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Hello Guys,
Thanks For stepping here.
I guess now Theymos is not aware of what going on the local Forums ??

There are No Mods in the Following Section Hrvatski (Croatian) , India ,    한국어 (Korean) , Skandinavisk

Is he aware what wrong is going on the local sections ? I guess No. If he do knows then he would have chosen the Mods right now.

If you Guys think that the Local Forums are not so active and for that reason May Theymos is not choosing the Mods, then you are wrong.

עברית (Hebrew)  and    日本語 (Japanese)  These are the two Local Forums which have many less topics created but they have the Mods.

So @Theymos have you been recently to any of the Local Forums , if you have been then you could have understand the problem. Many of the topics are not in right section. Some are spamming the sections with their referral links. Some too using automatic translations in the forum.

So Kindly @Theymos look about this issue.

And Rest of the user, what do you think ? Why Theymos is doing so ?

Theymos Doesn't love the Forum Anymore ?

He does, that's why a merit system has been made to lessen those greed who just love to rank up and never pay attention to love (contribute) on the forum too.

The reason is more likely that there is nobody suitable on those boards to appoint as a moderator. If you think there is then nominate them.

Is this because of this thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3326190.0) that didn't get a response from the Admin?
But whoa, the cringe when I saw "love the forum anymore".

Better send an application to become a local board moderator or nominate someone deserving for the position that you can contact.

As far as I know, Mods aren't randomly selected or picked based on the user's activities.

 Make a topic in the local section and discuss this demonstrating that there is a need for a new moderator. Try to find a list of names that is a consensus. Then send this list to Theymos. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35). It is not an election, but a list would help him to decide which one to nominate.

To me now, it make sense. I was wondering why is this aggressive and frustrating title LOL
I have no doubt that theymos does not love the forum, he himself is human. Put yourself in his shoes. How would YOU manage a BIG community like BitcoinTalk if you were him? IMO it's not easy task.

Yes, this is more reasonable one. Discuss it in the local section. If the local board really are in need of new moderator then just ask theymos with your nominee.

I love all of my cute forum users. 💓

Theymos isnt active because he is busy atm,he might be having problems in his personal life,he might be in heaven right now ,or any places where you can imagine,the great theymos doesnt care about us,he already abandoned this forum a long time ago when the DT members take in charge,do not expect theymos to hear your moaning because you wont get any response.

Reading is not your strong suit I'm guessing?  ::)

Wtf are you talking about? Your name does suit you, bobo. DT members aren't "in charge", it's just that these DT members (DT1) are picked by Theymos to help. And these DT1 members has their own trust list, DT2. Theymos even made the merit system just recently what do you mean by abandoned this forum a long time ago? And DT was made long before Merit system was introduced, how can you say he abandoned it when he clearly made another change recently? Bobo.

You are saying that theymos doesn't love the forum anymore just because there are no mods in the 4 local boards?? What the FUCK are you saying LOLS. No mods in the 4 local boards doesn't mean theymos doesn't like the forum anymore. Maybe its just there are NONE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE ENOUGH TO BECOME A MOD WITH THEIR LOCAL BOARD. Don't say that because theymos is a human too. He has responsibilities too in his real life aside from being an admin in this forum.


Be careful with what are you saying BOBO. @Thirio is correct with what he said. Your name suits with you BOBO.

That's not fair to us ugly users, though.

#uglylivesmatter

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This literally made me ??? more than the original post.

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Can any OG member or staff or moderator answer the following question? If posts are reported in sections that don't have mods, how are those posts handled? Do they go to a global queue of some sort for other mods to handle these submissions? If so, then would it be beneficial for users to report posts in these mod-less boards, or would their reports be pointless?

theymos won’t hear anything, this is a forum. He might READ it though :D

Oh, I just saw an angel:



It's simple, he's mad at "The Pharmacist" for his negative trust (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=1237158) and at the others mods for not acting on his requests. Btw,  I'm pretty sure Theymos is thrilled by having cute forum users like him:


Anyhow, OP, nice clickbait title... >:(

This forum is totally unfriendly for local users. Beside the issue with moderation you can check the merit circulation in local sections. Theymos either don't care about those local plebs or the merit system was designed to prevent them from ranking up.
Anyway meybe those boards are not getting spammed and they don't really need to be moderated.
...and be ignored :)

On that point, you do sort of have to be able to understand English and write it to become a merit source (to write your application post for example).

