Admin Note: Complaint Section

[Casinomeister]

Hi all,

Thanks for the comments and suggestions concerning the issue on who should be posting in the "Complaints" section. I've been kicking this around all week and I'm willing to go to a happy medium:

Originally Posted by Vesuvio

...As mentioned, perhaps restricting new posters from starting threads but allowing them to post in existing ones would be a better half-way house.

Sounds fair to me. Newbies can not initiate threads in the complaint sections, but they can participate in them. I'll see how this works during the next casino "crisis" (don't worry, there's always one on the horizon ), and hopefully I won't have to start chasing down members concerning their complaints.

[jetset]

Sounds like a useful compromise...but the moderator (sorry about that Simmo!!) will have to be alert for O/T attempts by newbies to achieve the same result as starting a thread of their own.

[KasinoKing]

Originally Posted by Vesuvio

That strikes me as hubris, or at least unduly complacent. The complaint forums are already much quieter than they used to be. Issues that would have once have provoked well-articulated responses from a wide range of members can now pass almost without comment. General expectations for casino behaviour are much lower now than they were only a year or two ago.

My 2c on that last statement:
It was about a year ago (?) that Bryan split the complaints threads out from the main section into their own sub-section.
Now I have CM as my home-page (as do we all ) and when it comes up I only see the main section - the complaints are off the bottom of the screen, hence I tend not to even notice them. (Much like a Google search - if it's not in the first 5-6 results I tend not to look further down).
Now this may only apply to me (being a lazy b'stard), but I definitely know that I browse & post in 'complaints' way, way less than I used to.

I'm not proposing that the location needs to be changed, but just suggesting that the reduction in responses Vesuvio has noticed could be due to the this same reason.

KK

[Casinomeister]

Originally Posted by KasinoKing

My 2c on that last statement:
It was about a year ago (?) that Bryan split the complaints threads out from the main section into their own sub-section.
Now I have CM as my home-page (as do we all ) and when it comes up I only see the main section - the complaints are off the bottom of the screen, hence I tend not to even notice them. (Much like a Google search - if it's not in the first 5-6 results I tend not to look further down).
Now this may only apply to me (being a lazy b'stard), but I definitely know that I browse & post in 'complaints' way, way less than I used to.

I'm not proposing that the location needs to be changed, but just suggesting that the reduction in responses Vesuvio has noticed could be due to the this same reason.

KK

Like they say - out of sight - out of mind

Interesting observation. I've gone over the stats, and reviewed the "new threads" and new posting" stats for the past few years. They've been climbing steadily, with a few peak months here and there (English Harbour fiasco, US crisis, etc.). Unfortunatly I can't break this down by section. It could be that more postings are being made in the non-complaint section.

But isn't this a good thing? Could it be that we have less to complain about?

I could bring the complaints section further up since I'll be adding a couple of new catagories shortly (skill gaming, etc.) move Bingo out and the secret US section (Shh!) elsewhere. That way you'll have all the moaning and groaning right in your face - right in time for your morning tea

Or maybe I'll pick up bitchmeister.com and move everything over there...

Edit: damn, bitchmeister.com is taken

[Pinababy69]

Originally Posted by Casinomeister

Edit: damn, bitchmeister.com is taken

J/K, I wish I'd thought of it.

[Vesuvio]

Originally Posted by jetset

Sounds like a useful compromise...but the moderator (sorry about that Simmo!!) will have to be alert for O/T attempts by newbies to achieve the same result as starting a thread of their own.

That's true, but at least O/T posts shouldn't mess up the board as much as new threads.

Actually, I think the fact that there are ways around posting your complaint if you're a new poster makes this compromise reasonable. Anyone with a genuine grievance will be encouraged to search (and perhaps even read ) the existing threads to find one relevant to their issue.

[REOdeathwagon]

Originally Posted by Simmo!

PS. Da_Gambla: You may not have noticed the "Multi-Quote" button

I use Firefox/2.0.0.3. I have never been able to get this to work for me. Anybody else have problems with "Multi-Quote" using FF?

To "Multi-Quote" I have to do it manually. Which is a PITA.

[Simmo!]

Originally Posted by REOdeathwagon

I use Firefox/2.0.0.3. I have never been able to get this to work for me. Anybody else have problems with "Multi-Quote" using FF?

To "Multi-Quote" I have to do it manually. Which is a PITA.

Yeah def a PITA I gave up using FF 2 years back because too much web stuff didn't like it. Ah how I missed tabbed browsing. Til now

[Da_Gambla]

Originally Posted by REOdeathwagon

I use Firefox/2.0.0.3. I have never been able to get this to work for me. Anybody else have problems with "Multi-Quote" using FF?

To "Multi-Quote" I have to do it manually. Which is a PITA.

Originally Posted by Simmo!

Yeah def a PITA I gave up using FF 2 years back because too much web stuff didn't like it. Ah how I missed tabbed browsing. Til now

FWIW, I didn't use the multi-quote feature because all those were individual posts at that moment. Between V, Pina and myself, that whole flurry of responses occurred over the course of a few minutes. It's just how it ended up...

And I agree Simmo, now that IE7 has tabs (assuming you meant IE7...), I haven't loaded up FF in about 7 months. Almost everywhere you go, people scream and curse IE7, but it works fine for me...? It didn't bugger up my whole system, doesn't crash any more frequent than anything else, and I really like the little tab that you can click to open up a blank page in a new tab. In FF, I always had to select File -> New Tab which became tedious.

Anyways, back to the regularly scheduled thread...

- Keith

[REOdeathwagon]

This reply is being posted with IE7. I tried to use "Multi-Quote" w/ IE7 in this response, same results as FF. "Multi-Quote" doesn't seem to work. When I click on it, it just turns red, but nothing happens.....weird?

Did get to see the Casinomeister home page though. Looked nice, when I come in through FF, it goes directly to the forums.