Originally Posted by
Randy Petersen
Lehava and Jailer:
I would hope you understand that the issue is not gemaine to OMNI in the way you might think. The whole issue starts with those members - and there are many of them - who do not subscribe to the same options you put forth, that is, Ignore User, and don't read a thread that is outside of your interest and participation in a topic.
You ask, "how is that hurting you?" In reality, it hurts FlyerTalk quite a bit in the amount of time and effort it takes to investigate each and every Report Bad Post in OMNI. As with the prior question, I did do some research and don't mind sharing that with you.
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Randy,
I simply don't understand why you don't treat OMNI like any other forum and appoint moderators instead of leaving the work to yourself and senior moderators. I am certain there are some people who post on OMNI regularly who behave themselves and don't have bad post reports sent about them who you could count on to do this work for you.
As someone who loves FT and follows about 5 travel forums and having received a lot of good information from them, limiting OMNI is not going to improve FT, in my view.
(And, an aside....I see just as much vile rhetoric thrown around in Travel Safety and Security, but that's never seen as a problem. And that board's visible and available to all.)
I can't say it better than Lehava has, although I did say the exact same thing (less eloquently) when I was running for TalkBoard. I came for the miles and point and stay for the people and community. If you limit or eliminate OMNI or any of the other non-point/mile forums, many good people are going to come by less and less.
And is that a good thing? Suppose a person posts 90% to OMNI. But that 1 post in 10 is to an airline forum and that person steps up and helps a member with something. Eliminating the 9 posts in 10 may mean that person doesn't come by as often -- maybe once a week or month to see what's new in their favorite programs, instead of daily.
If it's the traffic that's the problem, well, I can appreciate that from a technical perspective. But if it's the reputation of FT and the amount of work placed on the HOM, well, it's already a closed board that requires time and posts to view, so the only people seeing and posting in OMNI are already FT members. And the work can always be delegated.
--Rich