Quote from: georgem on March 07, 2016, 11:07:55 AM

Quote from: BBS001 on March 07, 2016, 10:33:22 AM

I think it would be a good idea, protecting the image/brand from being destroyed/undermined by idiots.
Still have freedom of speech, but we can ensure we are setting the correct standards (How we present ourselves to the world).
Don't have to scroll through the whole thread for answer, all tutorial are easy to find/maintain on our own forum.

We can still keep this 1 alive, but we should use the official forum more

It would just look more professional imho.

History repeats itself.

Spreadcoin was in the exact same situation about a year ago, when the old thread had a very serious never ending troll infection. (back when mr.spread was still around)
And some people also openly advocated for a self moderated thread, someone even started one that ran in parallel with the original one for a few days.

Those were the cringeworthy days. Roll Eyes

I was one of the louder voices back then, arguing against a self-moderated thread, and bringing people back together, instead of being scattered and divided.

Yes, we should absolutely use our own forum more, but we should also keep this thread here alive too.

I love this thread, with all its weirdness and freedom.

Self-moderation is like thought control.
Freedom of speech exists for offending opinions too.
If anything, it helps to reveal who among us can be trusted or not.

The community forum http://spreadcointalk.org would do exactly that "bringing people back together, instead of being scattered and divided." I'm not saying stopping this thread (the jungle), I can see the appeal to a point. But, if the overall goal of this community is to succeed as a top10coin in the work place, then it needs to grow a healthy community. I don't believe this can be done here, it's a jungle.
When this coin goes big, and it will, organisation are going to come and look at what SPR is about. Do you want them to find the "Jungle" or a well defined community, mature, with a good flow of information that is easy to find and digest, instead of having to trawl through 100's of post, most of which are little help?

Imho self-mod is more like a well balanced community of like minded people, nothing wrong with that. Without rules/self-mod you are only left with anarchy (the jungle).
No big players, say MS, will entertain us if we have a free for all with the "ISIS brand" popping up all the time (that goes for all coins actually). We do need to control our "Brand" for our future image.

I understand "FoS" and that can be had as long as basic forum etiquette is acted upon, respect for all, it works both ways that one. Remove the bloody flag and tag.

Taken from another forum that I use (xrpchat.com), some basic etiquette, short and simple to follow. It does work, see for yourselves:
It should go without saying that we all want a forum that encourages free debate and healthy discussion. However there are lines that must be drawn. XRPchat will not accept:

flaming or insulting other members
excessive swearing
doxxing of ANY kind (i.e posting personally identifiable information)
disrespect towards forum users, Ripple employees or others in general
Suggesting or attempting to get other users to make their secret key public

Lets keep things positive and on topic, even if its criticism.