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[Bad Wolf]

By Active I guess I mean people who've posted say within the last six months?

[EChatty]

I haven't a clue. Orpheus has access to all that data, I'm sure he can pull it up for us.

I'm kind of curious myself.

[Bad Wolf]

Yeah I'd like to know.

[ArdenCabbel]

I check the today's most active posters list rather often, based on the numbers there and a quick headcount of just moderators, I think the ratio is around 1:2 or 1:3.  (Which from my understanding, is pretty high.)

For me, it raises another question.  What is the average term of our current moderators?

[Lover of Purple]

The question should be what is the ratio per forum. Some forums need more attention than others, also we have mods in each forum so that gives us a high number to start.

There is no limit on moderator terms. It is hard enough to find people that will accept a modship when asked so limiting their terms would be a real problem at this point and is not something I am interested in.

LoP

[Bad Wolf]

I think that's very high.

[Tricia]

I'm not sure what the ratio is but I'm waiting for Orpheus to get to the official data before commenting.


I think he actually told us once but that was months ago...I think.  *the memory thing,   ya know*

Edited by Tricia, 18 December 2011 - 09:55 AM.

[Rhea]

The number of mods on this board is reflective of the number of forums - and in every case, a number of members asked for those fora to be established. The only way we could cut back on the mods would be to combine fora.

[Bad Wolf]

Rhea, on 18 December 2011 - 09:48 AM, said:

The number of mods on this board is reflective of the number of forums - and in every case, a number of members asked for those fora to be established. The only way we could cut back on the mods would be to combine fora.

Hmmm.  Hadn't thought about it that way.

[Orpheus]

190 ExIslers have posted in the last 6 mos
475 have logged in to read, send PMs, vote, sent email, search members, recover password etc (after deducting registrants who didn't click the emailed link, were banned/denied as spammers, etc)

[Cardie]

And to give the other side of the equation, there are 20 staff (admins, mods and the board owner--but not including Watchdogs).

So the ratio of active posters to staff is just under 10 to 1.

Cardie

[Bad Wolf]

There are TWENTY sub fora on this board with fewer than 200 posting actively.

There is something wrong with that equation isn't there?

[Bad Wolf]

And 10 to 1 is also very high isn't it?

[ArdenCabbel]

Bad Wolf, on 18 December 2011 - 08:53 PM, said:

And 10 to 1 is also very high isn't it?

For many forums, yes, that would be a high number.  But it is much better then my initial calculation of 2 or 3 to 1.  Ten to one doesn't seem to be too bad for ExIsle.  On the average, our members have posted more per person then many other forums.

But it makes me wonder.... Can we have a moderator for ten posters then just for a forum?  If so, can we choose our moderator?  Make em' battle it out in epic Rock Paper Scissors tournaments?  

I know that will never happen, but a member can dream can't he?

[Raina]

I agree that the number of moderators seems a bit high, but some situations call for a very prompt moderator response. Since people are all in different timezones and moderators have real life commitments that preclude them from being on all the time, I wonder whether the large number of moderators is necessary to ensure that someone who can issue cool-its and warnings is always around.

[Cardie]

We could certainly have a smaller staff if we didn't have so many forums. (Even though several people moderate a number of low-traffic forums and the super-mod and two admins double as forum mods.)I've never been for all this sub-specialization--heck, I never thought Reviews should be separate from GMD.  but people always fight for their niche interest to get its own space, as if not having one means their interests are less than. Frankly, also, 90% of the moderating involves OT and AQG.

Cardie

[EChatty]

Maybe it's time, as QT said, to consolidate forums.

Someone would need to come up with a workable consolidation that most can agree on. I certainly wouldn't be against it.

[Rhea]

What difference would it make? High-traffic forums would still need several mods so that members wouldn't scream that response time is too slow, then bellyache that it's too fast if it's done promptly. Low-traffic forums would still roll along without little or no moderation because members behave themselves.

I don't think anyone who posts regularly would argue that AQG and OT account for most of the warnings.

We can certainly consolidate fora if that's what the membership wants.

Edited by Rhea, 20 December 2011 - 01:09 AM.

[Mikoto]

As long as nobody touches the roleplaying forum I have no problems.

[Cardie]

^^Of course, that's what the partisans of each forum are going to say.

Cardie