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15 Sep 06
15 Sep 06
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?
15 Sep 06
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.
15 Sep 06
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...
15 Sep 06
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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.
15 Sep 06
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!
16 Sep 06
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."