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Parokki said:
This reminds me of the time I was 16-17, and had highest post count on the biggest Warhammer forum on the net. The complaints going around now against Soriku/Leo/brute aren't anything compared to the campaign they had for getting me banned. =P

 What kind of post did you had?



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MontanaHatchet said:
Community criticism has led to many moderators becoming exceedingly lenient.

Soriku and Leo-J can't be helped, but we should consider cracking down on spamming.

 Absolutely! It's been crazy the last few days. And how about making most or all the fields in the "create profile" screen mandatory? That could remove at least some spamming and/or flame-accounts and alternates.



spam...



LOL



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A novel solution would be to enact flame break forums. You set aside a few forums for new accounts. Only after displaying a certain level of quality, and having some tenure could such accounts be given access to the advanced forums. Then if that person shows a penchant for stupidity you merely revoke their advanced forum access.

I have seen similar strategies work on verbose forums. The bad influence cannot get into the main stream threads, and the moderators can focus their moderation on those forums. Without having to sift through every thread. We could limit these offenders to those forums. Reserve the hot topics which are usually the best to the mainstream forums, and thus the front page access is filled with intelligent conversation.

Having the flame break forums defeats the new account creator. They simply cannot create the chaos they once did. Legitimate new posters can move in after a couple weeks. Which also shows dedication not flash in the pan theatrics. Finally spammers, trolls, and anarchists are permanently quarantined unless they clean up their acts and hold themselves to a higher standard.

While the spam is very annoying the real problem is the reputation it gives the site. We see how many people routinely check the numbers every week, but one of the reason they are not joining is what they see when they take the time to check out a thread. Do you eat a restaurant where the waiters routinely take a dump on the floor in front of you. There is a difference between civil discussion and inane banter.



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i think you should just fine, them money and then knock off like 1k worth of posts



 

@ Dodece

Great ideas, hopefully some will be implemented.



Dodece said:
A novel solution would be to enact flame break forums. You set aside a few forums for new accounts. Only after displaying a certain level of quality, and having some tenure could such accounts be given access to the advanced forums. Then if that person shows a penchant for stupidity you merely revoke their advanced forum access.

I have seen similar strategies work on verbose forums. The bad influence cannot get into the main stream threads, and the moderators can focus their moderation on those forums. Without having to sift through every thread. We could limit these offenders to those forums. Reserve the hot topics which are usually the best to the mainstream forums, and thus the front page access is filled with intelligent conversation.

Having the flame break forums defeats the new account creator. They simply cannot create the chaos they once did. Legitimate new posters can move in after a couple weeks. Which also shows dedication not flash in the pan theatrics. Finally spammers, trolls, and anarchists are permanently quarantined unless they clean up their acts and hold themselves to a higher standard.

While the spam is very annoying the real problem is the reputation it gives the site. We see how many people routinely check the numbers every week, but one of the reason they are not joining is what they see when they take the time to check out a thread. Do you eat a restaurant where the waiters routinely take a dump on the floor in front of you. There is a difference between civil discussion and inane banter.


 That actually sounds like a great, allbeit, difficult solution.