The future of DFAA, please discuss

At last Admin take a step to seperate old thread and make it as new one.

That's great Maverick for locking DFAA. In place of DFAA what are you going to announce on this one.

The old DFAA became more controversy even it is better but it became controversy among people. In my opinion the old one is better.

I personally believe and have already pointed out that there was and still is nothing wrong with the award itself which has proved so successful so long.And in stead of addressing the real issue,discontinuing it amounts to throwing the baby out with the bathwater!!! Similarly I am also opposed to trifuracation of the total amount to such ridiculous values!!

I agree with Chinmoy that the DFAA should be properly managed and not discontinued. The purpose of award should be to reward members for 'activation' of forum. This is more than just counting the posts.

I suggest following criteria:

(1) The member getting awards should have posted minimum ten qualifying posts in the day.

(2) The award should be for best post based on value or quality. The selected post should have response from maximum members. Thus among two or more quality posts, one that gets further response/ posts from more members should get the award.

To illustrate, member A, B, C post 12, 15 and 18 posts in a day. Others post less then ten. Then, these three namely a, B and C are shortlisted for the award. Further, the member posting the most interesting post should get the award. To continue with illustration, Member A's one post gets further new posts by 20 members subsequent to his post. B and C get response from 12 and 14 members only to one of their post. Hence, member A should get the award.

This is the nice suggestion Gulshan ji. But Admin expressed there is not given award to three winners.

This is the nice suggestion Gulshan ji. But Admin expressed there is not given award to three winners.

I also say that award should be given to one person. I have only given a criterion for short listing. Only one of the shortlisted members will get an award on basis of one of his post that gets maximum response from other members.

Yes this is good idea let wait us for sometime to see some other suggestions from other members also.

Can we see now the dfaa award's winners name here?

Very good suggestion given by gulshan ji.
Let see What admin and others will say.
Also any news about DFAA winners list!?

Thanks Gulshanji! Your criteria are very logical!

In this respect I would like to deal with some broad issues which this decision is trying to overlook.Like all professianlly managed sites there should be one or a team of ones who or which examines a post and then clears it to be posted.Here we don't have any such arrangements which may prove very dangerous.Now anyone can get away with posting anything in the absence of any pre-post scrutiny.Just imagine if someone writes anything defamatory or opposed to public policy,what would be the legal implications for the site?

Thanks Gulshanji! Your criteria are very logical!

In this respect I would like to deal with some broad issues which this decision is trying to overlook.Like all professianlly managed sites there should be one or a team of ones who or which examines a post and then clears it to be posted.Here we don't have any such arrangements which may prove very dangerous.Now anyone can get away with posting anything in the absence of any pre-post scrutiny.Just imagine if someone writes anything defamatory or opposed to public policy,what would be the legal implications for the site?

I share the concern. I think that moderator be given assignment to screen all posts once a day and delete the objectionable content. The contents can be deleted or edited only after posting. Members can also help by using the 'report' button often.

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@Gulshanji

As you must be aware of the relevant provisons of defamations laws and once such a post appears and its transmission takes place real time and subsequent deletion won't save the situation.That's the reason I am suggesting pre-post scrutiny!

@Gulshanji

As you must be aware of the relevant provisons of defamations laws and once such a post appears and its transmission takes place real time and subsequent deletion won't save the situation.That's the reason I am suggesting pre-post scrutiny!

I request administration/ Maverick to consider the concern of Chinmoy, the law on defamation and take necessary measures so as to avoid any unpleasant situation. We have already procedure of editing the articles. Similar procedure in Discussion may not be feasible.

There is a 'Disclaimer' notice in articles that states that the views or of author and management or site is not responsible for anything published on the site. This may suffice to safeguard the interests of site. Primarily responsibility is thus of authors. The editors/ moderators can be assigned job of screening out objectionable material shortly after publication. Facebook has also expressed inability to weed out undesirable content before publication.

Chinmoy, Gulshanji, thank you for taking up some important issues into the discussion. In my view, moderation of topics will negatively impact the discussions as people want to discuss in real time which is why the forum is popular among all. We cannot totally control the information that is being written across the forum, but as you said, we can control part of it through moderator checkups, reporting facility etc. I will work on having a common disclaimer notice just like articles for entire site.

Coming into the topic, I appreciate your valuable suggestions. Since most of us have the same thought of continuing the same award, we will go ahead with it starting from 15th Feb. I hope this time it will not create any problems. As Gulashanji told, we will impose certain rules on declaring the winner so that the process is more transparent.

I hope the resolution is fine to everyone.

Also, just wanted to share few thoughts on rules that Gulshanji told:

1. The posts that are considered should be both topics and replies. Since making certain number of topics mandatory will lead to the old issue again - flood of unnecessary topics.

2. Highest post could is very well taken but at the same time, it is more important that how much a post impact the forum. So highest post should not be the sole first criteria. For example a user who post 1 topic and actively participate in it and drawing many members attention is well deserved to get the award.

Yes Gulshan ji its nice suggession so I think in future lot of changes is coming in DFAA award.

@Maverick

Thank you for responding positively to our suggestion. Another aspect which is distantly related to the topic.As Gulshanji suggested that there must be regular evaluation of the performances of moderators and editors.Recently we have instances where one moderator quite sensibly asking another to be careful in his posts.It's not a very desirable scenario!

@Maverick

Thank you for responding positively to our suggestion. Another aspect which is distantly related to the topic.As Gulshanji suggested that there must be regular evaluation of the performances of moderators and editors.Recently we have instances where one moderator quite sensibly asking another to be careful in his posts.It's not a very desirable scenario!

Agree with you. Lets be positive once again, and hope for the best.

@Maverick

From the very beginning we- although a minority few - have been stressing on quality aspect.While it is not possible to determine it without some kind of subjectivity but it's logical to expect any award winning member to produce at least a minimum number of posts which may not be stipulated. As he or she has to prove quality through posts,he or she would post them anyway!Apart from that a new,prospective member may be considered for this award by way of encouragement and exception as Aastha used to do.No member should be allowed to have it more than three times consecutively.