Ask a Webmaster- here's a chance to ask anything you've been wondering about!

[KathyTX]

It's been a while since we've done one of these, so here's your chance. Do you have any burning questions about the DISboards that you'd like to ask?

Fire away, and I'll do my best to serve up straight answers!

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

Who's the tag fairy?
Why do some posts get points while others don't when they clearly deserve it?
What's a webmaster?
Why doesn't search work?
When does wpasadi start again?

Did I cover them all?

 

[MushyMushy]

How do you get to be a mod? (not that I want to!)

 

[diznygirl]

Who's the tag fairy?
Why do some posts get points while others don't when they clearly deserve it?
What's a webmaster?
Why doesn't search work?
When does wpasadi start again?

Did I cover them all?

Those are my big two, and I'll add a third - will we be exempt from points on this thread when we ask about points? Thanks for sticking your neck out!

 

[salal]

Where's the list of the MIA's -or temporary banned members?

Why doesn't "search" work ?

What's the name of your dog?

 

[Pop Daddy]

is your hair soft?

 

[monkeyboy]

Is Monkeyboy a Monkey or a boy?

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

is your hair soft?

Pop, you wear me out.

 

[Froggyswife]

is your hair soft?

FLIRT! I like that about you.

How does one become a webmaster?

 

[phorsenuf]

Will we ever get "new posts" back? That's how I read the boards and I miss that.

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

FLIRT! I like that about you.

How does one become a webmaster?

I asked her that one recently. Apparently alcohol was involved.

 

[kejoda]

Will search ever improve? And if not can we have a "class" on how to make it work for you? I don't get how some people can get it to work and some can't.

Also can the members list get turned on again.

And how is Nativetxn? I haven't seen her in ages.

 

[Pop Daddy]

did Adam have a belly button ?

 

[Froggyswife]

I asked her that one recently. Apparently alcohol was involved.

I would have be pretty hammered to have to put up with the amount of complaints I am sure that are recieved everyday from this board.

 

[flipturngirl]

Can the members list be on?
Who is the tag fairy?
How many post do you close a day?
How do people get so many post?
Who is your favorite poster?
Is there a list of posters the webmasters talk aboiut?

 

[Froggyswife]

Is Monkeyboy a Monkey or a boy?

did Adam have a belly button ?

These two questions sound like the additive which came first the chicken or the egg.

 

[momof1princess]

why do some threads get removed when others on the same subject are allowed to remain?

 

[KathyTX]

Who's the tag fairy?
Why do some posts get points while others don't when they clearly deserve it?
What's a webmaster?
Why doesn't search work?
When does wpasadi start again?

Did I cover them all?

Oy, vey!!!

1) A mysterious and moody little creature who does what she wants to.

Mysterious ... maybe .... moody? Nahhhh PPPFFFFFTTTT

2) We have thousands of posts each day, and human volunteer moderators. We may not see every problem, and human judgement of many different people is involved in moderating posts. We've tried to level the field with the infraction system, by defining problems and assigning different infraction values to them. It's not perfect, but it does provide a much better and more consistent set of guidelines than we ever had before.

3) A mysterious and moody little creature who does what she wants to. Oh, wait- that was a different question! A webmaster is an administrator who provides technical leadership for the forums or who works to select and support our moderators. We just do whatever we can to keep the DIS boards and the people who spend their time here working well and having fun.

4) Search is really, really hard on our servers. It creates a huge processing load, which takes a big toll on the speed of the forums. It essentially made posting so slow that posters frequently got time out errors. About a year ago, we turned off search on our servers because of the problems it caused, and Alex and Pete have been working very hard to implement another search solution that does not kill our processors.

5) I have no idea about WPASADI.

I'm SURE you'll think of more!

 

[kimmikayb]

How did you become a webmaster?

When will WPASADI begin again?

Why are closed threads forbidden to ever be mentioned again?

Why won't my husband pick up his dirty clothes and put them in the hamper?

 

[FroggyinArk]

in the spirit of the other known hijackers posts ...


i gotta ask.



which came first the chicken or the egg?