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Flagging Posts or How to Get Rid of Trolls
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| April 8th, 2011 at 6:02:03 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 312 Posts: 6753 | I have been getting lots of complaints about trolls and suggestions at how to get rid of them. May I remind everybody about the "flag post" feature. Every member starts out with 1 point, and gains an additional point every month, up to a maximum of 10. Every time somebody flags a post it is tagged with the same number of points as the person flagging it. Once a post has 20 or more flagging points it is automatically busted. So it takes two long-standing members only to bust a post. Please make use of that feature. It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| April 8th, 2011 at 6:11:04 PM permalink | |
| miplet Member since: Dec 1, 2009 Threads: 3 Posts: 550 | Can you add a confirm button? I've flagged several post by mis-clicking. |
| April 8th, 2011 at 7:17:17 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Nov 2, 2009 Threads: 153 Posts: 2909 |
Thank you for explaining this, I had no idea how it worked beyond clicking "flag." I for one shall promise to use it wisely. "The Roman Empire wasn't planned, but neither did it 'just happen.'" |
| April 8th, 2011 at 7:33:34 PM permalink | |
| dwheatley Member since: Nov 16, 2009 Threads: 10 Posts: 547 | With great power comes great temptation to misuse it. Wisdom is the quality that keeps you out of situations where you would otherwise need it |
| April 8th, 2011 at 7:34:37 PM permalink | |
| thecesspit Member since: Apr 19, 2010 Threads: 38 Posts: 3105 | I'm a little upset I can't flag the Wizard's posts :) "Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept through nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire, for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829 |
| April 8th, 2011 at 8:03:08 PM permalink | |
| Mosca Member since: Dec 14, 2009 Threads: 74 Posts: 1628 | How many points do we have? Is that the same as threads started, or as posts, or is it something else? Edit: never mind, I'm a doofus who doesn't know how to read the entire explanation. Bust my post, please! NO KILL I |
| April 8th, 2011 at 8:04:03 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 312 Posts: 6753 |
Not easily. I'll keep that idea in mind.
True. If I see that then I'll increase the number points required to bust a post. It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| April 9th, 2011 at 6:07:03 AM permalink | |
| PaulEWog Member since: Jan 2, 2010 Threads: 9 Posts: 110 | I also did not realize that was how flagging worked. I thought it just sent some form of notification to the moderators so they could review it later. But that does explain why when I flagged the post of one frequent spammer the post disappeared... I suspect we'll see a significant improvement in the forum now that more people are aware of how this feature works. |
| April 9th, 2011 at 6:30:52 AM permalink | |
| FarFromVegas Member since: Dec 10, 2010 Threads: 3 Posts: 271 |
I'm going to stick around for another 6 months and become drunk with my newly-minted power BWAHAHAHA!!!! Each of us is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.
Preparing for a fight about your bad decision is not as smart as making a good decision. |
| April 9th, 2011 at 6:43:59 AM permalink | |
| Mosca Member since: Dec 14, 2009 Threads: 74 Posts: 1628 |
Flagged once.... NO KILL I |
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