There were special requests to make some people that post in local boards merit sources, however, if people just stick to local boards -they're not going to become a merit source and they're not going to allow other users to advance further. Local boards should be a place to start here (in my opinion) as we are an English forum primarily and you can't expect an admin to know every language and post in it.

Potentially to solve that issue, you could have mods that make threads for merit applications in local boards and have local members of that community to post on it for the mod and then theymos' scrutiny.


Theymos has often made appeals for specific mods on local boards and other boards that are mod-less.
If no one steps forward, what should he do?

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An answer to this would be appreciated:

People have raised this issue in the not so distant past (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3319980.0); but failed to elicit a response.


I might be wrong, but if my memory serves me right; during one of the discussions (possibly the one where a mod for Politics and society section was to be appointed) it was told that such reports go to Global Mods; also I think there was a concept of troopers on BitcoinTalk.  Guess the answer is too hazy... ???

So that's:
• Hilariousandco
• Saltyspitoon
• Mprep
• Grue
• rickbig41

Who get those reports.
I used to think that global moderators were mods who were posting off their moderated board, I assume that's now staff instead - has that changed at some point?

These are either handled by Global Mods(Grue,Hilariousandco,Salty ,rickbig41,mrprep) or by admins(theymos,cyrus). Though these reports may not be handled immediately but they get handled soon enough(I am totally assuming the end part based on what I have read  :-X).

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Edit: Damn it jackg,you beat me to it :-\

Is it really that Theymos might read this thread? Hmm, that's just possibility, I am hard to believe if a forum member can read all of the postings through threads. I think a member will come around for their favorite board and see the threads there to be explored, so perhaps that is also Theymos what doing. Even also to appoint a moderator, perhaps Theymos do not see the urgency to do that at current time no meaning that Theymos doesn't love this forum anymore.

There may or may not be moderators, but Theymos definitely has appointed merit sources in the local boards. The two could be interconnected. Maybe if the local boards are better moderated and have less spam, the local merit sources would find it easier to give merits in these boards

If this is the case, then the users of the particular boards that OP is talking about should be able to click on the "Report to moderator" link to at least bring attention to posts that break the rules. It might be wise to select a moderator for these boards based on how many posts they have accurately reported, along with a review of their history on the forums.

It is the case that the 5 global moderators have to deal with reports on boards without their own moderator. The number of those reports would be the thing that brings it to their attention that a local moderator is needed. If nobody is bothering to report things then it probably looks like everything is OK.

Yes, this was also the case when mods were appointed for Politics and Society board.

Posts are being reported; but guess theymos has his own reasons or he simply doesn't care. In fact there are a few suitable candidates in my humble opinion for the Indian board too; but dunno why the issue has failed to elicit any response.

Yieee. chill. theymos love us guys 💕

Am I misunderstanding something here? If it gets reported, then one of those mods need to pick it up. Then, for every message, they need to translate it into their native language and then work out if it's spam. That seems a lot of effort for every message unless they get the webpage translated in its entirety.

You're being unfair and judgmental. You are only looking on the other side of the coin. I am pretty sure theymos is still overseeing the forum. He might be laughing at you now because of your post.

Adage: Actions speak louder than words...

It's really time to do something. I think one (or more) moderator(s) already reported to you the issues some local forums are facing. It's not a fantasy it's a reality. Some local forums are not usable anymore for a long time. Sometimes there are more bots than members.

Not long ago while reporting in the French section, nothing was moderated, guess what? It's a moderator from another section who did the job. (@ricky---) And no sorry it isn't an isolated case.
You ask to report, we do, but we get nothing, so what a member can do more? Leave the local forum.....

I don't know what can be the issue you see to increase or replace the staff but trying something else can't really be worst than what some sections get.

It's not so cool for the folks interested in cryptocurrencies but don't understand English. They are limited to their native language but when they see the mess I don't think it is motivating to read or participate in discussions. As a result instead to get people interested in cryptocurrencies local section get people interested to use the forum as a cash cow instead...

Appointing a moderator is fine, but there's several factors that theymos would need to consider. I doubt he's just going to appoint someone just because a few reports are made now and then. I have no idea how bad it is in the french section or any other, but it depends on how many reports are being made. Plus, then it's appointing a member who is trustworthy and isn't going to use his position with ill intent.

