Discussion: An improvement \ An activity

1. For the selection of the best posts, I think it’s better to let the moderators make the decision. The HaiChuan Forum is quite professional; evaluations carried out by specialized personnel may follow uniform standards, but there are inevitably some discrepancies in determining what constitutes an excellent post. There are relatively few such cases in entertainment forums, and they can be approved uniformly by a designated person! However, this plan can be tried out for a while to see how it works!   2. As for member events, I fully support them. That was also the reason I suggested creating a “member showcase area” back then. If a section can’t be created, holding an event is also a great option! This post was last edited by Bincheng Watcher on 2007-12-23 12:36.]

I agree with the suggestion! However, clause 6, which states that posts containing phrases such as “request for being marked as excellent,” “apply to be marked as excellent,” etc., should in principle not be considered excellent posts, doesn’t seem quite appropriate to me. After all, members request highlights because they are confident in their own information and opinions, hoping to draw the attention of administrators – it’s a way of self-expression. Let the management take care of it; don’t avoid giving an answer.

I think for the featured posts, the forum should establish a dedicated judging panel (5–9 members), who are nominated by the moderators; the panel then evaluates them regularly, and those that pass the evaluation are designated as featured posts!

Supported.   After posting the materials yourself, paste the link in a certain thread or forum section to apply for being marked as essential. It does not take matters proactively. (In other words: It’s because members don’t understand the procedures that they include things like “apply for essence” in the topic title.) ； If they apply, it is advisable to consider their request.) It should be assessed by a designated person, with several ** selected, and members from technical teams should be chosen randomly.   Establish simple rules, such as a total of 10 people, and 5 approvals are sufficient ； Or a scoring system, where you reach a certain score threshold. There is a time limit; if the required level of acceptance is not achieved within, say, 7 days, it is deemed a failure by default ； Remove the application post. The applicant can apply again. There are two additional points to consider: 1. Increase the gap – either by raising the equivalent appeal value of the premium posts, or by lowering the score limits for moderators and engineers. With two or more engineers and moderators, it loses much of its meaning to have points assigned for high-quality posts.   2. Essence stickers cannot be sold ； Selling (once) does not convey essence.   The evaluation principles agree with those for Building 1#.

1. Due to limitations related to expertise and personal subjectivity, it is difficult for just a few people to determine which posts are the best; nor can a few people decide what constitutes high-quality content. For a forum, a quality post is one that is helpful to most people. A topic post is considered a quality post as long as many people are willing to download it and learn from it. Although some posts may be rare and valuable, if they aren’t very useful to everyone, there’s no need for them to be considered quality posts. I think the number of downloads can serve as an important reference standard.  2. Uploading personal photos is a great idea; it allows everyone to get to know each other, haha, just like the popular trend of showing off one’s own style these days. However, whether it is necessary to set limits on the uploaded photos and what the reward levels should be still need to be discussed and decided by everyone! This post was last edited by tianleikkk on 2007-12-24 07:54.]

1. The issue of designating posts as highlights: Highlight 1 can be determined by the moderators, but it must meet the criteria for identifying highlight posts. Essence 2 and Essence 3 are nominated by team members, moderators, engineers, sub-forum moderators, and administrators (a dedicated thread is set up in the management team’s office). The identification of featured posts is determined on a regular basis through voting, organized by administrators or subforum moderators; each post receives one vote (with four options: agree/disagree, Featured 1/Featured 2). Article 6 of the evaluation principles supports the view of the chemicaleng2008 instructor. When these words appear, the administrators need to strengthen oversight, make timely corrections, and remind the poster. 2. Supports Haiyou Show event! This post was last edited by jieg on 2007-12-23 16:21]

