Administrators Popular Post Andrew Reid Posted April 15, 2014 Administrators Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2014 I am upgrading some members to moderator status. If they choose to exercise their newfound abilities, this upgrade comes with the ability to delete and lock posts as well as the all powerful, all conquering ability to ban members who misbehave! Thanks for their positive contributions to life here at EOSHD I am promoting RichG101, mtheory and jonpais to moderator status for the main forum and all sub-sections. It carries no extra work or obligations - exercising their privileges will be entirely at the discretion of the moderator. I'll continue as the main admin. But I think having extra eyes and ears plus a few more trusted people with the ability to clean up posts and ban members will help me a lot. Also since they expressed an interest, JohnBarlow will moderate the Anamorphic forum and Andy Lee will get his own sticky thread on lenses and lighting which may build into it's own forum section if it is successful. I'll create the moderator privileges later in the week. Any objections or any opt outs please have your say on this thread! Musty, maxotics, matt2491 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy lee Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 that sounds good - lets get busy !! Andrew Reid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Good decision Andrew! Andrew Reid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inazuma Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 First order of business should be to create a sticky defining "misbehaviour" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted April 16, 2014 Author Administrators Share Posted April 16, 2014 Did I miss anyone? Julian would you like to have moderator powers too? Misbehaviour sticky - I'll leave this as defined by wider society :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Did I miss anyone? Julian would you like to have moderator powers too? Thanks but no thanks Andrew :) I know I spend (too) much time here, but I can't and don't want to commit to anything right now. I'd still suggest bringing back the 'marketplace' sub forum though. I'll gladly report al the offenders who still dump their ads in the general or anamorphic forums. With the new police it should be easy to move them swiftly :) Rudolf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nahua Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I think you should have a sub-forum for Andy Lee. Lenses are so important to making great imagery. It's so hard to find any reliable source for vintage lenses. andy lee and Rudolf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy lee Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I will be making extensive posts on lenses.... new... old, vintage... cheap and expensive and what their main good points are and how to get the best out of them. And also some useful articles on general lens use that will help improve your shooting and make things more dare I say more 'cinematic' and less 'video' which seems to be what alot are asking for. so say tuned folks and watch this space...... Christina Ava, dahlfors, nahua and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurgen Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Great choices! I think this is an excellent move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted April 16, 2014 Author Administrators Share Posted April 16, 2014 We could have a separate forum for selling lenses, but I'm not sure about it. The for sale threads in the anamorphic forum keep it quite lively and bring about discussion of various unusual lenses. If we hid these away in a sub-section it might make the place a bit more dead. What do you think? andy lee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpais Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Thanks for the welcome. As for what is and isn't acceptable, maybe an exchange I just had with Vitaliy from p.v. could be instructive. I PM'd him to say that a member had referred to Andrew Dean, who'd posted an admittedly frustrating test of the GH4 on YouTube as a dumbass. Vitaliy's response? Vitaliy_Kiselev 12:30PM "dumb is just English word, it is dumb to do something sometimes? yes. and he did not call Andrew dumbass, in fact he wrote exactly opposite. [Either the poster or V had quickly edited the comment - JP] btw, to your shock - we even allow such words as fuck, cunt and motherfucker here. go figure." I wished him a happy birthday and told him I wouldn't be contributing to his site any longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cunningham Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 It's hard to see a method to VK's madness sometimes but he actually is pretty good about dealing with outright abusive, psychotic behavior. There are now places on this board I will no longer be participating because worse behavior has been ignored or even rewarded. So be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 The for sale threads in the anamorphic forum keep it quite lively and bring about discussion of various unusual lenses. If we hid these away in a sub-section it might make the place a bit more dead. What do you think? Most for sale topics in the anamorphic forums have 0 discussion (or even replies). I have the feeling a lot of people just come here trying to offload their crappy anamorphic lens for an inflated price, or just drop a link to ebay. '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>'?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>'?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>'?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> Other suggestion: Selling topics allowed within the forum, only if you post proper footage (self made, not some random vimeo cat test). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amro Othman Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Good move, but guys, I have been using forums for 15 years and one thing I always noticed was that the forums with high levels of moderation became boring, and the ones with light moderation were always more fun. I think that banning somebody should only be done as a last resort when somebody REALLY crosses the line, not just for one or two offensive posts. Otherwise this forum will have a reputation for being up-tight (like the RED forums) and not free-flowing and fun. Just my two cents... HurtinMinorKey, Julian and mtheory 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy lee Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 It's hard to see a method to VK's madness sometimes but he actually is pretty good about dealing with outright abusive, psychotic behavior. There are now places on this board I will no longer be participating because worse behavior has been ignored or even rewarded. So be it. Sean please come over to the lens part of the forum and contribute here with me in this new section on lenses and lighting. Not many people on this forum have gone through the whole process from start to finish of making a full length feature film - you and your Brother have and we need you to share your experiences and how you did it and what 'do's and don'ts' you came across while filming . You and I are into the same style of lighting with Practials and augmenting it to looks real .....a la 'Fincher , Bigelow ' etc Sean Cunningham 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtheory Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Glad to help. What I love about this forum is that it is both non-corporate and mature, and I'd like it to stay that way, with strong opinions or language fine in my book as long as character assassination, gossip and spam stays out. Julian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBarlow Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Thanks Andrew, I will not let you down :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted April 17, 2014 Author Administrators Share Posted April 17, 2014 Working on the moderators today, will get it set up. Cheers all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/p/ Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Thanks for the welcome. As for what is and isn't acceptable, maybe an exchange I just had with Vitaliy from p.v. could be instructive. I PM'd him to say that a member had referred to Andrew Dean, who'd posted an admittedly frustrating test of the GH4 on YouTube as a dumbass. Vitaliy's response? Vitaliy_Kiselev 12:30PM "dumb is just English word, it is dumb to do something sometimes? yes. and he did not call Andrew dumbass, in fact he wrote exactly opposite. [Either the poster or V had quickly edited the comment - JP] btw, to your shock - we even allow such words as fuck, cunt and motherfucker here. go figure." I wished him a happy birthday and told him I wouldn't be contributing to his site any longer. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 This location is growing and growing, nice to see :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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