gagnonrich opened this issue on Aug 07, 2012 · 45 posts
gagnonrich posted Fri, 10 August 2012 at 8:41 AM
I'm well aware that website changes aren't very likely to happen--especially when there are free human solutions. Changes start with a suggestion. The suggestion I offered doesn't have a lot of traction, so it's not going to happen. I've been a moderator on another site's forum and it's one of those usually thankless jobs where the prefernce is to not intervene in discussions.
Interestingly, Wikipedia uses an even more open form of moderation to run an encyclopedia where anybody can alter any input by anybody else. It remains one of my first sources to look up information on a subject even though I'm well aware that there is always the potential for bad information to be in it. Overall, people are trying to make the encyclopedia informative. The people with specific agendas, or an intent to abuse the system by being mischievous, are a thankful minority. Since there is always the potential for abuse, Wikipedia isn't my only source of information, but it's usually one of the best starting places.
Wikipedia is a good example of how giving users a little more authority isn't necessarily a bad idea.
My visual indexes of Poser
content are at http://www.sharecg.com/pf/rgagnon