If a moderator disables a
profile, then the moderator sends a message to the user explaining,
why we have done it and what changes we need them to make.
Ah OK cool - that's good I didn't know if you did or not. Much more helpful (generally) for members of a site to know why an action's been taken and what to do to put it right... but even the dummy-spitters and argumentative souls make it fun!
what I would suggest is the following business rules in the database. with the following options on their profiles.
MAKE PROFILE PRIVATE - user can still interact fully with the site but is another user looks at the profile then the message "This member has chosen to make their profile private"
DISABLE MY PROFILE / LEAVE THE SITE - This option will disable their profile completely.
IF USER MODIFIES THEIR PROFILE - the user can still interact with the site but anyone who tries to view the profile gets the message "This members profile is currently being moderated. please check back later."
IF A USER PROFILE IS DISABLED BY A MODERATOR - the user cannot interact with the site until moderated. anyone viewing the profile gets the message "this profile was disabled by a moderator" if the user is a full member then an email is sent to the moderated to inform them that a change has been made to correct the profile. if the user is a paying member then it is important that they are re-moderated as a priority.
MAKE PROFILE PRIVATE - user can still interact fully with the site but is another user looks at the profile then the message "This member has chosen to make their profile private"
I don't get it, why would anyone join a SOCIAL site and then choose to keep their profile PRIVATE? May as well not join.
You might want to keep it private temporarily - e.g. if you've just started dating someone... Saves all those "thanks for your message but I'm seeing someone" responses in the early days of a relationship, when it's too soon to change your status to "attached" Or if you need a little cave time to avoid any virtual screaming hysterically at innocent travellers along the www *ahem*
The temporary disabling (or making private) of a profile is a useful facility.
It enables people to take a little time out from certain aspects of a
site when they need/want to, rather than end up leaving the site
completely. Keeping people on board is a good thing
Wannabe I understand what you're saying, and altho it seems reasonable I still think profiles should only be disabled, by the member, when they aren't there to answer their PMs. On holiday.
Stating, on ones profile, that you're dating should be enough to let folk know you're not available for dating. If they are too stoopit to read profiles properly they don't deserve a reply
If we all disabled our profiles there'd be nothing for newbies/potential members to look at
(a tip for those who want to get more NODS, put in your profile that you don't respond to them, I've had loads since I said I don't respond )
Let me put it another way - if I'd not been able to disable my profile (if that's even a grammatically correct statement! ) for a short while last year, I'd have just left the site.
I wanted to maintain contact with friends I'd made on the site and plop the occasional post in the forum, but when my status reverted to "single", I literally couldn't cope with the influx of messages, either from blokes expecting me to leap from one involvement straight to the next and wanting to stake their claim before anyone else did (?!) , or from people wanting to know what had happened (thanks for the concern ).
Temporarily disabling the profile meant my PMs were kept to a manageable level and were from friends I was already in regular communication with.
OK, I'm only one member and 1 out of several thousand doesn't make much odds, but I suspect that I'm not unique
I can see both sides of the issue and what you're saying also makes sense Kwak - this is just my personal view on it and why I appreciate having the ability to disable my profile temporarily.
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