Reporting posts, and other administrivia
A few notes for the new folks, and reminders for the more experienced members.
To report a post, use the small red triangle with the black exclamation point in the center. That is to the lower left of each post, under the poster's name and profile info. This button (the "Report Post" icon) will open a form which you can fill in to explain why you believe the post should be removed, or whatever other action you believe should be taken.
Once you submit that report, it goes to the moderators to be looked at.
If enough members report any single post, it will become invisible on the board, and will be reviewed by the moderators. If whichever mod sees it believes it should have been removed, the post will be left invisible or "hard deleted," which means it's gone for good.
You should report any post you believe breaks the rules, is somehow destructive, is in the wrong section, or is otherwise a problem.
If you're reporting a Private Message, the same icon appears above the PM and to the right. It works the same way.
Except in unusual cases, "Report Post" is what you use to let us know there's a problem. PMing a moderator individually isn't going to be as fast as using that button. The help desk isn't there for issues that can be reported using the Report Post function.
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There seems to be some confusion about what should be in the reviews section. Posts that ask for comparisons or opinions of a single specific piece of software should go in Reviews. Posts asking how to accomplish a specific task with a piece of software are NOT review material. Also, posts which ask which is the best service, product, or piece of software for a specific purpose are NOT reviews.
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If you're confused about why a post was deleted, read this.
If you haven't read the main rules thread yet, it's here. Read it.
There's a long thread at the top on member moderation. I recommend reading posts 1 and 3 at the least. You can skip the rest if you like. Most of the useful info is in those two posts.
Posts about marketing local businesses using the Internet belong in the confusingly named offline marketing section.
For general info for new members, read this.
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We now return you to your regularly scheduled mayhem.
Paul
To report a post, use the small red triangle with the black exclamation point in the center. That is to the lower left of each post, under the poster's name and profile info. This button (the "Report Post" icon) will open a form which you can fill in to explain why you believe the post should be removed, or whatever other action you believe should be taken.
Once you submit that report, it goes to the moderators to be looked at.
If enough members report any single post, it will become invisible on the board, and will be reviewed by the moderators. If whichever mod sees it believes it should have been removed, the post will be left invisible or "hard deleted," which means it's gone for good.
You should report any post you believe breaks the rules, is somehow destructive, is in the wrong section, or is otherwise a problem.
If you're reporting a Private Message, the same icon appears above the PM and to the right. It works the same way.
Except in unusual cases, "Report Post" is what you use to let us know there's a problem. PMing a moderator individually isn't going to be as fast as using that button. The help desk isn't there for issues that can be reported using the Report Post function.
....
There seems to be some confusion about what should be in the reviews section. Posts that ask for comparisons or opinions of a single specific piece of software should go in Reviews. Posts asking how to accomplish a specific task with a piece of software are NOT review material. Also, posts which ask which is the best service, product, or piece of software for a specific purpose are NOT reviews.
....
If you're confused about why a post was deleted, read this.
If you haven't read the main rules thread yet, it's here. Read it.
There's a long thread at the top on member moderation. I recommend reading posts 1 and 3 at the least. You can skip the rest if you like. Most of the useful info is in those two posts.
Posts about marketing local businesses using the Internet belong in the confusingly named offline marketing section.
For general info for new members, read this.
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We now return you to your regularly scheduled mayhem.
Paul
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