Brainstorming

[Azdgari]

I guess I really just don't view it as a problem. Younger members are somewhat more likely to make more basic posts, although I can think of plenty of examples contrary. I think there's no point in giving them a specific filter system other than moderators who can scold them if need be. If members like that are trolled and mocked, that's our problem, not the young member's.

[Regulus]

^ Thank you for having common sense. This is exactly why we have moderators to begin with.

[Tora]

Maybe we should have an educational video for these troubled kids; so that they learn what the difference is between spam and a legitimate post. I remember when I was young on a different forum. I was always mad, because in my mind I was posting a legitimate post, but looking back I see that nope I wasn't.

[Regulus]

^ That's actually a good idea. I've always wanted to make a boring educational video.

[Panda-chan]

Which is why we should have a filtering system in place. This way, 13 year olds who actually have something productive to say, such as Amanda when she joined, will be allowed in, while those who troll MLK will be quickly removed.

It's funny because I had nothing productive to say when I was thirteen lol.

I think there should be an IQ test for all new members. That way the stupid younger AND older members are excluded from joining.

[SlayerOfLight]

I mentioned it earlier already, but I feel the need to do it again here.

There should definately be a rule that newbies aren't allowed in the moderator team, untill they have been on MLK for at least a whole year. To me, and probally many others as well, it would be quite annoying to have newbies playing police-officer on members who have been on the forum way longer, and besides that, know the Forum alot better as well then they do.

Looking at what just happend recently, I know whitout doubt that this rule would keep MLK alot safer, and prevent the same crap from happening again.

[SlayerOfLight]

I mentioned it earlier already, but I feel the need to do it again here.

There should definately be a rule that newbies aren't allowed in the moderator team, untill they have been on MLK for at least a whole year. To me, and probally many others as well, it would be quite annoying to have newbies playing police-officer on members who have been on the forum way longer, and besides that, know the Forum alot better as well then they do.

Looking at what just happend recently, I know whitout doubt that this rule would keep MLK alot safer, and prevent the same crap from happening again.

Bin Laden caused 9/11, all muslims are terrorists
Putin rules Russia, all Russians are commies
Stalin killed a lot of people, all atheists have no morals

and of course
Noah screwed it up, all people who haven't been here for a year can't be a mod

We don't need more generalizations in this world. Judge by words and actions, not by physical factors.
It's not about days, years or decades, It's about keeping this website running smoothly.
This one time thing does not prove people who haven't been here for a year can't mod. It proves that people with social issues can't mod.

Yea you may have a point there, but still allowing new members to become mods shortly after they joined and somehow ''earned'' everyone's trust very quick, could result in the same mistake again. Maybe not all newbies would be bad mods, but we should learn from our mistakes and do ANYTHING not to make the same mistake twice.

only after like a year could you be fully sure if the new MLK member would be power-hungry or having any bad intensions to the forum or not.