Yay! new ban features and much more!

(pasted from blogtv's Blog)

MORE NEW FEATURES AND SOME INFRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES!

Yet another new version of blogTV has just been uploaded. You will find a great many wishes are being fulfilled, yet again!

1. Separate volume controls for co-hosts!
2. Co-host layout can switch between a split screen or co-host in the corner layout!
3. Chat commands!
4. Page Bans!

Read the rest of this blog for important information!

MORE TOOLS, LESS RULES!

After a few years of tending to the blogTV community and listening to the common issues and requests, blogTV has come up with a new system of moderation for the site.

With the release of the new PAGE BAN TOOL and chat commands, blogTV members will be able to ban other members from entering each other's pages in any way and will be able to control the chat much more easily. That means no more nasty comments, no more chat invaders and much more freedom from moderation.

* The PAGE BAN works from the chat or from the person's profile page. When you BAN a person from your chat room, the next time they refresh they will no longer have access to your page.

The important changes that everyone needs to know about are:

• Mods will no longer deal with minor harassment: Mild harassment includes name calling, trolling, spamming and other less common issues on that same level.
• Mods will be focusing on bigger problems: Bigger problems include pornography (sex acts and nudity), underage broadcasters and severe racism.
• Mods will be paying more attention to the positive: This means that with the time freed up from dealing with petty harassment, the mods will have more time to seek out new talent on the site, promote them and assist them to make the most of their broadcasts. We have been focused on the negative for too long and the good people of blogTV deserve our attention.
• YOU will be trusted with much more freedom: Since we are giving you the responsibility to take care of the law on your own pages, we will also be giving you more freedom. These freedoms include being able to discuss whatever you want without fear of moderator interference, being able to dance a little sexually (still not nude of course) and being able to NOT show your face on cam if you so choose.

Instructions for chat commands:

In order to use the new chat commands properly you will need to type a backslash followed by the command, as follows:

1. /search username

• Available to: ALL USERS
• This will function like the existing search button, but now the name will be linked to the room the person is in.

2. /kick username

• Available to: BROADCASTER, OPS, MODERATORS
• This will function like the existing kick button.

3. /op username

• Available to: BROADCASTER & MODERATORS
• This will function like the existing regular OPs.

4. /deop username

• Available to: BROADCASTER, OPS & MODERATORS
• This will function like the existing regular OPs.

5. /ban username

• Available to: BROADCASTER
• This will function like the existing regular ban today, but will also work if the user has left the room.

6. /unban username

• Available to: BROADCASTER
• This will function like the existing regular ban today, but will also work if the user has left the room.

* When you Unban a username it must be case sensitive

You can use this to kick guests, in the following format:
7. /kick Guest – g_name

If you have ANY questions about the new system, please feel free to contact your community manager, Kara-Hannah, or the Moderation Team.