6 hour bans

Originally posted by moonbus
Not a good idea. There'd just be one clique banning another clique, mutually.

What clique is there with 12 posters?

Ok Clans forum is mega-retarded but that forum could be excluded.

Originally posted by divegeester
Yes absolutely "no public". Visibility would be carnage LOL.

No, this is a serious suggestion which could be trialed and add a bit of fun. Abuse would mean collaborators having to PM each other and getting a posse up etc. For a 6 hour ban? Not sure people would bother.

However if the offender got n auto PM saying something along the lines of "12 y ...[text shortened]... ct but not long enough to cause serious inconvenience. Actually maybe 12 hours wou do be better.

Apologies for misunderstanding your original post. Displeasure with a post is usually indicated by a thumbs down, so jumped to conclusions.

Might be interesting to give the power to non-subscribers, as members should really know better and post responsibly. 🙂

I'd like to ban this entire thread right now for crap grammar.

Well, well, well, do we got ourselves a little Napoleon here or what, uh?

divegeester why involve other subscribers.
Surely it would be better if you alone decided what was appropriate.
(Have you read 1984.)
You could strut around your mums spare bedroom shrieking Sieg Heil.
Censorship good Ya !

You sad sad little man

Originally posted by Seitse
Well, well, well, do we got ourselves a little Napoleon here or what, uh?

How so? I wouldn't be the one doing the banning?

Originally posted by Captain Strange
divegeester why involve other subscribers.
Surely it would be better if you alone decided what was appropriate.
(Have you read 1984.)
You could strut around your mums spare bedroom shrieking Sieg Heil.
Censorship good Ya !

You sad sad little man

You have an objection to this idea?

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
Apologies for misunderstanding your original post. Displeasure with a post is usually indicated by a thumbs down, so jumped to conclusions.

Might be interesting to give the power to non-subscribers, as members should really know better and post responsibly. 🙂

Maybe, but I saw it as subscriber benefit initially.

Originally posted by divegeester
I want to float and idea here rather than officially in 'site ideas'.

What if [b]subscribers have the collective power to inflict short forum bans on any other poster they see misbehaving?

A short sharp shock from one's fellow public forum contributors. Posts could not be removed but the short ban would have to be linked/referenced to a ...[text shortened]... er to the people
> Less waiting around for the mods to finish playing World of Warcraft
> Fun![/b]

worth a try
have to be for subs only otherwise it will encourage multiple accounts

Originally posted by wolfgang59
worth a try
have to be for subs only otherwise it will encourage multiple accounts

It seems to me that the status quo and moaning about it are more important to some posters than actual progress through experimentation. I'm reminded of the hue and cry at the last major site upgrade.

Originally posted by divegeester
It seems to me that the status quo and moaning about it are more important to some posters than actual progress through experimentation. I'm reminded of the hue and cry at the last major site upgrade.

That's just normal human behaviour. There are a lot of books out there on "change management" since people are so adverse to change.

why 6 hours?

what about a variable ban time?

6 hours for minor offense,
6 days for a mayor abuse

Originally posted by Ponderable
That's just normal human behaviour. There are a lot of books out there on "change management" since people are so adverse to change.

This is a chess website not a multi-national mega conglomerate. Surely people here are open to a few new ideas or experimentation?

Originally posted by Schlecter
why 6 hours?

what about a variable ban time?

6 hours for minor offense,
6 days for a mayor abuse

Why not, yes.

Why not just let the mods do their job and stop whining about it.

Everyone thinks they need help or that they could do a better job, which I really, really doubt.

90% of a mod's job is invisible, so that's why they don't have to answer to the hoi polloi.