I think I should note that moderation can be done right if its deployed
carefully and the moderators are in regular contact with community leaders
such as David.
This forum is often a mess and is unhelpful to new users. The fact that it
took the really outlandish behavior recently to conjure any kind of response
is a real problem that will hurt our communities growth especially with
non-technical users.
Having Moderators that can:
1. Ban accounts like the one that was just problematic, but have some type of
threshold before the ban sets in would be a solid move.
2. Having the ability to move unrelated posts to their own topic. There are
several threads that are really useful to start but then get sacked by good
questions, but are completely unrelated to the thread.
3. Act as an arbitrator between parties to avoid bans in the first place
4. Perhaps be the person designated to update the forum on official Trisquel
news as it is clear since its been four months since there was a blog post
and official forum announcements are just as rare that someone should take it
on.
I get the freedom of speech sentiment of the posters thus far, but someone
needs to herd the cats because Trisquel is a product that many people (and
hopeful many more in the future) use for a myriad of reasons and they need to
be able to access the forum to get the support they need without being
harassed or led astray.
