ASF 'How do I do it?' thread

[Joe Blow]

Hi Miner,

1. How do you select a moderator ?

I select a moderator after a long period of observation of a number of short listed individuals. I often ask the other moderators for their opinions too.

2. Do they have some business interest with ASF to be a moderator ?

No. ASF moderators are just regular ASF members who agree to help enforce the site rules on a volunteer basis.

3. What is the term for a moderator considering the Prime Minister gets elected for three years

As long as they are prepared to put up with the torrents of abuse that they regularly receive as part of their job.

Seriously though, there is no set time period. Moderators can resign at any time if they wish... and some of them just disappear, never to be heard from again.

4. What is the code of conduct for a moderator unless they get an immunity

ASF moderators have to obey the same rules as everyone else. Even I do.

5. Who moderates a moderator?

Moderators usually don't need to be moderated because they are particularly aware of ASF's rules. However, should they need to be given a talking to then that would be my job.

:whip

 

[Miner]

Hi Miner,



I select a moderator after a long period of observation of a number of short listed individuals. I often ask the other moderators for their opinions too.



No. ASF moderators are just regular ASF members who agree to help enforce the site rules on a volunteer basis.



As long as they are prepared to put up with the torrents of abuse that they regularly receive as part of their job.

Seriously though, there is no set time period. Moderators can resign at any time if they wish... and some of them just disappear, never to be heard from again.



ASF moderators have to obey the same rules as everyone else. Even I do.



Moderators usually don't need to be moderated because they are particularly aware of ASF's rules. However, should they need to be given a talking to then that would be my job.

:whip

Mate

Thanks for very pertinent response and I liked the whipping cartoon - a picture says a thousand words.

Through this thread may I suggest to all participants for the best interest of all of us to consider the following .

I do believe many of us get enormous advantages by learning, interacting and just watching the posts in ASF. These are all free to all of us.

What about let us volunteer to put a small token of our winfall when we make our decisions to invest or divest on some of the stocks by reading posts in ASF. Please do not hound me saying that what happens if we loose money. That is part of the gain and I am sure no one should be cynical in asking that.

I do believe many of the postings are very good and some of them are just excellent (in fact better than some of the paid newsletters I subscribe).

Back to Joe - please keep the good work up.

 

[Joe Blow]

Mate

Thanks for very pertinent response and I liked the whipping cartoon - a picture says a thousand words.

Through this thread may I suggest to all participants for the best interest of all of us to consider the following .

I do believe many of us get enormous advantages by learning, interacting and just watching the posts in ASF. These are all free to all of us.

What about let us volunteer to put a small token of our winfall when we make our decisions to invest or divest on some of the stocks by reading posts in ASF. Please do not hound me saying that what happens if we loose money. That is part of the gain and I am sure no one should be cynical in asking that.

I do believe many of the postings are very good and some of them are just excellent (in fact better than some of the paid newsletters I subscribe).

Back to Joe - please keep the good work up.

Hi Miner,

Thank you for your support! It is very gratifying to know that you feel you have benefitted from being a member of ASF.

The best way to support ASF is by supporting those who pay to advertise here. ASF survives almost entirely on advertising revenue and if the advertisers feel that it is worth their while to advertise here they will continue to do so and this will help us to grow.

Interactive Brokers is an example of a company who has been advertising here for quite some time now.

So be sure to keep an eye on who is advertising here on ASF and please consider paying them a visit to see what they have on offer...

Many thanks again for your support!

 

[Miner]

Hi Joe

Can you please do me two favours

1. Please start a new thread : Peter Costello - Clever departure or a Failed Aspirant

2. tell us here How to start a new thread

Regards

 

[GumbyLearner]

Hi Miner

To answer No.2 click on the forum menu and go to General Chat

After you have the General Forum thread click on the button (New Thread)
type in the title of the thread and you'll be away.

About the Costello thread, I'm not sure what to do. But remember economically he was a "real fiscal conservative" but within the burbs he was a real pussy with no idea how to fight!

 

[Timmy]

Hi Joe

Can you please do me two favours

1. Please start a new thread : Peter Costello - Clever departure or a Failed Aspirant

2. tell us here How to start a new thread

Regards

Hi Miner - to start your Peter Costello thread go to the "General Chat" forum and click on "New Topic", like in this diagram:

In the Title put in the title of the thread, labelled with "1"

Then type in your text, labelled with 2

Then hit Submit, labelled with 3.

 

[GumbyLearner]

Cheers Timmy

New topic

I agree!

