This website is out of control. How are you supposed to get paying members when you don't moderate the traffic on the site? It's almost to the point now where it's unbearable. There is no reason for 100 people to sit around waiting for midnight so they can post "first" and "easy" and "i'm so incredible that I did this is .5 seconds" etc on the daily puzzles.
Chess.com, please get yourself under control. You are not the only place on the internet for chess conversation or puzzles or online play. You are, however, quickly becoming my least favorite.
Your domain is worth over a quarter of a million dollars. Start moderating the forums.
I'm fine with the Daily Puzzle threads, they're just a place for SPAM.
However, the moderation of the forums in general is too low. There are trolls (actually, the only one I can think of is cheater_1) and spammers (there are a TON of spamming, useless threads). Threads that are re-made should be locked or merged with the original--not left with three or more of the same thread. There should be much more warnings for spam and useless posts.
Don't worry Dwaxe, Erik has been telling a few peoples to stop postng useless threads and posts , so far I've seen some have taken notice of Erik and is working. KC
Yes, and on with the flames. I guess I posted before thinking this morning. I forgot that trusty equation:
regular people + anonymity of the internet = complete morons.
I think there's a much simpler equation at work here:
People you don't "get" = morons
Put another way:
Internet user - (tolerance + acceptance + attempted understanding) = flame bait