Originally Posted by
ZenFlyer
Bearing these two considerations in mind, here is my suggestion: instead of having an ongoing thread for moderation issues in each forum, how about having a limited-time thread (e.g. 2 weeks) posted on an annual basis to collect feedback -- i.e., similar to the way in which polls are posted for a limited time. There would need to be ground rules, of course, that keep the tenor of the discussion civil and not personal. But I think a once-a-year thread would encourage the posting of more general suggestions rather than complaints about specific moderator actions. It would also limit the burden on moderators of having to sift through a thread. Perhaps, if desired, sometime following such exercise, the moderators could post a message providing their own feedback on some (not necessarily all) of the suggestions offered.
Thanks for sharing your perspective and suggestion.
I like that you are seeking a middle-ground solution! ^
But I would be concerned that allowing/requiring only 2 weeks of collaborative feedback to day-to-day forum management per year would miss many of the opportunities we have to make FlyerTalk a better place. Would members jot down an idea or issue for discussion that occurs to them in February and wait until the 'collaborative feedback' session in August or whenever? Or would we have lost that input by then?
Perhaps a compromise is to have 'open feedback' threads open in all active forums for the first week of each month. That way the mods are not constantly required to monitor that thread, but members need only wait a maximum of three weeks to bring up and/or talk about suggestions to improve the day-to-day management. Or set that process as a minimum, anyway. If mods want to keep the thread open longer or even permanently, that would be up to them as time allows.