Some agreements for the India forum

[Benson Samuel]

As we seem to be growing quite well, few notes need to be be added for a smooth community to be built.

All new members please take the time to read https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0]https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0, this explains the functions of the forum.

Please ensure that everyone reads the security hints on how to spot a scammer before venturing into any trade on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137288.0

(Taken from Mod hints - Theymos)
Some hints:
- No embedded NSFW images anywhere.
- No discussion of how to find illegal trading sites. Discussion about the sites is OK.
- If you find an embedded image to be annoying, please report the post and I will turn it into a link instead of an embedded image.
- No off-topic posts. (This also covers spam.)
- No trolling.
- Topics should be in the correct section.
- Topics should not be pointless.
- Topic creation should not be annoying. There should not be too many topics about the same thing in a short time period, and individuals should not   post too many topics. "Too many" depends on the quality of the topics.
- Respect everyone. Its all about Karma!  

Please feel free to add any suggestions to this before we lock it.

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[Pinwheel]

you can add few sections also, cause number of threads growing.

I would suggest

mining
trading (sale/buy)
Indian economy
exchanges

[Benson Samuel]

I have mailed theymos about it.

[americandesi]

As we seem to be growing quite well, few notes need to be be added for a smooth community to be built.

All new members please take the time to read https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0, this explains the functions of the forum.

(Taken from Mod hints - Theymos)
Some hints:
- No embedded NSFW images anywhere.
- No discussion of how to find illegal trading sites. Discussion about the sites is OK.
- If you find an embedded image to be annoying, please report the post and I will turn it into a link instead of an embedded image.
- No off-topic posts. (This also covers spam.)
- No trolling.
- Topics should be in the correct section.
- Topics should not be pointless.
- Topic creation should not be annoying. There should not be too many topics about the same thing in a short time period, and individuals should not   post too many topics. "Too many" depends on the quality of the topics.
- Respect everyone. Its all about Karma! 

Please feel free to add any suggestions to this before we lock it.

Benson...
Quick question.. Can you kindly elaborate what do you mean by illegal trading sites..?

[Benson Samuel]

As we seem to be growing quite well, few notes need to be be added for a smooth community to be built.

All new members please take the time to read https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0, this explains the functions of the forum.

(Taken from Mod hints - Theymos)
Some hints:
- No embedded NSFW images anywhere.
- No discussion of how to find illegal trading sites. Discussion about the sites is OK.
- If you find an embedded image to be annoying, please report the post and I will turn it into a link instead of an embedded image.
- No off-topic posts. (This also covers spam.)
- No trolling.
- Topics should be in the correct section.
- Topics should not be pointless.
- Topic creation should not be annoying. There should not be too many topics about the same thing in a short time period, and individuals should not   post too many topics. "Too many" depends on the quality of the topics.
- Respect everyone. Its all about Karma! 

Please feel free to add any suggestions to this before we lock it.

Benson...
Quick question.. Can you kindly elaborate what do you mean by illegal trading sites..?

SR, Atl, BMR, etc..

[americandesi]

As we seem to be growing quite well, few notes need to be be added for a smooth community to be built.

All new members please take the time to read https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0, this explains the functions of the forum.

(Taken from Mod hints - Theymos)
Some hints:
- No embedded NSFW images anywhere.
- No discussion of how to find illegal trading sites. Discussion about the sites is OK.
- If you find an embedded image to be annoying, please report the post and I will turn it into a link instead of an embedded image.
- No off-topic posts. (This also covers spam.)
- No trolling.
- Topics should be in the correct section.
- Topics should not be pointless.
- Topic creation should not be annoying. There should not be too many topics about the same thing in a short time period, and individuals should not   post too many topics. "Too many" depends on the quality of the topics.
- Respect everyone. Its all about Karma! 

Please feel free to add any suggestions to this before we lock it.

Benson...
Quick question.. Can you kindly elaborate what do you mean by illegal trading sites..?

