New forum reward/points system

[Matt R.]

Hello All,

We have introduced a new forum/points system to encourage more activity within our forums here. You will see on the home page a leaderboard of our "Richest Users". This is dynamically updated and each time you are "thanked" for one of your posts/replies, this adds 5 points to your profile.

You will see the "thank" option after each forum post.

We'll be giving away prizes to the most thanked forum user each month! More details on prizes to follow soon.

[Tony]

So, the moderation issues have been fixed?

[Matt R.]

Which moderation issues?

[Tony]

Oh boy I knew you would ask that. I've reported the issue before, but it's hard for me to find specific examples because I can't see the unapproved posts.

Apparently someone has accidentally(?) enabled moderation in some forums, but not assigned anyone to approve the moderated posts. Thus, many of my posts have never seen the light of day. Since that same person has made everyone on staff an admin (a silly idea btw for this reason among others), all you guys haven't noticed anything wrong since you all can see the posts.

Here's a few threads that show up in my subscriptions but don't show a post from me. Do you see any? If so, look carefully and you'll see they're still awaiting approval. http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/forum/...e-or-blog.html
http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/forum/...-in-speed.html
http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/forum/...ected-key.html

Moderation is a last ditch effort to curb spam, usually not a first line of defense. It takes a lot of effort to stay on top of it and approve posts in a timely fashion. It's very depressing to spend time replying only to be told the post must await moderation, and know that nobody will ever approve it.

[Matt R.]

I saw them too but on closer investigation they did require approval. I've approved them all. Checking forum and your user settings now.

Matt

[Matt R.]

I just found all your other posts and approved them too. Still investigating...