WoV Clean Air Act

Quote: AZDuffman

I think I have flagged 4-5 posts at most since we learned how it works, most of them in the recent flame-war in "suspension list." It works as intended, the one I flagged dissapeared before my eyes so I must have put it over the top.

One thing I particularly like about the flagging is, the inflammatory stuff that can start a new round of comments and fighting when someone else shows up to read a thread are gone. So, while a few people may get into it for awhile, the source of all the flaming is removed for a larger number of people to engage in. Yes, its' trolls bringing it on initially, but it takes more than a troll to keep the Tango going on.

I know sometimes you may miss something you wanted to read, but hard to imagine any of that was life changing enough to worry about.

Quote: AZDuffman

Is it just me, or did 90%+ of these problems show up after JL and MKL showed up?

I'd say the 90% was a low estimate, but it really isn't important. Its only a matter of time before another one shows up, and I'm not referring to another alias.

I've been pretty selective with flagging. Besides a few spam I reserved it for what I thought appeared to be trolling or for blatantly abusive posts. Personally, I think the flag point total should be 21 so it would take 3 and not 2 like minded people before posts disappear. If its bad 3 will people will find it soon enough but it won't get lost if 2 people are ganging up on another.

As for moderators, consideration should probably be given to when they are active. If all the moderators post from 6 pm to midnight every day then a huge chunk of time there isn't anyone around to catch things. And I mentioned this before in another thread, but if there is a way to move a thread to a moderator only section of the forum rather than just lock or delete it that would allow time for the mods to discuss what the final disposition of the thread should be.

I think that part of what happens that clutters things up (apart from obvious trolls looking for trouble) is when 2 members start going back and forth within a thread and usually derail things with their own little battle that often is WAY off topic and adds nothing to the conversation. This has happened many, many times and I'd suggest it is one of the issues that, if eliminated, would clear up the board a little. I'm not sure how it would be done (moderators or otherwise) but perhaps a rule should be in place that when 2 members go off like that that their rant should be banished to PM's only between them and removed from the thread. I'm pretty sure that this would end the whole thing as usually what they want is simply a forum to flex their "muscle" and show everyone else who might be reading how smart or witty or (fill in the blank) they are. They want to be seen one-upping someone else and once they're relegated to PM-land they could either continue to their heart's content or just let things die (and I'd suspect the latter).

Any thoughts?

Posts about whether or not the moon landing was faked have been moved to The fake moon landing conspiracy theory.

Is it just me, or is anyone else watching every new poster for signs of Jerry's newest sock puppet?

Quote: Nareed

Is it just me, or is anyone else watching every new poster for signs of Jerry's newest sock puppet?

I'm not watching too close. It is like if a person was wearing full scuba gear and walked onto the floor at Bellagio, you will instantly notice.

Quote: Nareed

Is it just me, or is anyone else watching every new poster for signs of Jerry's newest sock puppet?

No, it's not just you Nareed. I find myself clicking on the Newest Members list as part of my routine. I'm also on the lookout for the three members who link to online casinos in most of their posts. We had one just this morning but it was quickly busted - sorry milton.