Why WebmasterWorld is Amazing

(not just a puff piece!)

[blaze]

Having spent some time in some other forums as I'd like to start up my own on some particular subjects, I've had the opportunity to survey a lot of the other forums out there.

And while I disagree with some of the home page choices here, and I'm pretty sure a few of the threads around here are a bit seeded, I have to say that by far, the WebmasterWorld forums are the best moderated anywhere on the net.

The clear cutting off at the pass of whisper campaigns, user organized agendas, equal time for unpopular ideas, and control of forum flaming and trolling is by far the most professionaly done I've seen anywhere.

Clearly, a lot of this is owed to Brett's obvious many years of experience managing and maintaining forums and his insightful intelligence.

So, to Brett and the team he has recruited... hats off. You are doing an amazing job of tackling a very complex problem.

[spaceylacie]

I just started my own boards and I'm realizing what a difficult task it is. People are posting in the wrong areas of the board, getting way off topic, posting links to my competitors, trading copyrighted material... I go through and clean it up every morning, then, the next day.... err....

Yes, this is a great forum. Really, the only one I've ever gotten involved with. My official job title, according to the US IRS is 'web developer'. It's great to meet others in the same field.

[wheel]

lol, yeah, gotta respect Brett if for not other reason than the crap you know he has to put up with (i also have a busy forum and experience this). I nominate June 1st as national "mods get to beotch-slap users who try to promote products on our forums' day.

Don't forget to send flowers.

[PhraSEOlogy]

What I find interesting is that after all these years Brett still has a hands on approach to webmasterworld. There are very few places you will find taht the guy who created the site/thing/whatever still keeps an eye on whats going down.

Brett - you are the man!

Can I hear it for WebmasterWorld?

[Brett_Tabke]

Thanks Blaze.

> I disagree with some of the home page choices here

As a senior member, you have access to the 'recommend a thread' feature at the bottom of each thread. Please use that wisely and when you feel appropriate. We take a hard look at all suggestions.

What we look for, run through 3 noncritical litmus tests:

- is the thread timely, newsworthy or breaking news?
- or is the thread extremely valuable information?
- has the thread been popular with the fast-n-furious web crowd?

Things we tend to shy away from:
- highly negative, critical, or controversial topics (no one wants to read too much downer info).
- threads that contain specific recommendations or border on endorsements (eg: stuff that will likely breed a c&d)
- stuff that is all OpEd. (people here want facts, not OpEd).
- anything too strong that can't be proven.