^^^ do you have ADD?.... you just took you're own post of a post off topic

^Yes, sorry

I can't comment about the site before I was here (obviously) but I have noticed it's slowed down a LOT just in the past week or so.
The other day, I actually thought I had been banned sometime in the middle of the night, because the next morning I had ZERO email notifications, and that's never happened before... turns out, the forum had been just that dead

To see a forum change over a long span of time (or if one changes hands, as this one has) isn't surprising, but the recent... and I mean VERY recent drop in activity is very unusual and disconcerting

Why not get rid of the non-active mods? Rather pointless, no? More then half, if not close to it, are not active at all.

Who determines who's qualified to be a mod?

As long as the vendors pay their fees to IB. That's all that matters to IB really.

Not my call....it's been discussed numerous times from what I remember, and a few were moved to alum, but no real all encompassing cleanup effort.

It generally starts with the admins, but anyone on the staff could suggest one. It's usually someone who is active in the section that needs a new mod. I think there have been a few scenarios where someone asked to become a mod, and after the staff discussed it, the admins made it happen.

nope

my bad....I missed his name in the post. I just saw the quote you had from me and thought that was directed @ me.

So as far as "active" in the section:
Last posts in the A/V Forum by its Mods:
Skyline_GT: 10/20/2007
Skaterbasist: 6/3/2009
ttrank: 4/13/2010
waijai: 7/5/2010
GreenGoblin: 8/31/2010

See the word usually?

Plus, you're looking at last post. Just because they're not posting in that section any more doesn't mean they're not moderating it. When I was actually an active mod, there were sections I read and moderated that I never posted in.

I can't say that's the case with AV since I haven't actually spent time in there in a long time, that could be a section that needs attention. Before adding a new mod, they usually try to get existing ones to start looking after it, but that doesn't always work....and we're now officially way off topic.

FWIW...Being active is not synonymous to posting.

There is an activity log that records members' actions. Admins use these logs to see how active Moderators are and where they are active. And by active I mean how often they moderate. For example, a Mod doesn't have to post in the forum to moderate it (move threads, clean up posts/spam, delete duplicate threads, etc.).

Just because a Mod hasn't posted in a forum in some time doesn't mean he/she doesn't moderate that forum.

Edit: oops, kernel covered it. Damn posting from my iPhone and not refreshing the page before I post!

Missing a post from 12 hours ago isn't a refresh issue

Are you saying I had a deet dee dee moment?

FWIW, I think people took (or take, rather) this forum too seriously - both Staff and regular members. Somewhere along the lines we forgot that this is just an internet forum - it was supposed to be about the car. It was supposed to be fun.

Anyway, I don't think there's any one single factor that caused the demise of 'Driver. It's unfortunate that we've come to this, but that doesn't mean 'Driver can't take a turn for the better.

Bump. Seems like this thread is getting lost in the suggestion/feedback sec. Even then, I'm sure nothing will come about this thread. The people no longer matter. This though will eventually catch up with them down the long run