I'm not sure if you've thought about this, but in the past a few local boards have had a sort of an election/voting system to appoint a moderator among the community. You could try that whether theymos looks at that and follows that advice will be another thing.

The French section is bad as to get Ripple talks in BTC news, referral links spams, scams attempts, and so on. Not long ago I said soon a lady will open a topic about her mentruation in the dev section and another about the blood volume in the speculation section.
I think members have stopped using the report button because they see it as useless. For example, I remember 2 users, who tired of the mess, spend few hours to report everything where an action was needed. They did it for nothing at the end. I did it too to test with a section and the result was the same

Within a year we had 5-6 topics opened by users (including me) asking the opinion for a new moderator or another one. It's something every member agree with. It's not a question anymore for us. We all agree with the idea to get a new moderator. We even agreed together with how to change the local forum to make everyone happy. the general opinion is to get something like the English subforums.

I admit appointing a member who is trustworthy may be not easy, but with a "Legendary" member who is using the forum actively for years, you have less risk. And as for "abusing power", I don't see how it can be done (I may be naive about this)
If you create a friendly environment you don't get much trouble to moderate a community. Everyone enjoy and at the end, you don't have much to do

I've fallen into this trap before that when things aren't getting dealt with you stop reporting, but this isn't the answer as there needs to be reports over a somewhat long time to get a general idea of how widespread the issue is. theymos could go and look at the french section and see that there's a lot of spam, but he doesn't know if this collates to other days. I would advise not to give up on reporting, and ask your fellow french members to not either. 

Abuse could happen, but it isn't very likely and I don't think this has happened in the past? I suppose someone could use their rank as a way of persuasion, or they could target certain members that they've previously had disputes with. This would likely be brought up very quickly and addresses by theymos but, it's better to eliminate this risk by appointing someone who can be trustworthy in the first place.

If you think that theymos doesnt love the forum, then can we ask do you love the forum? Do your local board people love the forum? If yes, then make some contribution, gather your locals, and make the list of you trusted members who are willing to be moderators. If you love the forum, you will at least initate that even though you dont get the attention from your locals or admin. If.

Thanks to all for your replies and Suggestions .

I noticed some of the user said that Send a list of Members who wanted to Moderate the Sub-Forum to Theymos. But what will happen with that. We all Know Theymos will ignore that. Same happened with the Indian Sub forum when some users posted here that they need Mod but their request is ignored.

Moreover Theymos doesn't have Guts to answer here. He loves Hiding.

No Offence

I am not sure I read, but sometime I read threads in which Theymos or one of the forum mods said that they can not find the appropriate mods to manage several local boards, such as Vietnamese board.
I come from Vietnam, and at the first time I joined the forum, I knew that Vietnamese board was locked due to 2 main reasons:
1) Over abusements there.
2) The forum can not find mods who know Vietnamese.

It might be because there are mods who know those languages, so they can manage those local boards.

An admin who takes up the pain to change code just to make the members smile on April fools day (2018) is being labeled as a person who does not love the forum. I need not post anything more here.

Thread I am referring to: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3232693.0

There's no knowing what theymos will do, but he might appreciate a list of people who would be willing to do it, and if he feels there's a need for it to be moderated then he can articulate his opinions based on that list. He's only recently asked the community to give their input on who should moderate the Politics and Society section so he does listen to the community when he feels it's best too.

Yes, he doesn't normally leave a position of the forum unappointed when there's a need and someone who can fill the slot.

Potentially produce some sort of shortlist on a thread fore each section that is without a moderator. The shortlist should be Sr members plus at least (theymos isn't going to trust someone who has only been here a few weeks to run a board of the forum - with a higher ranked account there's more for the user to lose).

Perhaps the OP doesn't know that mods aren't appointed for fun. They are placed on salary.

Not sure those local boards he mentioned are worth spending salaries on  ;D

Although, theymos has made users that have been lower ranked than Sr Member. I believe rickbig was one of these members. Of course, I would agree that higher ranked members have less of a risk associated with them, but certainly not in all cases.

The "Salaries" that you speak of are a percentage from ad revenue based on an unknown algorithm made by theymos which probably takes into account how much a staff member has done for that period. It wouldn't cost theymos anymore, however it would reduce the earnings of the current moderators.