 

[Stan 101]

How to block someone from PMing you

Is there a way through the control panel to block a member from PMing you?
If so, please advise.





cheers,

 

[So_Cynical]

Re: How to block someone from PMing you

Would putting a member on your ignore list work for PMs as well...i always
though it just hid there forum posts from u. :dunno:

 

[Stan 101]

Re: How to block someone from PMing you

Would putting a member on your ignore list work for PMs as well...i always
though it just hid there forum posts from u. :dunno:

thank you.

 

[Timmy]

Re: How to block someone from PMing you

Would putting a member on your ignore list work for PMs as well...i always
though it just hid there forum posts from u. :dunno:

Stan - have chased this up for you and So_Cynical is right (and much faster than me...) - use the ignore function and you should stop PMs from the ignored.

 

[happytown]

joe or mods,

with the home page is it possible for an individual ASF member to substitute the "recent threads" for any of the "drop down forums"

cheers

 

[Joe Blow]

joe or mods,

with the home page is it possible for an individual ASF member to substitute the "recent threads" for any of the "drop down forums"

cheers

Hi Happytown,

Unfortunately individual customisation of the ASF homepage is currently not possible.

This may change in the future however.

 

[happytown]

thanks joe

cheers

 

[overit]

How do I go about posting non-youtube videos. I tried some webcode things I found on the net and that didnt work and I tried using the youtube tags that work here and that doesnt work... is this possible. Where am I going wrong?

Liveleak is a video site I visit often and it provides embedded codes like the following one. I would prefer to embed videos as I think people would be more inclined to view it that way instead of following a link. Thanks.

LIVELEAK

<object width="450" height="370"><param name="movie" value="http://www.liveleak.com/e/be9_1245779171"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/be9_1245779171" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="450" height="370"></embed></object>

 

[Joe Blow]

How do I go about posting non-youtube videos. I tried some webcode things I found on the net and that didnt work and I tried using the youtube tags that work here and that doesnt work... is this possible. Where am I going wrong?

Liveleak is a video site I visit often and it provides embedded codes like the following one. I would prefer to embed videos as I think people would be more inclined to view it that way instead of following a link. Thanks.

LIVELEAK

<object width="450" height="370"><param name="movie" value="http://www.liveleak.com/e/be9_1245779171"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/be9_1245779171" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="450" height="370"></embed></object>

Unfortunately you can only embed YouTube videos on ASF at the moment, although this is something I hope to rectify soon. The problem is that for security reasons I do not allow HTML to be used in posts.

As soon as I sort out a solution for this I will start a thread in the announcements forum about it. In the meantime just link to them instead.

 

[overit]

OK thanks... I thought it must have been something like that.

 

[pj2105]

Hi

I wanted to know how I go about putting up a poll thread that asks the question.
'Do you think the All Ordinaries (AOX) will go higher than 5,500 points by the end of 2010?'
And then members can click on 'yes' or 'no', and then we get totals, as I would like to know how optomistic people are about stocks.

I have tried, but can't find out how I can do this. It may be I do not have the rights to be able to do this, but I am sure I have seen this type of thing before in ASF.

Anyway, this is a great site and I try to look through it daily.
Great work.

 

[Joe Blow]

Hi

I wanted to know how I go about putting up a poll thread that asks the question.
'Do you think the All Ordinaries (AOX) will go higher than 5,500 points by the end of 2010?'
And then members can click on 'yes' or 'no', and then we get totals, as I would like to know how optomistic people are about stocks.

I have tried, but can't find out how I can do this. It may be I do not have the rights to be able to do this, but I am sure I have seen this type of thing before in ASF.

Anyway, this is a great site and I try to look through it daily.
Great work.

Here's how to do it:

• Start a new thread in the ASX Stock Chat forum titled "Will the XAO reach 5,500 by the end of 2010?" (or something similar - I prefer concise but descriptive thread titles)
• In your initial post, ensure that you explain why you are conducting the poll and be sure to include your own views.
• Before you submit your new thread check the box that says "Yes, post a poll with this thread" in the "Additional Options" section (scroll down a bit) and be sure to specify the amount of poll options you require.
• You will then be prompted to enter your poll question and poll options. I would simply use the thread title again for the question.

The important thing to remember with polls is to think them through first. Give careful consideration to the question you are asking and be sure to include all possible options.

 

[nulla nulla]

Thank you nomore4's for the link to this thread. If I have any more questions I know where to start.