Do you let your members close threads?

Persia Level 1

March 23, 2014, 9:08 pm

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Do you let your members close threads?

Do you let forum members close threads, such as locking threads or deleting replies if they started the thread? This type of self moderation could be useful if you have a small staff.

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Quinton

You might run into the situation where a forum member starts deleting replies from others he doesn't like. And, this can happen when a forum feud is raging. Only allow trusted members the right to delete threads or replies as this can help your forum and allow you to have added staff without having to assign titles or rank.

11 years ago

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Jagger

If you trust someone on your forum to close a thread or delete spam, you might as well promote them up to moderator. Though maybe you don't want to do that if you are already over stocked on moderators and just prefer to have a good ratio of mods to members. For that situation, you can simply add them to a group of users that has mod powers without the title.

11 years ago

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Corzhens

If you would allow members to do those functions then you wouldn't need moderators anymore. But that setup where any member can lock his own thread is not healthy for the community in general. Being very lax with members can cause issues like getting even by locking his thread or deleting comments on his thread. Those functions are the domain of the moderators.

7 years ago

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Seocheckout

Do you let your members close threads?

Do you let your members close threads?

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