I doubt that you read all of the OP, there are local boards that are less active yet they still have mods

Xalolex and frodocooper were selected as  moderators much younger than a Sr. Member but they are doing their job well...

Maybe this can explain why many liars recently, Indian have no moderators, Indians are cheating, I have discovered, and there is evidence, I think he would like to see this evidence.

Your Royal Tutorship, what makes you think I didn't read the OP? Oh! I get it - It is because my view as expressed didn't align with your thought pattern. Not so surprised anyway for your username already has a hanging conclusion to it, a mindset that is gregarious and antagonistic.

Wit and sarcasm are not that easy to figure out. Kindly learn to spot them, Your Point Is Invalid.

Exactly, the rank doesn't determine the value of a user. Although Trust matters a lot. And Moreover it is not necessary the MODS Should get paid as soon as they appointed as a MOD. Some people are there who doesn't even as for the salary. The thing only matter that Theymos doesn't love the sub-forums any more.

The exact reason based on my opinion is, why would theymos love who doesnt love their own local board? Every member there only spamming, shit-posting, giving ref link, and all actions that indicates they dont even love their local board, so why do you need to love them? Sometimes people asking to be loved yet they dont do love.


This is true. With that kind amount of spamming and shit things on the mentioned board, do someone wants to deal with it with the amount of salary paid by admin? Is it worth it to spend the salary in the board?

This is a blanket statement that is plain stupid on so many levels.
 ::)

People are cheats irrespective of their nationality and even if their local boards have a mod.

The irony is that the Indian ex-mod claims to be cheated by his CSO, while many consumers of his exchange feel that the rot runs deep.



Also, please post evidence of cheats, DTs would be more than happy to tag them. I don't think that accumulation of such names with you will benefit the community in any manner.

Theymos does care this forum he even created the merit system. He did create a thread for all users about the bitcointalk forum and it's system. I think theymos doesn't acknowledge someone yet to assign a mod for the local boards that doesn't have any moderator to take care. As far as I think better to wait to nominate someone that is eligible to be the mod in the local boards that don't have mod yet.

The point here is not about love, but about the time. The number of users is raising everyday a d its hard to catch every spammed or low quality poster here.  One more problem of local birds which I would like to mention is Merit trading and something should be done about it ASAP.

Some place in the forum, Theymos or one of the forum moderators mentioned that they could not find relevant moderators for several specific local boards. Mainly because it's extremely hard to find someone who both known about local languages, have dedication to work as forum mods.
This is why several local boards have not still had moderators, and some of them locked by the admin/ mods.

But he has answer. And he has said he loves all the cute forum users, like you, like me. =). I think he uses this account when he is traveling or on mobile, or maybe when he is drinking, I do not know. But you can see he has checked your topic and give you an answer.

Either the OP does not know that account is belong to Theymos or he/she does not read it. But i think the OP is both of it haha. So please OP, read, especially on in the thread that you made. It shows how you care about your thread and the respondent on it and it will increase your engagement and better things about other perspective.

You don't. for example: a cute little troll is posting around the forum asking for help. nobody is helping this annoying little troll. <insert a broken heart here>.

Trolls aren't cute and nobody loves them.

And if they are on ignore then people don't even see their posts anymore.  :D

Until they're quoted, just as they are here  >:(

But I do not think that Global Mods can handle unmoderated local boards effectively (not unless they are multilingual), First of all every local boards use the language of their own country, reporting a post which is not an exact copy of another will make it hard for the global mod to know if that reported post is plagiarized or not. The language barrier itself won't make the job easy for them as this job must be handled by someone who can write and speak in their native tongue.

Maybe hes kinda busy on his personal life as this moment, hes just a human like you😊 give him a break and soon enough, you'l gonna feel his presence and hit you hard so you can feel how he love this forum😉

Not true, back when I was like 5, I loved my trolls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_doll

They're cute in an ugly sort of way. ;D

Theymos is admin I do not think he needs to be active all the time. You may see all the locations like home home in this forum So why need to hide him and come with the normal replies on any thread.
I do not consider this is some onwers on the forum team. They are simply coming to the forum like enjoying their holiday month with the team or family but forum worthy place to part it mate.

Edited for accuracy.  ;D



My ignore list is growing at a rapid pace these days. It does help.