Yes, I am your so-called "lurker" in a community board - just looking around, checking what topic I could participate in, but most of the time just reading whatever interesting posts comes around.
I've been to some international boards; one of them would be ragnainfo.net. http://www.ragnainfo.net/forums/index.php
They're quite strict regarding posts - they don't allow duplicate threads, and if such is seen, the new thread will be merged with the older one. Although, I'm not sure how they sanction the board members who do spam.
In our local boards; unfortunately, I have seen the worst yet moderating of a community board http://ragnaboards.levelupgames.ph/index.php?.
Yes, LU, it's your very own Philippine Ragnarok Online Board. Compared to her sister/brother games RF and PW, Ragnaboards is a very big mess. I wish your Mods had checked the pRB lately; I've seen a couple of "Top 10" threads, and on the Ninja section, there's got to be 5 or 6 threads that can be merged in only 1 thread.
My biggest sentiment here is - you have some of the famous Mods and all that, and when exactly do they show up to clean the boards? Yes, I clearly know they have life outside the boards, but can they be a bit "strict" with the rules? Maybe, give sanctions to spammers? And a hell lot are creating flamebait threads, and they escape the Mod's eyes. It's a real shame, unfortunately... and I thought Waukeen was hiring new Mods... I wonder where they are.. *sigh*
