Or maybe i should say it's a mess but now i can't change the title anymore. It's very active, so it technically isn't dying activity wise but the high, unfiltered activity is also kind of its problem which kills the quality of this forum.
Every single time i click the forum button i regret it after 5 minutes at most. Sadly this forum has become an absolute cesspool in the last time, probably because of all the young, new members that came with the chess boom.
90% of threads are low effort shitposts in broken english, spam, people who just blatantly advertise their team, dumb Facebook-like tag "games," etc. Especially the off-topic sections is used for spamming and troll posts although it should be just another normal forum for discussions not regarding chess.
Actual, smart discussions and quality posts are an absolute rarity nowadays, although i appreciate when they happen.
Is the lichess team aware that they are letting the lichess forum die with their lack of moderation?
The forum is now the only bad thing about lichess and just paints a wrong picture of the otherwise great site and community.
It would be quiete easy to have community moderators like every other forum on the internet but if the situation stays like it is right now every quality post will be spammed aside, everyone looking for quality discussions will just walk away and only the spammers and trolls will stay.
We have to do more than just take out the REALLY bad offenders. We need to stop the flood of low effort posts, enforce a stricter ruleset and demand a minimum quality standard for titles, posts and also replies. Also posts should be moved to the right section, they are frequently posted in the wrong one. There could still be a new unmoderated part of the forum for trash, fun and games.
(Maybe also have an IQ test as a safety captcha instead of a chess puzzle) (Joke but kind of a good idea now that i'm thinking about it)
PLEASE take action.
I bet many of the good people here would be more than happy to help out as community moderators.
Every single time i click the forum button i regret it after 5 minutes at most. Sadly this forum has become an absolute cesspool in the last time, probably because of all the young, new members that came with the chess boom.
90% of threads are low effort shitposts in broken english, spam, people who just blatantly advertise their team, dumb Facebook-like tag "games," etc. Especially the off-topic sections is used for spamming and troll posts although it should be just another normal forum for discussions not regarding chess.
Actual, smart discussions and quality posts are an absolute rarity nowadays, although i appreciate when they happen.
Is the lichess team aware that they are letting the lichess forum die with their lack of moderation?
The forum is now the only bad thing about lichess and just paints a wrong picture of the otherwise great site and community.
It would be quiete easy to have community moderators like every other forum on the internet but if the situation stays like it is right now every quality post will be spammed aside, everyone looking for quality discussions will just walk away and only the spammers and trolls will stay.
We have to do more than just take out the REALLY bad offenders. We need to stop the flood of low effort posts, enforce a stricter ruleset and demand a minimum quality standard for titles, posts and also replies. Also posts should be moved to the right section, they are frequently posted in the wrong one. There could still be a new unmoderated part of the forum for trash, fun and games.
(Maybe also have an IQ test as a safety captcha instead of a chess puzzle) (Joke but kind of a good idea now that i'm thinking about it)
PLEASE take action.
I bet many of the good people here would be more than happy to help out as community moderators.
