Announcement: PMming and/or IMming mods

[Canis familiaris]

PMming can be great if one knows a community member and desires to solve a small problem.

[MkfIbK7a]

although i am not a moderator i certainly will answer any pms that deal with a subject i know about

if i dont know about it i will study up on it and try to get back to you

[morequarky]

I agree that pm-ing or im-ing a mod out of the blue is rather rude.

For me, I always have a hard time finding the FAQ's and howto pages. btw, where are they again? Some new users don't know the lingo to find what they are looking for. Some howto with specific lingo doesn't do much good for a searcher using generic terms. I have had this same problem with Google. Search generic terms and you get 10+ year old junk.

I have no problem with people im-ing me but that needs to be said up front and maybe people passed a certain post count can turn on some "I am willing to accept im's and pm's" switch. But again, I don't know hardly anything and my ubuntu installs haven't had any problems.

morequarky

[tagginannie]

you could try PMing a member that has helped you before and has some experience, but who is not neccessarily a mod. They do a good job, and with all the other people who hang out here, it seems a little disrespectful to put even more of the load on the mods. They do, after all, volunteer their free time just to help the ubuntuforums....

No that is not good , I feel that all support questions should be asked in the right forum this way it benefits other new users.

Suzy

[cethomas]

One of the fun and exciting things about computers is you are finding new things.
What is PMming and/or IMming mods?

[mdsmedia]

One of the fun and exciting things about computers is you are finding new things.
What is PMming and/or IMming mods?

PMing mods is private messaging staff, IMing them is Instant Messaging staff. Mods is short for moderators.

[uboat]

I thik a resonable alternative solution would be to create a speacialized forum just for this topic.

I'd be mor than wwilling tohelp moderate it.

[PriceChild]

I thik a resonable alternative solution would be to create a speacialized forum just for this topic.

I'd be mor than wwilling tohelp moderate it.

I'm completely confused sorry.... solution to what? what topic? :S

Pricey

[Ziox]

I don't know if this will help with matter at all, but...are there mods specifically selected to deal with different sub-forums?

[PriceChild]

I don't know if this will help with matter at all, but...are there mods specifically selected to deal with different sub-forums?

LoCo mods manage their LoCo forums and I think there is only one mod who deals with one specific subforum.

Moderating is completely voluntary, and done in his/her free time. We can do as little or as much as we want, where we want to do it. It just so happens that we seem to always manage a near perfect balance of coverage with different mods active in different areas.

Pricey