Hello all! [b]We would like to receive feedback on your ideas and preferences for SimilarWorlds offering users the ability to [u]create their own Groups[/u]. (Sub-Groups)[/b]
[u]Please submit suggestions / ideas for[/u]:
• The [b]General Process[/b] for users to create their own Groups on SW.
• The [b]Minimum Requirements[/b] for users to have the privilege of creating their own Groups (and how many groups per user).
• [b]What Abilities[/b] should a Group owner/creator have? Should they have certain "Moderation Power" within their created group (and what exactly?)
• [b]How Necessary[/b] is it for SW users to be able to create their own groups (especially since we already have "Post Collections").
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[u]On-Topic comments[/u] here will be taken as [u]Feedback[/u] for user-created/owned Groups, but doesn't guarantee that every or most ideas will be integrated.
SW Staff do already have some ideas in mind for how this could and should be done, but we would still like to hear feedback from users, to better shape our ideas to best serve our user-base.
Off-Topic comments will be ignored (as usual). Kindly do not post off-topic comments on any posts (Admin or otherwise). One can eventually lose the ability to interact on certain posts/groups, if they continuously break Code of Conduct.
Kind regards! [i]-The SW Team[/i]
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@AuRevoir Re VIP 'privileges': I have better things to do than having knowledge of who is stalking me. That's a feature of VIP I think ought to be reneged or at the least made optional to the VIP.
Also. We don't all have thousands of coins lying around gathering dust. I don't spend most of my time here writing stories or asking questions or engaging in PMs with strangers. So that idea, it's a wrong one, to suggest that coinage equals to one's ability to create a group. It is illogical and ought not to proceed. Of course, you can suggest anything you please. SW Staff always do as they see fit.
Finally SW staff: *If I can create a group and that's contingent on me being a VIP, well, in that case SW Staff, I want another altogether different VIP pursuant to group creation only. *
Some people commit to this site everyday. Its become a haven for them and means a lot to them .
Some commit money to this site as its a way of giving back and showing appreciation for having this place.
I think these ideas have merit . It would reduce impermament trolls to this place adding poisonous groups on a whim, and give those who have inputted time or money here, an [i]earned [/i] benefit of doing so.
I dont think the abilty to make groups should be an easily accessible thing, otherwise we're gonna end up with thousands of trash groups made for ego, and not for meaningful input.
@AuRevoir don't agree about VIPs. There's only so many that are willing to moderate.
Plus there's the dictator issues I have about those who moderate. VIP's are likely to be dictators. That is also shown on Reddit. Many are VIPs.
Do agree that new users shouldn't moderate. "Reputation factors" can be a factor. Everyone here has a "reputation" anyway. Coins are not a good way. Many use up there coins every year on gifts to others.
@DeWayfarer ahh i see what you mean now! Sorry i think it threw me when you said dictator! Yeh youre right about reddit ive noticed this the past few months if honest. Hmm