Introducing Moderators and a Delegation Payment Fund Raising Call
We're introducing moderators. There are 1500 unique people in the Discord channel. We've created many channels to allow for micro communities to thrive in there. We've seen successful contests getting put out as well as some wonderful services. It's working, but it feels congested at times.
Also, there aren't a lot of rules, but don't post or register in General is a big one. It would be nice to have more help enforcing that.
Promoting people takes time. There are 1500 people that need help registering with the tools we use for members. It takes more help.
It's also a status thing. People that contribute to helping the social interaction need to be rewarded for that too.
Mods
So, here's the plan. We're basing this on the amount of social interaction on General. This is actually easily measured by using t!rank in the playingwithbots channel. For right now as this is still a trail it's only open to people that have a higher t!rank than @aggroed. If it goes well we will likely open it up further to the top 5 or top 10. It will become available to more people as the group grows larger
Mimimum Requirements
- Have to have a higher t!rank than @aggroed
- Have to be a delegator to the Minnow Support Project.
- Must acknowledge that PALnet is a totally free and public service adn will stay that way.
- Must announce a unique public service project to either promote, benefit, and/or interact with the Minnow Support Project, PALnet, or Steemit. This should take a series of posts and require many weeks of effort.
- Must be supported by at least 3 witnesses, jr witnesses, or honorary witnesses in PALnet.
Benefits
@aggroed will put them on Steemvoter with a heavy percentage.
Status
Can put people in the troll box
Will eventually be able to curate with higher percentage bots from the mothership.
Speaking of the mothership
@benjojo has donated 90k SP, but @aggroed has to rent 20k SP from @neoxian. @aggroed has been paying this for some time, but after HF19 the price has gone up and it's time for the Minnow Support Project to show some financial independence. The price is 200 SBD/week. We have to raise this through posts and donations. @aggroed has paid this week already, and is committed to 100 SBD for next week. We're also looking for more delegated SP or large donations to the community account. Tomorrow is donation day. Please support the project. If you're a whale with unused voting power sitting on a large amount of SP we'd love to use them for the benefit of all the whales. Please consider working with the 1500 minnows that are part of PAL.
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Would these moderators keep the dirty and irrelevant conversations that have nothing to do with Steemit or PAL out of general? I know it's 'general' but it's the first impression people get when they check out PAL.
Maybe there should be a new welcome channel that defaults to first and this one can be kept clean. Maybe it will have a better pace for asking questions too. I would be happy to spend as much time as I can in such a channel just saying hello and pointing the way to articles that answer questions.
Lately I have been noticing new or confused people asking important questions and within seconds they are buried when a group of friends seem to be having an exclusive conversation on the main channel that should be made private.
I want to help anyone that I see trying to break into the chat but I can't keep up and I don't often have the right answer. There are of course super helpful people in general - just don't want to see anyone fall through the cracks in between these people and also the greeters.
Tough balancing act of freedom and unpleasant. If you want to orchestrate a clean channel I'm in support. Just snag some other people that want a slower/cleaner experience.
I suppose the balance is simply having a choice between the two. I find myself wanting to chat and connect with other quiet minnows but they can't be found in the rush. I know four people on the top of my mind that will probably be interested slower/cleaner channel. I will talk to some more though and ask.
Many of the people that might find a clean channel nice may not belong to the group yet. I am thinking a landing place that does not overwhelm right away - especially being new to discord itself too. They can explore the other channels when they know where they are.
The new women's channel is great - but not very active so far. Maybe because people don't know it's down a little ways on the channel listing. If you want a true alternative to general chat people need to know it's there - ideally right next to general. Not sure you are willing to do that and so a slow lane would also be appreciated.
I'm in full support of this. In my mind freedom means being able to choose what is right for you. In the grand scheme of things, a new channel is not a burden nor is it difficult.
And you are correct, I see plenty of questions get buried almost instantly. I try to catch them, but it's not possible to get them all.
Thank you. I just wrote a post on this :)
https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@creativesoul/the-pal-network-do-you-want-to-swim-a-little-slower-and-be-heard-in-the-rush-or-maybe-you-prefer-a-cleaner-chat
Despite being guilty as charged, I would love to see this too. I want both a casual hang out zone for the off topic fun AND a channel for slower, more Palnet/steemit centric stuff. Right now I'm meeting awesome people and talking to them in PM.
Good! I think both casual and clean off topic and slow PAL/Steemit centric zones are a good idea. Quiet minnows like myself have a lot to say and questions and the ones I have talked to can't handle the rush. @minnowsupport do you want me to make a post to outline and gauge the potential interest in a clean and slower channel?
This seems great,
Where can I find the invite link to join discord?
Wow great idea!!!
Another great initiative.
Thx man
I am in discord channel .. its all confusing man. Yeah got few friends but most of the channel is full of post cant even follow any conversation!!!
Delegated 100 SP for starters! Hope it helps!
Nice!
Good idea,keep up the good work
Id love to be able to throw the trolls in the box. :) well said. Resteemed!