Regarding the issue of few high-quality posts on technical discussions, this is my perspective. Currently, a large number of high-quality discussions on the forum appear in reply posts, rather than coming from the person who initiated the discussion or the one who asked for help. This makes it difficult for administrators to determine which posts are worth highlighting, as marking a post as excellent means that the person who wrote it does not benefit from it; it is actually the person who started the discussion or the one who asked for help who benefits. Under such circumstances, this system seems unreasonable.   My suggestion is to change the current method of evaluating highlight posts related to technical discussions. I recommend that each sub-forum establish one or several centralized highlight posts based on specific circumstances, and keep them pinned permanently. Forum moderators or instructors who are experts in technology should select content from the technical discussion and request-for-help posts in each sub-forum that is original and offers unique insights (in my opinion, content copied from books or magazines doesn’t add much value to highlight posts, as it fails to highlight the forum’s own characteristics). This selected content should be compiled and updated regularly, with the author of each piece of content indicated, along with links to the relevant posts, so that those interested can participate further in the discussions. At the same time, the original authors should be given the status of having their posts highlighted.   There are three advantages to this approach: first, high-quality content becomes immediately visible, so newcomers need not go through each previous post one by one to find the best content ； Secondly, it enables everyone to quickly learn about the experts with expertise in relevant fields within the forum, so that they can seek help or engage in discussions in a targeted manner ； Third, original authors who produce high-quality discussions can truly benefit from it, which boosts their enthusiasm to participate further.   Additionally, I think essential summaries could be added to book and material-related entries; after all, it takes a lot of effort to collect, organize, and upload such materials. Providing essential summaries for particularly good or rare items is also a way of encouraging those who share them. But I think a different approach from those technical discussion highlights could be used; it could be listed separately as a resource-type highlight. Last edited by bone on 2007-12-23 17:09]

The evaluation of highlight posts has been discussed before; I think it’s better to be cautious, as this will help emphasize the value of such posts even more. The member Show idea is also good; I support it! !

Support! It would be great to have a leisure area where people can chat and get to know each other better. What I’ve never understood is: can’t professional chemical engineering forums have a casual area?

1. Featured posts: Each relevant specialty forum should create its own list of featured posts, recommending 3–5 such posts for that forum (one recommendation per post; no recommendation needed if none are available). If better posts are found, they can be used to replace one of the existing featured posts, thus ensuring that each specialty forum always has the best posts as its featured content.   2. Member’s personal photo – Agree. Last edited by 660 on 2007-12-23 21:56]

I have wanted to offer suggestions regarding the identification of highlight posts and the posts currently in the highlights section for a long time. The forum has a large number of new members, as well as new posts and high levels of traffic, which form the basis for its growth. Meanwhile, having unique features and its own strengths is what enables the forum to become stronger.   First is the issue of identifying the most valuable posts; of course, as the forum continues to develop, there will be different phased methods and procedures. For now, first of all, the determination of which posts are considered elite posts should not be left to a single moderator, super moderator, or one of the two administrators; rather, it should be decided by a group, such as the digital moderators and digital section engineers of a particular forum, who then evaluate the posts and assign them grades of 1, 2, or 3 as elite posts. Of course, super moderators, instructors, and administrators can participate in the decision-making, such as making suggestions or canceling things.   Then comes the determination of what constitutes the true essence. The essence of many excellent posts lies in the comments made by one or several people later on, rather than in the content posted by the original author. This identification work is more important. It would be laughable if a featured post is promoted yet the honor does not go to the person who contributed the valuable content.   Third, take requests to mark posts as favorites seriously. From a broader perspective, after all, there are some issues raised in certain posts that are not very common; we are looking for gold, but we shouldn’t act ignorant when it comes to diamonds as well.   Fourth is the procedural issue. Once the essence determination panel for each version is established, it must follow the procedures for identifying essential posts/attachments set by the main forum, and these procedures should generally not be violated. At the same time, it is also necessary to carry out the process of revoking recognition for the highlight posts.   Fifthly, as the forum evolves, the classic posts from long ago are no longer considered outstanding by today’s standards, and they should be removed accordingly. Essential posts are one of the keystones of a forum, and there must be procedures for identifying them. At the same time, highlight posts are removed as the forum evolves, but the contribution records of the original contributors must still be retained.   I recently conducted surveys on other forums and came to the conclusion that the evaluation of valuable content must be done carefully; the creation of such high-quality material is an important factor in determining whether a forum can continue to develop ； The number of truly outstanding posts can be considered very small, but the threshold for considering something as such must not be set too low. Conversely, if the quality of the identified featured posts is even lower than that of the non-featured posts, the effect will be even worse. This post was last edited by weiqj on 2007-12-24 12:08]

Support the establishment of a dedicated evaluation team for premium posts. Supports Haiyou Show. Supports consideration of bone and weiqj. I hope the improvements will be implemented as soon as possible.