I don't use it because it has such a bad format compared to this site and also there's so many subforums I can't be bothered finding which one is the correct one, unlike BOS which is pretty simple...
Back a few years ago, there were a few Mods and users in this category. I remember a time when I was marking essays, answering questions and doing ATAR estimates in high volumes. The fact is though, Im nearly 25 and far removed from the HSC and even uni. My role as a Moderator is limited to career/employment support and behind the scenes Mod work. Id love nothing more than to see people with this type of dedication come onto BoS and become Mods. That being said, to me, the heart of any sustainable forum is users, not Moderators. We are here to facilitate, not create content.
Given that last year was the first year of catering to HSC students, their lectures were beyond successful. If you look at the HSC section, look at the amount of essays and such posted there, ridiculous. Their threads (e.g. English advanced Q&A thread) have like 80000 views. And yes I'm sure it will increase, most likely to other states as well, they just need to find the right people who are actually bothered spending more than half their time helping out there
One thing I like about ATAR notes better than BOS is that it has a "4U maths help thread" as opposed to so many threads out there. I guess it's better to have a "4U maths help thread" because it encourages people to look through the thread and probably encourage more people to help since everything's in that one place as opposed to BOS where it's scattered but I know for a fact BOS doesnt allow this because it will defeat the purpose of certain sections of the forum (such as the maths section). I guess if people don't have questions related to the thread, they could make extra threads regarding advice, exam technique, time and stress management, etc in those section(e.g. English advanced section)
The function of the moderators on ATAR Notes is clearly different to the function of the moderators on BoS. You aren't comparing the same 'roles'.
And these people do not expect or even want to be 'rewarded' with some nomination to become a moderator. They are helping because they can. What difference would a coloured username make? None at all.
There are many ordinary BoS members who spend countless hours helping out high school and university students, who answer personal messages, who are called upon from other members to help in a particular case. BoS has many members who are "actually bothered" to help without any obligations or reward. They don't need to be a "moderator", so it's completely irrelevant that the person you are referring to is a moderator on ATAR Notes.
That's a ridiculous metric for determining which forum is more helpful. There are hundreds of thousands of questions being answered here, why do 'articles' need to be the metric for helpfulness? I've answered questions on scaling/aligning probably over 500 times to 500 different people directly and thousands of people indirectly. Do I need to write an article in order for my help to be counted? Does InteGrand need to write an article as well, just so his contributions in mathematics can be counted? I mean come on now, 'contributions' are more than writing articles. Personalised responses or answers can be much more powerful to the community than individual articles giving relatively generic advice.
Yes, but the forum should not just be driven by those individual people who make those articles.
Atar.notes login stats may not be accurate, they keep you logged in for ages, so hence the number of users that appear active, in terms of actual logged in users may be higher due to this.Have a look at this
Was this image from ATAR notes? I think i've seen it before...but wow if they really did post that on their forum, then they do seem quite arrogant in how they believe they are more superior than this forumHave a look at this
I would much rather be a moderator on this forum than AN.
tru (to some extent)
that is replicated on both sites, that is expected. the mention on BoS is prohibited on AN as well.
better question answering service? Have you seen how dead the NSW sections are? If by better you mean answering the 1 question asked per day, then sure.
