Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on November 13, 2021, 11:52:24 AM

CoinIdol News, JessicaVL, CryptoBry, acquafredda, Vladdirescu87, the list is endless. Somehow, CoinIdol News still isn't banned yet.

Honestly, I've got tired of reporting the above mentioned... As o_e_l_e_o said, I observed it's useless... At some point I remember that even CoinIdol News' boss got involved in here, asking why her bot's posts are deleted (facepalm).

Quote from: NotATether on November 13, 2021, 06:37:30 PM

Having a "press" website myself, I could moderate the board (not for free though - don't have time for most nonprofit endeavors these days) since I can tell if a page (source) is up to journalistic standards or not.

I'll make a counter offer² (don't take it personal, NotATether

): I am willing myself to moderate that board for free. It causes too much pain.

If anyone in charge is interested, I would do it under some conditions / guidelines:
- I would not allow topics simply quoting a URL without trying to open any real discussion about the subject
- I would do, in my free time, a thorough check through all topics (this may take months or even years) and delete the junk
- I would suggest to allow posting only the users with a specific rank (let's say Full Members?)
- I would suggest to remove signatures from that board
- I'd be open to suggestions from other users signaling a shitty topic¹⁾
- I'd try to enforce these guidelines:

Quote from: jgarzik on April 13, 2012, 01:59:33 AM

These general guidelines should help keep the board usable:

Create a new thread for each new link
Begin each thread with article date, YYYY-MM-DD format.
Thread title should usefully summarize the link. julz has suggested DATE-SITE-HEADLINE format, but use your best judgement.
Duplicate links, off-topic, and meta discussions may be moderated (locked or whatever the mods prefer)
Post a link to the NEW articles thread.

- I'd try to enforce this description: "Notable press hits"; obviously, this would mean the allowed articles will be affected by my subjectivity
- I'd do all these in the limits of my free time.

¹⁾ I am not asking for a rank of Moderator by doing this, only for a powerful "Delete" button within the respective section. I am not sure how this will work out, considering that my free time is currently a rara avis since my baby was born ( Roll Eyes

) but I think it'll be something better than nothing. With all due respect to jgarzik, considering his absence since more than 1 year, it's hard to keep that board clean without a constant monitoring. Not that it matters too much on this subject, but I just observed that he has a negative feedback from gmaxwell.

²⁾ In case many users would object to this proposal, I will step back and I will apologize.

To sum-up, if theymos reads this, I am willing to do a free service, on my free time, in order to help the forum. I am not making this post for merits; I am merely trying to give a hand of help on a matter which caused me enough irritation as well until now and I am sure it's a big pain for many others...

If my proposal is accepted, I'd gladly try to help. If it's not accepted -- at least I tried. If it's accepted but I will see myself that I am unable to perform the duty (due to various reasons but, most likely, due to lack of time; nevertheless, I may find myself incompetent for the respective job; or, other issues may appear, hindering me in moderating Press board) then I will inform that I have to cease doing it due to the respective reason...