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You are being naughty Off topic. Please skip US politics in this thread! Thanks!

I have opened a suggestion ticket with the software vendor andking what plans, if any, they have for a Block feature. I will get back to you.

Yes, put them on ignore!

Don't worry in this specific thread. Discuss, come with ideas and suggestions and keep it civil and I will listen and reply as much I can. That being said, moderation has changed the last 3 months.

If that happens again, please let me know via PM.

I posted this in another thread, but If you missed it. Note the last sentence about banning, ---- I can assure you that a lot has happened behind the scenes in regards to how we are moderating this community, and the moderating mindset HAS changed to the better since some 3 months back. We are simply not so strict with warnings and banning anymore. The moderating team are these days just hiding offensive topics instead of banning members. A changed mindset, I assure you. All banning of members must have management pre-approval (except for blatant spam, lese majeste posts and obvious abuse etc).

Yes, A few "hard core" mods has indeed departed. The team is now acting with a new mindset. We did gaffes in the past, I agree, much less so now. You could always PM me if you want a "second opinion". I'm here for developing this community to be a better place.

Use the report button and put people you don't like on ignore, like in Real Life, and Mods take care of the rest.

"Misinformation" has no place on this forum. Misinformation will be removed. More info about that in the Community guidelines: https://aseannow.com/terms/

Yes, it's an interesting topic. Let the moderating discussion stay in this thread so its easy for us to read and reply. I'm here to listen to the users, and to make this a better place. Again. So keep it going in this thread at least. Let's make this community less toxic both for users and mods team.

The scoop of the ebook is not for techies. It's written by the software vendor Invision a in language for members and new mods to get an insight in the moderating world. And it was a good topic starter apparently. For obvious reasons we can't discuss the details or security setup of the backend of this forum. We are doing very good in that aspect. No worries there.

Why you don't add a Poll to this topic?

Show us the video, we want to inspect them too.

I like these yellowish live notifications. They are really increasing interactions and posts. Good for this community.

They are welcome back! Just contact me or email Support and we will review and reinstate them, hoping that they actually read our much simplified Community Guidelines found here: https://aseannow.com/terms/

Yes I want to be Elon.

Someone in here fancy helping Goat to find the "ignore button"? 🙏🏼

Please PM me with their names and I will review and re-invite them during the weekend. I have already reinstated a handful banned members. Thanks in advance! 🙏🏼

Things looks good. The forum has a constant growth since 6 months back. We are recovering big time after the very unsuccessful re-branding. Improved SEO and changed moderation attitude is part of the strategy. I'm good at this kinda stuff.. (jokingly). Regarding Dan: He is doing well with his YouTube Channel and property business, and I'm running the AseanNow show since 1.5 years. Forum was not his bag. We are soon launching a campaign to get more new members onboard. Follow this space!

That's exactly what the star ratings are used for. Use them more!

@Goat We shouldn't call our fellow members for "idiots" in here. And yes, you can put people on ignore if you don't want to read their content or interact with them.

Hope you like this guys: We are adding a new green +1 reaction button shortly. See screenshot.

False! There is no paid member postings on this platform. We do have some paid staff posting news stories and social media content and curating content though. Please stop accuse us for things that is not true.

Don't be rude, comments like this is not welcome here. Give us some positive posts instead and don't insult my team. Thanks! With a few exceptions, Mods and Admins are volunteers that want to give back a bit to society.

Please ignore toxic or flaming posts, use the report button instead, is my advise. If toxic members gets reported by many, the algorithm takes care of the rest 😎 I assure you!