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I know that most will agree that EliteFitness.com has the best Moderators of any site on the Net. The work they do helping our members makes EliteFitness.com the essential part of your lifestyle and maintains the quality experience that distinguishes EliteFitness.com from the other bodybuilding sites on the Net.
With this said, our Moderators cannot be everywhere at once all the time and as the site has continued to grow, we have looked for new and exciting ways to help out these hardworking individuals. And being that this site is largely democratically run, we've developed a system that will allow our <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> to help moderate the site by giving them banning authority over registered (non-Platinum) members.
Here's how it works:
Imagine that a troll <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smilies/evil[1].gif"> comes to EliteFitness.com and starts source posting on the Anabolic Steroid Discussion Forum before the Moderators have a chance to stop him. Now, <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> can stop him without needing a Mod. Starting today, when a Platinum Member gives a regular (non-Platinum) member negative Karma <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/reputation/ltred.gif">, a "time bomb" <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"> appears under the members name. If you mouse over the time bomb, you'll see the name of the Platinum Member who dropped the bomb along with the reason for giving out the negative Karma.
When four different <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> give out negative Karma to a regular member, then that member's posts will all go dark and become unreadable.
We will be polling our <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> in the private <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16" target="_blank">Platinum Hardcore Forum</a> in the coming weeks for help with the specifics, but for now, here's how Platinum banning power works.
1. It takes four different <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> dropping a negative Karma bomb <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"><img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"><img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"><img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"> on a regular member for his posts to go dark. <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> will be voting on the number of members required for a banning in the private <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16" target="_blank">Platinum Hardcore Forum</a> in the coming weeks. They may decide four is too many or they may decide that four is too few - but the Platinum Members get to decide.
2. A "time bomb" <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"> lasts for 24 hours. So for <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> to ban someone, the four negative Karma time bombs must be dropped in a 24 hour period. <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> will be voting on the time window required for a banning in the private <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16" target="_blank">Platinum Hardcore Forum</a> in the coming weeks. We may decide 24 hours is too many or we may decide that 24 hours is too few.
3. When a Platinum banning takes place all of a banned member's posts are darkened. That member's posts will remain dark for a 24 hour period (assuming that the member does not get banned by the moderators in addition to the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a>). In this way, a Platinum banning is not permanent, and will allow the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> to discipline the regular members if they get out of line. <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> will be voting on the number of hours a Platinum banning lasts in the private <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16" target="_blank">Platinum Hardcore Forum</a> in the coming weeks. They may decide 24 hours is too many or they may decide that 24 hours is too short a duration.
4. Administrators, Elite Moderators, Moderators and <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> cannot be banned in this way.
5. Lastly, giving Negative Karma still functions the way it always has in every other way. Specifically, when you give a negative karma hit <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/reputation/ltred.gif">, it subtracts half the value of your Karmic Power from a member's total Karma Hits.
Click here if you would like to learn more about <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">the benefits of becoming a Platinum Members</a>. And if you would like to <a href="https://www.elitefitness.com/amember/signup.php?price_group=-1" target="_blank">upgrade your account and become a Platinum Member right now</a>, here's a link to all of our <a href="https://www.elitefitness.com/amember/signup.php?price_group=-1" target="_blank">Platinum Membership packages</a>.
Now, let's have a little fun! I need four (or more) <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> to hit the following test user up with negative Karma. Once the four negative Karma bombs are dropped, you'll get to see a Platinum banning in effect!
I know that most will agree that EliteFitness.com has the best Moderators of any site on the Net. The work they do helping our members makes EliteFitness.com the essential part of your lifestyle and maintains the quality experience that distinguishes EliteFitness.com from the other bodybuilding sites on the Net.
With this said, our Moderators cannot be everywhere at once all the time and as the site has continued to grow, we have looked for new and exciting ways to help out these hardworking individuals. And being that this site is largely democratically run, we've developed a system that will allow our <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> to help moderate the site by giving them banning authority over registered (non-Platinum) members.
Here's how it works:
Imagine that a troll <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smilies/evil[1].gif"> comes to EliteFitness.com and starts source posting on the Anabolic Steroid Discussion Forum before the Moderators have a chance to stop him. Now, <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> can stop him without needing a Mod. Starting today, when a Platinum Member gives a regular (non-Platinum) member negative Karma <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/reputation/ltred.gif">, a "time bomb" <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"> appears under the members name. If you mouse over the time bomb, you'll see the name of the Platinum Member who dropped the bomb along with the reason for giving out the negative Karma.
When four different <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> give out negative Karma to a regular member, then that member's posts will all go dark and become unreadable.
We will be polling our <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> in the private <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16" target="_blank">Platinum Hardcore Forum</a> in the coming weeks for help with the specifics, but for now, here's how Platinum banning power works.
1. It takes four different <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> dropping a negative Karma bomb <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"><img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"><img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"><img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"> on a regular member for his posts to go dark. <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> will be voting on the number of members required for a banning in the private <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16" target="_blank">Platinum Hardcore Forum</a> in the coming weeks. They may decide four is too many or they may decide that four is too few - but the Platinum Members get to decide.
2. A "time bomb" <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/smallkarmaimage.gif"> lasts for 24 hours. So for <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> to ban someone, the four negative Karma time bombs must be dropped in a 24 hour period. <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> will be voting on the time window required for a banning in the private <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16" target="_blank">Platinum Hardcore Forum</a> in the coming weeks. We may decide 24 hours is too many or we may decide that 24 hours is too few.
3. When a Platinum banning takes place all of a banned member's posts are darkened. That member's posts will remain dark for a 24 hour period (assuming that the member does not get banned by the moderators in addition to the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a>). In this way, a Platinum banning is not permanent, and will allow the <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> to discipline the regular members if they get out of line. <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> will be voting on the number of hours a Platinum banning lasts in the private <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16" target="_blank">Platinum Hardcore Forum</a> in the coming weeks. They may decide 24 hours is too many or they may decide that 24 hours is too short a duration.
4. Administrators, Elite Moderators, Moderators and <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> cannot be banned in this way.
5. Lastly, giving Negative Karma still functions the way it always has in every other way. Specifically, when you give a negative karma hit <img src="http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/images/reputation/ltred.gif">, it subtracts half the value of your Karmic Power from a member's total Karma Hits.
Click here if you would like to learn more about <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">the benefits of becoming a Platinum Members</a>. And if you would like to <a href="https://www.elitefitness.com/amember/signup.php?price_group=-1" target="_blank">upgrade your account and become a Platinum Member right now</a>, here's a link to all of our <a href="https://www.elitefitness.com/amember/signup.php?price_group=-1" target="_blank">Platinum Membership packages</a>.
Now, let's have a little fun! I need four (or more) <a href="http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/" target="_blank">Platinum Members</a> to hit the following test user up with negative Karma. Once the four negative Karma bombs are dropped, you'll get to see a Platinum banning in effect!
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