because it's spam, they might as well delete it.

If moderators have a problem with open posts, then they should start closing questions in the math section because some of them are three years old. A two day old post shouldn't bother them.

Agree, anyone?

Answer 1

:)

Answer 2

Agreed.

Answer 3

Haha *facepalm* again with the medal spamming @TheSmartOne

Answer 4

._.

Answer 5

Not a bad idea. If mods could spend a lot less time babysitting belligerent users, there might be time for some one to do that.

Answer 6

I got tkhunny's approval :o

Answer 7

I think mods should really take a look at the Music Section! Its a roughhouse in there. People are posting photoshop questions on there and people dont even care.

Answer 8

True^^^^^

Answer 9

OpenStudy should just make different moderators...

A moderator to moderate chats.
A moderator to close posts.
A moderator to check reports.
A moderator who gets all these powers.

But first they might as well improve the moderator system, and the report system.

Answer 10

I mean, everyday I look in the Music section, some little kid decides to post whatever they want on there. I have seen: rap battles, plain spam, songs that use bad language, and now Photoshop. I mean this is just getting worse everyday.

Answer 11

Right now in the history subject, there was a person asking for Biology help. xD

Answer 12

You left out the real problem - users who have no intention of following the rules they agreed to follow.

Answer 13

Well I actually believe that they did not agree to follow these rules in the first place!

Answer 14

@tkhunny that comment is irrelevant to this post.

Answer 15

and tbh noone even reads the code of conduct which is why perhaps they should shorten it.

Answer 16

Its not that its too long, its just that no one really wants to read it. When I joined OS, I never knew there was a C-of-C. I thought you just "helped" people and that was it.

Answer 17

The fact is that people join this site thinking it's just a way to get answers quickly.

They searched up questions and saw that answers were given in the past and think that it is allowed.

Answer 18

We just need more moderators to go through all the previous asked questions and delete direct answers.

Answer 19

I once tried to correct someone who was breaking the rules. I told them that the C-of-C said not to do a certain thing. I invited them to read it. They replied: I don't care if im breaking the rules or not. This goes with what Tk was saying. People just don't care about the rules anymore.

Answer 20

We should get about 4-6 new mods that are currently active and give them a test run. If they do fine, keep them if not, select a new pair of mods.

Answer 21

The warning system should be changed.

The moderator should be able to give a warning and the violater should have to click a few slides that are about the CoC, and then the violater has to check off that they have read the rules, etc :P And then only they can go on using the site.

Answer 22

agree with tso

Answer 23

Well, let me think......

Answer 24

@TheSmartOne I sent Preetha those screenshots she is thinking about changing the mod system. (THINKING)

Answer 25

LOL

Answer 26

COOL

Answer 27

Mods are not the problem. You agreed to the Code of Conduct, whether you read it or not. You can be held responsible for it, whether you care or not. It remains that there is NO valid argument for consistently belligerent behavior contrary to the Code of Conduct. Lengthen it. Shorten it. Make it pop up. Tie it up with a pretty bow. It will not EVER make a difference until INDIVIDUALS stop thinking they have no responsibility. It will change nothing until INDIVIDUALS decide to make the community better by voluntary compliance with what is right, true, good, and correct.

Answer 28

@tkhunny I agree with you only <3

Answer 29

@tkhunny some users just plainly don't care about the rules. I have asked them to stop most of the time, and they don't stop. I report them, and the next day they're doing the same thing.

Answer 30

lets see hartnn's response :D

Answer 31

There are cases when I prefer to close the post instead of delete it:

1. The user wants to chat but prefers not to use the chat pods below and posts a question instead. That could be treated as spam, but as long as it does not get inappropriate, I let them chat in the closed question.

2. The user posted a question that does not belong to that group.

Some other mod can prefer to delete the question in the above 2 cases, its subjective, really. And its fine to do so.

3. A new users keeps on asking more than 1 questions in the same post.
I close the question and request the user to ask one question per post.

Answer 32

Nice explanation @hartnn ^_^ those are very good points ~medals~

Answer 33

On a lighter note,
even if half of the OS people are made moderators,
the other half will surely say "We need more moderators!" :P

Answer 34

@hartnn

4. Sometimes new users post questions and just see no one answering and go offline and it's just open there. ^_^ I think it's better if it's closed than just leaving it open. Maybe a user will guide the answer for future references.

Answer 35

Also it's much more better than just "deleting" it .-.

Answer 36

I mean how many new users post their questions in the OS feedback section and go offline

Answer 37

I wouldn't close the question in the 4th case.
If someone wants to answer them even after some days, it'd be good if they are open.
Also, if we mods start doing that, we'll end up doing only that all day! LOL

Answer 38

LOL XD true

Answer 39

Hartnn .-. you should be OS's seconds CEO

Answer 40

Yeah, waiting for Preetha's retirement ;)
Not gonna happen anytime soon :P

Answer 41

LOL XD Eric is going inactive .-. I think you should take his place in choosing Ambi's

Answer 42

unrelated comment, but i'll answer it,
I don't think I can take out that much time what Eric could, to select ambis.

As usual, I'll just give my opinion about the applicant.

Answer 43

JOLG, 5 mods choose ambassadors, and Hartnn is one of them.

Answer 44

@KendrickLamar2014 Oh, it is clear that there are some who do not care about rules - whether they read them or not. Fortunately, this is a relatively small group of consistent users. Most such drift off and go somewhere else that lacks rules. Interestingly, it is those who enjoy the greater safety of OpenStudy, created by the rules and the numerous hosts who DO obey the rules, that complain most about warnings and suspensions. They don't leave OpenStudy because it is a nicer place and more teaching happens. The complain about OpenStudy because they are having trouble making it a worse place. It is confusing.

Answer 45

i know

Answer 46

I see what your trying to say

Answer 47

Agree

Answer 48

Interesting read. I agree with Tkhunny.

Answer 49

Instead of asking the moderators to go thru thousands upon thousands of old posts to close/delete them ... wouldnt it be more practical if someone could script something, like a timer maybe, for posts that have been stagnant for x months or more? just a thought.

Answer 50

A wonderful thought. Why do we even have scripting language? :-)

Answer 51

The problem with that is tutorials, but I'm pretty sure, we could let moderators mark a post as a tutorial, and that would make it exempt from the automatic closing. Since, barely anyone makes tutorials, anyways :P

Answer 52

Or your just referring to the tutorial that you made TSO that has about 120 medals? c;'

Answer 53

No, you are.

Answer 54

^

Answer 55

and 107 medals is not close to 120

Answer 56

@Jaynator495

Answer 57

@Jaynator495

Answer 58

@Jaynator495

Answer 59

@Jaynator495

Answer 60

jay is banned, no reason to tag him.

Answer 61

Maybe a separate section marked tutorials

Answer 62

and then subcategories for each subject within that, which contain the tutorials.

Answer 63

If some user opened a post in math section regarding
some not mathematical issue and other users came to
the post started a useful (but irrelevant) conversation.

Then, to close the post would maintain the conversation,
and stop other users in the section from distraction.

Answer 64

closing off subject posts just encourages off subject posting. many of the posts i see even start with: "i know this isnt (the proper subject but)".

Answer 65

All talk and no action love it

Answer 66

Talk precedes actions. @seii