Re: Changes
How is that trolling? JK was just messing around.
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How is that trolling? JK was just messing around.
2. I think ZachFB's new topic proves that Mods, asides from the ones who I mentioned and those who aren't active, are trolls.
I don't think any other mods posted in that thread. 
How is that trolling? JK was just messing around.
Thats why I used quotation marks, because in his eyes he sees it as trolling.
I just want to be loved. :[
Yeah, I'm not sure who these trolling mods are. Teasing a few people on a forum once or twice does not constitute trolling. KG is not a mod, and NXT used to be but was removed because of his behavior, some of which might be considered trolling.
1. Why demolish a system that could be with effort resolved? We could still remove all the waiting films, then start afresh, with a new regime.
I don't believe in genocide, no matter the justification. 
Yeah, I'm not sure who these trolling mods are. Teasing a few people on a forum once or twice does not constitute trolling. KG is not a mod, and NXT used to be but was removed because of his behavior, some of which might be considered trolling.
I like this emote. It is the story of my life.
One of the problems I see is that most of the new people joining are either young kids, or people who dont plan on sticking around long. I can see this site turning into a ghost town if a lot of the older members left.
I appreciate all the comments and answers, I was just curious, and rather then throw out a load of arguments and questions I thought I may as well add a few suggestions. In any case, you can close the thread, although I do have 2 more things to ask -
1. Is there any chance of opening the community forum again? Or a smaller more restricted one?
2. Also, is there way we could start using the homepage as a multi-source page? As in updating it, perhaps, adding new activity and points of interest. I can understand reviewers being hard to come by but surely keeping the main page of bricksinmotion active wouldn't be as difficult. And it also sets a better example to visitors.
2. is sort of what is planned. There are some technical issues that need to be worked out yet for making it a full-fledged blog with the ability to add contributors, categories, tags, etc.
I think closing the community forum has been a positive thing because it ensures that people are here for the originally intended reason. It's still open for a fairly large number of regularly contributing members, and when we notice people who seem suited to it who haven't been cleared for it we add them. I'd be reluctant to undo a positive change like that.
That sounds rather wonderful. You can go ahead and close the thread.
The plan is simply to review far less of the submissions, focusing on highlighting the best films.
Hold on, so the plan to make reviewing brickfilms faster and more efficient is to raise the bar and bat off mediocre films? I thought the way to make a good impression to newcomers was to make a vast library.
Sméagol wrote:The plan is simply to review far less of the submissions, focusing on highlighting the best films.
Hold on, so the plan to make reviewing brickfilms faster and more efficient is to raise the bar and bat off mediocre films? I thought the way to make a good impression to newcomers was to make a vast library.
Smeagol, I honestly don't like the idea to, as RealBrick said, not review mediocre films, such as mine.
-LASF
The directory will still accept everything. Staff reviews would become part of the blog. I'd like to consider perhaps revising the rating system at some point. We want to integrate releases threads and film pages so that comments on a film show up on its film page. Mediocre films will still get comments through the main userbase. It's hard to write interesting editorial reviews about hundreds of similar, mediocre films, and we don't really want to recommend those films to the general public, anyway.
RealBrick wrote:Sméagol wrote:The plan is simply to review far less of the submissions, focusing on highlighting the best films.
Hold on, so the plan to make reviewing brickfilms faster and more efficient is to raise the bar and bat off mediocre films? I thought the way to make a good impression to newcomers was to make a vast library.
Smeagol, I honestly don't like the idea to, as RealBrick said, not review mediocre films, such as mine.
-LASF
Mediocre films weren't getting reviewed even before.
LASF wrote:RealBrick wrote:Hold on, so the plan to make reviewing brickfilms faster and more efficient is to raise the bar and bat off mediocre films? I thought the way to make a good impression to newcomers was to make a vast library.
Smeagol, I honestly don't like the idea to, as RealBrick said, not review mediocre films, such as mine.
-LASF
Mediocre films weren't getting reviewed even before.
I think we should have a member's rating, too, other then just staff ratings. Like this.
-LASF
One of the problems I see is that most of the new people joining are either young kids, or people who dont plan on sticking around long. I can see this site turning into a ghost town if a lot of the older members left.
It's because our modern lifestyle, restructured in the late 90s/early aughts around the internet, has exponentially decreased people's attention span. I admit that I fall victim to it as well.
RealBrick wrote:Sméagol wrote:The plan is simply to review far less of the submissions, focusing on highlighting the best films.
Hold on, so the plan to make reviewing brickfilms faster and more efficient is to raise the bar and bat off mediocre films? I thought the way to make a good impression to newcomers was to make a vast library.
Smeagol, I honestly don't like the idea to, as RealBrick said, not review mediocre films, such as mine.
-LASF
This behavior will encourage people to make better films, instead of churning out random short shorts.
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NXTManiac wrote:
I like this emote. It is the story of my life.
Which part, the actual image or the URL?
previously, the only way for a film to be rejected is if it was highly inappropriate, amirite?
so, shouldn't there be like a report button if we're completely demolishing the review panel?
shouldn't there be like a report button if we're completely demolishing the review panel?
Taking this idea, and combining it with the rest I've seen in this thread, this is what I've come up with on the review panel (don't start arguing with my idea now...)
Taking Smeagol's post
We're still going to have reviewers reviewing films, though. The plan is simply to review far less of the submissions, focusing on highlighting the best films.
To help the review panel with what films are popular, there should be something like a 'suggest' button. It would be sort of a voting system that tells how many suggests that the film has received, and if it has received more suggests than other films, it gets reviewed.
And yes, I know we have the 1 brick - 5 brick rating system, but honestly I think that only tells the film maker how good his film is. Maybe if the suggests were sent to a review system thingy...
I'm not entirely sure what I'm talking about, or how it works though.... 
But it's just an idea, and don't take it seriously. I know that BiM is having enough troubles with new and old ideas being brought up and such.
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