I got to thinking about the problem of people on a soapbox. What about some rules?:
1. Only an ID with more than 500 moves can post
2. Anyone can yellow-card a post for any reason
3. Whoever starts a thread is the "referee" for that thread. The referee decides to confirm or anull any yellow-card
4. Five yellow cards and that ID is booted from that thread
5. An ID that is booted from 5 threads in the same forum is booted from that Forum for a year.
Thoughts?
Originally posted by spruce112358Why should the opinion of the person who starts the thread have any more weight than the rest of us?
I got to thinking about the problem of people on a soapbox. What about some rules?:
1. Only an ID with more than 500 moves can post
2. Anyone can yellow-card a post for any reason
3. Whoever starts a thread is the "referee" for that thread. The referee decides to confirm or anull any yellow-card
4. Five yellow cards and that ID is booted from that ...[text shortened]... is booted from 5 threads in the same forum is booted from that Forum for a year.
Thoughts?
I agree that there nees to be some kind of threshold befiore a user gets posting rights. Perhaps this could a rolling total too - if a user hasn't moved in 3 months, they lose posting rights.
I don't think your yellow card idea is a runner - we can already alert posts.
The ability to get a user banned would just lead to witch-hunts, with people ganging up to yellowcard posts to remove someone they disagreed with.
Originally posted by RedmikeThe thread owner is just a convenient 'ref'. It reduces the burden on the mods, but also gives you the right to moderate your own thread -- no one is cut off completely from posting.
Why should the opinion of the person who starts the thread have any more weight than the rest of us?
I agree that there nees to be some kind of threshold befiore a user gets posting rights. Perhaps this could a rolling total too - if a user hasn't moved in 3 months, they lose posting rights.
I don't think your yellow card idea is a runner - we can alr ...[text shortened]... witch-hunts, with people ganging up to yellowcard posts to remove someone they disagreed with.
The witch-hunt is a good point. People have to know they are being yellow-carded and have time to react. Time and ID relationships might be the key...
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Originally posted by spruce112358Being booted from a thread -- well, that's not such a big deal. But being booted from a Forum needs more work. It should be 5 unique thread owners AND of course, the recommendation would have to be sanctioned by a human mod who would review the case.
5. An ID that is booted from 5 threads in the same forum is booted from that Forum for a year.
So just because Redmike posts in 5 different threads started by rabid capitalists all of whom hate his guts and cross-yellow card him -- he would still probably not be banned from that Forum. (Unless the mods are also rabid capitalists 😉)
Also going back in the thread archives to bring past offences forward should also be excluded.
Originally posted by spruce112358Ow you mean Censorship...
So just because Redmike posts in 5 different threads started by rabid capitalists all of whom hate his guts and cross-yellow card him
Nan! I would never do that, not even to Redmike.
Voltaire said once : "I hate your ideas, but I am ready to die in order for you to express them"
Redmike: you got a source for that Jee?
Jee: Ah just shut up Mike!
Originally posted by uzlessSome members seem to be concerned. Here's a quote from another thread:
Why is it a problem anyway?
"You've created a space where other racist worms can pollute this forum with bigoted nonsense.
It used to be very interesting and not just limited to anti-Islam threads. Shame."