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This is what I call "collective moderation". And it can be applied to any type of posts that crowd does not find desirable. To general spam, for example. And I agree with the two other suggestions.

People are coming here with certain expectations. They know that this site is about expats and about Argentina. Forcing them to read about, say, "How to breed livebearing tropical fish" would be a disservice. Why do you want it to be here? I know of one site that is actually a giant off-topic...

Blogging activity is also down significantly. So, it was kind of difficult to get Daily URL section filled with something interesting. Any suggestions?

I don't think it is more than 1% on average. For the majority of active posters automatic moderation has been disabled for many years. Now I've taken it off completely. Rejoice! You can now say words like scum, Herbalife, puto, moderator, asshole and nothing will stop you.

Tell me, guys, what is it that you want? Collective moderation? Anderson Cooper as a moderator? Professional writers who know how to engage the audience and always stay on topic? Collective moderation is doable. The other two things - probably not :). Basically, there are some drawbacks that...

Serafina, We had wiki installed in one of the previous versions. Basically, it does not work. With wiki we would need to have a dedicated team of people ready to categorize content and maintain it on a consistent basis. It is a tedious job and this creates a big gap between "It would be nice to...

Here is how your url looks like http://s30.postimg.o...69/2process.jpg See these dots in the middle? They are not supposed to be there. This is how MS Word shortens your urls. Open image in a browser (click on the link in MS Word) then copy its url from the browser address line.

khairy, Since you've already figured out how to upload pics on external site. Click on the image icon (it look like a pic with a green tree), then paste picture url into a popup dialog. So, it looks like this. I would rather to keep everything as text/html as much as possible (with...

Arlean, You need somebody who can reinstall your remote wordpress site from backup and patch it against a known exploit. You are looking not for a "computer techician", but for a "wordpress expert". Also check this FAQ from Wordpress.

Folks, If somebody can consistently dedicate, say, 4 hours a week doing something tedious like maintaining/organizing directory of links, please write to me. We do need help. As to suggestions, you can not really apply the same reasoning as for a corporate site. A certain element of...

I guess it is not so bad after all :)

Splaying, This is an avatar. Something that represents a user, but it does not necessarily have to be his real picture. There is no requirement to use "Firstname Lastname" as a forum nick. Similarly, there is no requirement to use a real picture as an avatar. Sometimes it is nice to put faces...

It looks like Vicodin contains paracetomol and hydrocodone - a narcotic component. Visiting a local doctor may be a better idea than asking questions about medications here.

Let me make sure I get it right. 50 people lost their lives and these guys are running a standup comedy event with a giveaway of coupons for free yoga classes? We have a couple of posts here describing how to make a donation. Please, post some more for people who would rather skip the...

http://www.bafweek.com.ar/ Today is the last day! La Rural (Plaza Italia), Pabellion Amarillo, Entrance from Sarmiento. Surprisingly there is no signs outside, just follow the people.

nikad, Just stay here at baexpats. We love you here :).

Once upon a time (long before the internet era) a group of school children wrote a letter to a local newspaper to tell them how lonely they are. The whole class, 25 people, felt really lonely. Can you imagine? When people join to tell what they don't like about this forum, It reminds me of this...

Hi folks, We are planning to change the forum software this site runs on. Our last big upgrade was in 2008 and a lot of things have changed since then. I believe that it is the people who make the forum and not the software, but having an enjoyable experience is important. So, we are trying to...

There is a possibility, that crime situation in Buenos Aires is better than it seems to from people's posts here. If a person has been a victim, he almost always shares his experience. People also write about what happened to their friends and friends of friends. At the same time lucky members...

While everybody is entitled to his opinion, I just love it when people who do not have access to the site stats start to speculate about percentages. We also have many people who are integrated very well into the local community, we have many Argentines here as well. And participation at this...