06 Sep 06
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundYup, that's the choice.
But then all the dumb Bigots would move on to the General.
Why not just ban these nutjobs like they should be doing ?
Personally, if there not going to be banned, I'd close the debates forum. It's bad for business. If they all moved over to another forum, and did the same, I'd close that too.
06 Sep 06
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Originally posted by dottewellYou're right, of course, but i don't think threads like "why aren't there gay retards" in the General help much either. . .maybe i'm getting too old.
Yup, that's the choice.
Personally, if there not going to be banned, I'd close the debates forum. It's bad for business. If they all moved over to another forum, and did the same, I'd close that too.
07 Sep 06
Originally posted by huckleberryhound1 rec, 0 alerts on that thread. Stupid!
You're right, of course, but i don't think threads like "why aren't there gay retards" in the General help much either. . .maybe i'm getting too old.
Debates and Meet Opponents should both be shut down. One is for racists, the other is for stalkers. They both sicken me.
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07 Sep 06
Originally posted by PhlabibitAS posted above, it wouldn't solve the problem, just move it. The end result then would be 1 of:
1 rec, 0 alerts on that thread. Stupid!
Debates and Meet Opponents should both be shut down. One is for racists, the other is for stalkers. They both sicken me.
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1) Stricter moderation in remaining forums to keep subjects to forum topic (although how this applies to general who knows?)
2) all forums close
07 Sep 06
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundI didn't say one alert would remove it... I'm saying no one alerted it.
You told me yourself, one alert does not a thread remove. . . .What's the point ?
If you go fishing and you don't catch anything, do you give up or keep casting?
Alerts do work if people use them, seems not many people do.
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07 Sep 06
Originally posted by PhlabibitIt depends on the time of day, what I'm fishing for and who I'm with. If I'm not catching anything though I'll take a nice long break to get nice and buzzed. good analogy though
I didn't say one alert would remove it... I'm saying no one alerted it.
If you go fishing and you don't catch anything, do you give up or keep casting?
Alerts do work if people use them, seems not many people do.
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07 Sep 06
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Originally posted by PhlabibitWhat is the point of alerting something, if nothing gets done ?
I didn't say one alert would remove it... I'm saying no one alerted it.
If you go fishing and you don't catch anything, do you give up or keep casting?
Alerts do work if people use them, seems not many people do.
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07 Sep 06
Originally posted by Phlabibitok, instead i'll ask a question. How many posts get deleted after on alert ?
Near 75 posts have been hidden in the past 3 days. You shouldn't make claims about things you don't have any info about.
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The point is , you told me that you don't delete posts because of one alert. If i had alerted that particular thread, i would've been the sole alert.
Would you've deleted it ?
07 Sep 06
I think a partial (not total) solution comes back to the old problem of anybody being able to sgin up as a non-subscriber and immediately having the right to post in the forums (fora).
I think we need to have some means of preventing this - either a number of games/moves being a requirement before you get posting rights, or just a set of subsciber-only forums.
Also, some kind of semi-automated ban would calm some people down. What I mean is that, if a user has a certain number of alerts, they get a 1-day ban. We'd need to prevent people just using alerts to bully people they didn't agree with though. But otherwise there is no incentive for people to behave themselves, if the worst that happens is that their post gets zapped.