As for the guides, I’ve only seen them in the chat forums twice in all the months i’ve been on JC, and they only there for 30 seconds before leaving again. The chat rooms are effectively entirely unmoderated.
Guides can only be on the site so many hours, most have jobs, families and social lives, remember a guides job is unpaid, most guides have agreed with each other the times they will be on the site and in some cases the few guides that are on have to police all the forums and rooms, so they cannot stay in 1 room to chat if all looks OK, hence just quickly popping in and out of a room. If you have a problem and see a guide come into the room pm them and let them know your concerns, they should then stay around a little longer to resolve the relevant problem. I personally spend at least 2 hours 3 times a week running the quiz, the only time I am not in there is when I am either on holiday or ill. I do (behind the scenes) carry on working for the site checking and editing quiz questions for use and this takes up a many hours of my time. I have been on JC for at least 13 years, and can be found in the quiz room on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9pm. As Martin said if you want to complain about the guides why not submit the form to become one yourself.
I’m surprised you even gave those coments a reply GD !! You do the quiz & a fab job you do too.
You have to be registered to contribute to the boards anyway. How is paying going to protect anyone? & & & …….. who are the namechangers on the boards you speak of young jack ?
I think he is referring to the chat forum portion of this site – they are frequent and idiotic. Sometimes they threaten people, but they have learned from that behavior and now they just heckle and pick and demean and slander and get away with it. They leave the room and return and leave and return. Perhaps a cooling off period after doing taht would help? That leaving and coming back is how they get the Block function off of them. It’s sad, really. Sad little souls (trolls/namehiders) who can’t make it on their own merit, or are inept socially.. It’s sad really.
My points still remain .. more so in the rooms. Registration or no registration true trolls will register multiple ID’s & the main culprits have roaming IP adresses anyway making it very nearly impossible to police.
People just won’t pay generally.
Interestingly enough has it not occurred to you both that there is NO chat site to my knowledge that has been as sucessful as JC.
Like it or lump it I guess with regard to the nuscience users.