Quote from: hilariousetc on August 14, 2018, 10:31:04 AM

Not really. I think it's more that he doesn't have time, which he has stated as such a couple of times. Cyrus also either doesn't have time or just can't be bothered. I honestly don't think there's a better person to run the board than theymos. He's far smarter than I am and I trust his judgement, but you can't run a ship from the shore with your head buried in the sand and the longer you don't act on things the worse they become. I really don't understand why some things are just ignored, especially when they take away the workload from him and people annoying him about things incessantly. I've been saying for years workload needs to be distributed better. Adding mods to certain sub boards should be a no-brainer and would likely take a few minutes and a couple of clicks for him to do. We even lose more staff then we gain and the forum continues to grow day by day so things get much worse. Punishing signature campaigns would cut down on the spam drastically. Requiring merit to move to Junior would also stop bots from ranking up. All simple things.

You speak so confident about Cyrus and Theymos that gives me the sense you know them well. You said they are smarter than you and you trust them, I believe you but they are human beings I assume they have a job, a spouse, kids, a personal life & issues to handle that are a much higher priority to them than the management of this site that started as a hobby in their spare time. I don't know who put them in their position but they are not suitable for this job anymore [unless they prove me wrong then I retract]. Better to assign the steering wheel on some fresh hands of some well-known trusted users willing to commit to this project.
By the way, may I ask you how do we know if they are still alive / mentally healthy? which are the proofs of life, sanity, and competence they provide to us? if they are not, then how do you trust them? do you see them in person regularly? because most of us including I, don't.

Quote from: hilariousetc on August 14, 2018, 10:31:04 AM

There isn't anything better, nor as profitable as here so it's still the best place. There are several other boards you could use but they're pretty dead. Things need to change though before the only people posting here are bots and barely legible spammers churning out their generic one liners re-worded slightly over their 12 accounts each just to claim enough bounties for their 'daily needs'.

Personally I like the format of Reddit much more, Steemit & Medium are another great alternatives. Also I'm not here for making a profit out of posts / bounty campaigns (for me this why all went corrupted). I remember when I first heard about Bitcoin back in 2010 was in another forum / community regarding alternative economies, they were making reference of the high quality of discussions held here, the kind of posts was too technical for me back in those days so I never got involved.. still can remember enjoying reading until late at night, getting inspired & later researching about those subjects that I learned here. Those days are gone forever, and now: spamming bots, accounts being hacked, unresponsive admins, and so on...
I have witnessed the evolution of this forum throughout the years, the same as you. I can sense it decadence, so many things are rotten because of those people looking for getting rich quick. It is fixable? yes, but it comes at a cost which involves a clash of interests not many users will like it.

Quote from: hilariousetc on August 14, 2018, 10:31:04 AM

This is silly. I merited your post before I read the last bit. I understand your frustrations but this isn't the way to go.

yes I know, I won't go that way either.. I was being pushy intentionally to raise some attention. Sometimes it is necessary articulating some words in order to touch some buttons, however the end never justifies the means.

Quote from: hilariousetc on August 14, 2018, 10:31:04 AM

I don't use IRC. The last time I did nothing much was getting discussed in there either so I don't bother with it. Using the Staff board is far more efficient. I don't see why the cost of paying more mods would be an issue. Theymos has said a couple of times the forum has enough in reserves. We've also lost several mods over the past year or so. There are also numerous ways this forum could likely bring in hundreds of thousands in revenue: more ad slots, offer more donator ranks, charge ICOs to list here to name a few.

Nay, stop the ads slots that's the main problem of low quality posts + spam. Donator ranks sure but first donators must perceive some added value / high quality staff.. a good service = improved UI/UX. ICOs and other startups could purchase spaces as long as there are any valuable users / customers / investors remaining here, at the end it is a matter of ROI measurable according to the Conversion Rate of the money BTCtalk users are spending. If spam bots / scammers / hackers / merit abusers / Legendary purchased accounts / crappy posts / etc. are displacing valuable users / mods to other hubs then who is going to remain affording it cost?. But this is a matter of discussion in another board.