Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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We made a policy change last month. It seems many users didn’t like such a change and have started migrating away. It started with a few highly respected members giving “Good Bye” speeches. Then …
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On Stack Exchange, users gain valuable Internet points (reputation) when their questions or answers are upvoted and lose (fewer) points when they’re downvoted. This creates an incentive to try to …
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I’m a moderator at a small phpBB forum and we recently held a writing contest. The winners to be decided by a standard phpBB poll. Our goal was to determine the best story, based on the judgement of …
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Imagine a large healthy online Q&A community hosted on a platform developed and maintained by a commercial company. Suppose that the community is increasingly dissatisfied with the direction the …
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My community has effectively reached the end of its life. Participation is low and has been for years. I’m beyond the optimistic hope of it turning around. Right now I see a few paths I can take: …
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I am on the verge of relaunching my fandom-centric forum that’s been set to read-only since July. Since opening it the first time in 2006, I learned a lot about adminship and being a moderator too. …
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Let’s say I’ve got a forum called A and a user called X. X is rude, so rude that he/she gets on my nerves. This user is also considered annoying by many other community members; it’s not just me. But….
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