DocAndersen
First of all, thank you to everyone that commented and contributed to the poll over the past couple of days!
The community seems to agree on the fact that we need more verified writers. The presented range is between 1 month and three months. I suspect we should probably also include a minimum publication or article contribution. The reality of verified users is that as many of them are not currently posting on the site as the other users. The frustration with the site not working as expected has driven away users. I am not weighing in. Instead, I am more interested in what the community wants. So, I will throw out some refining questions, and let’s see how things come together. I asked an interesting poll question yesterday that I got a few responses, so I thought I would talk about that part more.
It is my feeling that verified users should be held to a higher standard than moderated users. They verified, users, do not have to submit articles for moderation. Therefore I feel like they should have a level of responsibility to the site and other authors. That is one of the reasons that I write these articles, and send the links to the admin team repeatably. I believe I owe everyone that reads my posts a debt. If you comment and interact with me (on your posts and my posts), that debt becomes deeper. That is why whenever I can, I help people on this site. Other than two exceptions, I can honestly say that I have helped everyone I was able to help when asked.
The issue then is the question of if a verified user has a post pulled by the admin team, should they lose their verified status. The comments/responses were exciting, and I will net that with one comment “everyone makes mistakes” so based on that I would like to discuss the concept of if it happens once, oh well, but if you have two posts removed from the site by the admins, you should lose your verified status. You can earn it back by following the same process that all users have to follow. But if your post is removed, you should lose that status. It seems to me that is the debt of the verified user to the site. We can publish anything we want, so if the admins are forced to pull it, it should impact us the second time.
As the host of coffee talk said, “talk amongst yourselves.”
This work is Copyright DocAndersen. Any resemblance to people real or fictional in this piece is accidental (unless explicitly mentioned by name.)
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Question of
I think 1 month is long enough before writers are verified
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Yes
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No
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Question of
I think 1 month but also the author should have 10 published articles
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Yes
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No
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Question of
i think it should be 3 months and 30 articles
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Yes
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No
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Question of
We would like clear guidelines for users
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Yes
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more communication please
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No
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Doc, you have 341 pages of posts here, at least, and to go back even 10 pages to this one is a pain, how do we easily go back to posts made years ago??
Perhaps the certified writers are a rarefied group, given out at the beginning of the site’s days.
Is anyone still verified these days?
I have been here, around 3 years myself.
i suspect over the years there have been a trickle of users that moved to verified. those users number a little more than 80 now.
the first group was the single largest with nearly 120 verified writers. that was downright about when you joined.
the next group was smaller (around 50 or so) due to tot the publication problem many users had at that time.
A number have left the site forever. Some have moved to publishing on rare occasions.
But the reality is, the site still pays. so something works.
Yes, I did get a small “payment” for June, but as I have not reached the payout amount yet, I got nothing yet, in reality from 3 years at virily.
They did not inform writers of some of the cutbacks on earnings, the introduction of the minimum virils each month, for example, was a pain.
there has always been a minimum for payout. But it was frustrating. I keep telling people don’t post the “i got paid” posts it upsets others.
Q: I THINK 1 MONTH IS LONG ENOUGH BEFORE WRITERS ARE VERIFIED
Yes (4 votes) – 80%
No (1 votes) – 20%
Q: I THINK 1 MONTH BUT ALSO THE AUTHOR SHOULD HAVE 10 PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Yes (6 votes) – 100%
Q: I THINK IT SHOULD BE 3 MONTHS AND 30 ARTICLES
Yes (2 votes) – 40%
No (3 votes) – 60%
Q: WE WOULD LIKE CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR USERS
Yes (3 votes) – 50%
more communication please (3 votes) – 50%
Hummm, Since I don’t get to make any decisions I think I will sit back and watch.
I don’t think any of us get to make any of these decisions. But I am going to keep trying.
If you need me to do something feel free to tell me how I can help. I just don’t have any ideas left in my head.
you are helping so much with what you do! Plus, the random comments make me laugh every day!
Well I am grateful that you are laughing every day and I will just do what I can when I can and hope for the best. It seems TSU, is that right?, didn’t want me so I will hang here and play on the lot.
TSU is still in beta, they will i am sure add you with the next round.
Informing the user what is needed to become verified would motivate them to write more to reach that point . I remember not knowing when I’d be verified, then all of a sudden getting it out of the blue. The wait was the suckiest of times, especially putting out those sports writings that were verified late. I used to receive backlash for that from readers on sites like Reddit.
that is what I think as well, that if there is a visible carrot, many more will write more!
Love the last one, it has my name written all over it. COMMUNICATION!!!
did you notice the special Carol option in the last one, more communication, please!!!!
Absolutely I noticed and thank you, that is what I meant in my comment! 🙂
i love the old quote by Ed Richtin of IBM.
the three rules to success
Communicate, Communicate, Communicate!
Absolutely, you know I do as well.
it is a great quote! sometimes we have to just survive!
We really should have clear guidelines. I assume some members are very confused (I’ve been around for a while too, I haven’t spotted anywhere how I can become a verified member).
i would love clear guidelines. I will continue pushing because that is the right thing!!!!!
it used to be (verified user) in the old FAQ but it hasn’t been around for at least 4 years.
I hope you succeed. I think it would be easier for everyone if we had clear guidelines or instructions.
i agree with you, clear guidelines will help us going forward!
If it is between 1 and 3 months to be verified, aren’t there some of us who are here for several years not verified? What would be the reason for that?
oh we are asking the admins for that! right now we have no idea what the rules for verified users actually are!
Great question!!!
Did the poll monster take a nibble of your final question? 🙂
I added that one for Carol!
It’s a tough choice though, between clear guidelines for users, and more communication please 🙂
you of course, with these early polls can pick both!
Thanks for thinking of me. For years now I talk about communication. 🙁