SR, Atl, BMR, etc..

Oh okie..! Gotya.!

[Amitabh S]

Lets also add a thread titled "List of trusted traders"

[americandesi]

Lets also add a thread titled "List of trusted traders"

I like this idea..!! I proposed the same to Mod Benson.!
But the question is how to rate a trader whether to trust him or not.?

[Benson Samuel]

Lets also add a thread titled "List of trusted traders"

Has been requested, but we are also working on a stronger reputation system for India as well.

[Benson Samuel]

Added to OP

Please ensure that everyone reads the security hints on how to spot a scammer before venturing into any trade on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137288.0

[Benson Samuel]

Added a Hindi Sticky.
Please do suggest any other regional languages that may help us connect better.

[Benson Samuel]

Should be getting child boards very soon.

[Benson Samuel]

Boards that have been requested.

Mining
Marketplace
Regional Languages
Press & News from India
Alt Coins
Buyer/ Seller Reputations
Off-Topic

[Benson Samuel]

   
Forum moderation policy
June 21, 2011, 02:02:54 AM
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The policy to not remove anything worked when the forum was small. Now that we have thousands of posts a day, we can't afford 50% of them being junk. The moderators are now instructed to be less tolerant of low-value posts.

Some guidelines:

1. Free speech - you can say anything as long as it is relevant and presented in a calm and polite manner. Swearing, SHOUTING etc. make your post more likely to be removed.
2. No zero value posts or threads, like "SELL SELL SELL"
3. No pointless or uninteresting threads.
4. No referral code spam
5. No NSFW content

[Benson Samuel]

Child Boards setup. Please direct topics to them

[Benson Samuel]

A lot of clutter has been moved into child boards.

I have moved most of the active conversations.

Any more suggestions?

[Benson Samuel]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=237597.0

Please do note the new updates to the member ranking on the forum. They have put in place due to the number of scammers and spammers getting involved in trading.

Very cool indeed!

The activity number is determined in this way:
time = number of two-week periods in which you've posted since your registration
activity = min(time * 14, posts)

Activity is updated every 30 minutes.

The new membergroup limits work like this:
Group   Requirement
Brand New   0 posts
Newbie   (none)
Jr. Member   1 post written over 4 hours ago
Member   activity: 15
Full Member   activity: 60
Sr. Member   activity: 200
Hero Member   activity: 400

I'm not 100% sure that the membergroups work correctly. Tell me if you see any bugs.

[rezurect]

Hope it stops people from Spamming to Hero stat.
The formula creates no incentive for posting more than once a day (avg over two weeks), but even two posts per day would incentivize people to spam two posts per day in order to inflate their score. Activity seems to be resistant to manipulation, but not representative of all of a person's contributions. Only a legit poster would still keep posting above 1 post per day.

[legendster]

Hope it stops people from Spamming to Hero stat.
The formula creates no incentive for posting more than once a day (avg over two weeks), but even two posts per day would incentivize people to spam two posts per day in order to inflate their score. Activity seems to be resistant to manipulation, but not representative of all of a person's contributions. Only a legit poster would still keep posting above 1 post per day.

Even if he has a LOT to say ?

[Benson Samuel]

Hope it stops people from Spamming to Hero stat.
The formula creates no incentive for posting more than once a day (avg over two weeks), but even two posts per day would incentivize people to spam two posts per day in order to inflate their score. Activity seems to be resistant to manipulation, but not representative of all of a person's contributions. Only a legit poster would still keep posting above 1 post per day.

Even if he has a LOT to say ?

This moves the onus of trust a bit away from the forum. As we know for a fact, the Hero member badge has been abused quite a bit due to spamming.
Trust is not really to be based on a rank or a number but more on the reputation of a person. The new activity ratings show a more robust performance indicator of people in the long run. Anyone who stays around for that long, would have already built up a reputation and would not need a 'score' to justify their trustworthiness.

I do hope that made sense.