All,
We wanted to start this message by first apologizing for not quickly replying to the slew of posts that have been made over the past few days. There are a few things that we would like to touch base on here and hope it will continue the process of making ISP a better place for everyone involved.
Everyone makes mistakes and none of us are an exception to that. We have made mistakes in the past and listened to what members have said which lead to changes to the site. Obviously there has been some continuing discontent on the site and we are listening to what you have said. At the same time, we ask you as members to not make random assumptions which have no factual data. There have been many posts with false rumors that do nothing but create issues.
To clear up a few things for members, ISP has four owners (Ali, Behrang, Mehran and Pooya) who are knows as the Admins. We have a number of staff members who volunteer their time doing different things such as writing articles, helping with technical things and media. Some of these volunteers who are on our staff along with the active administrators help in the moderation of the forum. The ISP Admin account is used by the admin team.
We have been talking over the past few days and have decided certain changes are warranted and will help with not only the moderation of the website but with our relationship with you as our members.
One of the first changes we are going to make is to ask a few of the members on the forum if they would volunteer to be moderators. Once we have reached a number we believe is sufficient, we will ask you as the members to vote for those who will be added to the moderation team. These members will be the core of the moderation team with minimal support from moderators who are also staff. This is something we have not done before but we think will be a big step forward and a good test. Since this is a new concept we are asking the new moderators to serve an initial six month term with the ability to server another but not more than twice in a row. With this said, we believe that after the initial three months we will analyze the decision we have made and make changes that would make it better.
The second change in regards to moderation is that moderators will utilize a shared account when moderation is needed. No threads will be removed from the forum once we begin this new form of moderation unless it is warranted. Instead, they will be locked with a reply by the ISP Moderator account pointing out which rules have been broken. We continue to ask you as our members to report threads or posts which you think break the rules.
We always welcome constructive criticism from our members when it’s made in a way that will help improve the site. We have a core belief that everyone has the right to state their opinions no matter what they are. We hope you as our members understand that we have a community which we hope everyone can get along in. If members of an opposing view upset you please use to the tools at your disposal to ignore them. If you come across a thread where rules have been broken please report them. We hope with the new moderation team we plan to implement as soon as possible, the misunderstandings of the past will be removed.
Thanks again,
ISP Admins (Ali, Behrang, Mehran and Pooya)
We wanted to start this message by first apologizing for not quickly replying to the slew of posts that have been made over the past few days. There are a few things that we would like to touch base on here and hope it will continue the process of making ISP a better place for everyone involved.
Everyone makes mistakes and none of us are an exception to that. We have made mistakes in the past and listened to what members have said which lead to changes to the site. Obviously there has been some continuing discontent on the site and we are listening to what you have said. At the same time, we ask you as members to not make random assumptions which have no factual data. There have been many posts with false rumors that do nothing but create issues.
To clear up a few things for members, ISP has four owners (Ali, Behrang, Mehran and Pooya) who are knows as the Admins. We have a number of staff members who volunteer their time doing different things such as writing articles, helping with technical things and media. Some of these volunteers who are on our staff along with the active administrators help in the moderation of the forum. The ISP Admin account is used by the admin team.
We have been talking over the past few days and have decided certain changes are warranted and will help with not only the moderation of the website but with our relationship with you as our members.
One of the first changes we are going to make is to ask a few of the members on the forum if they would volunteer to be moderators. Once we have reached a number we believe is sufficient, we will ask you as the members to vote for those who will be added to the moderation team. These members will be the core of the moderation team with minimal support from moderators who are also staff. This is something we have not done before but we think will be a big step forward and a good test. Since this is a new concept we are asking the new moderators to serve an initial six month term with the ability to server another but not more than twice in a row. With this said, we believe that after the initial three months we will analyze the decision we have made and make changes that would make it better.
The second change in regards to moderation is that moderators will utilize a shared account when moderation is needed. No threads will be removed from the forum once we begin this new form of moderation unless it is warranted. Instead, they will be locked with a reply by the ISP Moderator account pointing out which rules have been broken. We continue to ask you as our members to report threads or posts which you think break the rules.
We always welcome constructive criticism from our members when it’s made in a way that will help improve the site. We have a core belief that everyone has the right to state their opinions no matter what they are. We hope you as our members understand that we have a community which we hope everyone can get along in. If members of an opposing view upset you please use to the tools at your disposal to ignore them. If you come across a thread where rules have been broken please report them. We hope with the new moderation team we plan to implement as soon as possible, the misunderstandings of the past will be removed.
Thanks again,
ISP Admins (Ali, Behrang, Mehran and Pooya)