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That way, at least you know you're able to truely welcome new members with open arms. Only the best get through, as it were. I hope someone higher up looks into the idea.
So raise it then. Call me Israel if you like but I'm prepared to accept the collateral damage of the odd genuine new member being screwed over if it means the rest of us can be spared this annoyance.
Seconded. Something needs to be done pronto.
If it's the former, that's life, I suppose we have to get on with it, however if it's the latter, perhaps it's time to look at the forums rules as has been said.
Just food for thought, on my part.
I think that might be a bit drastic though, is there no other way of sorting things? Could the mods not just be given insta ban powers rather than have to try for days, sometimes even weeks to get members banned?
I heartily agree. It still bemuses me this week long delay we have to endure while due process is seen to be followed to the letter of the law.
Why cant the Mods just take them out the back Gestapo style and put a Luger behind their right ear? Its not like theyre going to take you to the European Court of Human Rights now is it? Whats wrong with one warning then next offence 'bang' and feed them to the pigs like Brick Top?
1. Divert all new members first posts to a holding bin before releasing them. That way you are sure to catch all the spammers of the model # x5p4q7 type right away before they even hit the pages and then their IP can be banned so they cannot return. They likely know nothing about James Bond- they are just looking for a large website to spam for maximum results. They don't deserve to be warned- just eliminated.
2. There are people not here to spam, but to create disharmony and stay within the rules while doing so. They are undesirables that continually return somehow or other, or just new idiots with nothing better to do. Sticking rigidly to a set of rules only prolongs the obvious problem these wastes of flesh create. Upsetting the general population should be considered reason enough to circumvent three warnings. One warning should be plenty, if you don't get it, then you are gone. If you made an honest mistake with good intentions, you have a chance to redeem yourself. Many good members have been warned in the past. The rest, like Wiz says more or less, what are they gonna do, sue?
2. The administrators need to place one particular moderator in charge of the "trash bin", and give them the power to delete offensive users. It's obvious they can't keep up with the levels of spam and idiocy with all this red tape and judicial-like processing. It gives these people the clear advantage in their mission to spam and disrupt the general good.
Or hell, someone concoct a mandatory quiz/statement for new members that they have to complete/read before joining. That way, they are confirming that they have read and understood the forum's guidelines and rules.
Hardly democratic but you get my vote Sir Henry.
Now who could we get in to be a problem eliminator....
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Unfortunately true.
I concur; we have not yet had any official response from the letter of suggestions made months ago. Yet I think some things have changed; trolls are eliminated quicker. But it would be good if we would get info from the admins.
*WARNING* severe sarcasm ahead *WARNING*
*WARNING* please have head protection from this far in *WARNING*
Yes, it's so amusing to see sickening human beings post pictures of dead bodies, mutilated animals, pornographic images and swastikas as trolls have done before on this forum. Where do we all get off having a problem with that?! :|
Well, brining it up again won't solve anything either.
Sure, lets not talk about it. Moaning about it without taking action is so much more useful.
There will be no answer, because after what happened it was clear, it wouldn't be taken serious anymore. Neither was there any wish to change rules from the Mods/Admin department. There still isn't.Back then, it was more important for everyody to play good buddy and rest the case. What came out of this is, that the trolls are all over the place and even the most obvious ones get their time to piss off everybody and the chance to come back again and again. (How much you can do to figure them out by IP adresses I don't know though.) Maybe that is not possible, but you could shorten their life considerably.
I don't recall any letter being sent GL but I'll happily sign anything that brings down a Stalinist oppression on trolls as currently they are laughing at the impotency of our civilised 'laws'.
It was done behind the curtains - thankfully. I am not going to get into any details about what went wrong, but wrong it went. Very...we tried our best and I have no idea, what must happen, that things change more drastically. If all those, who moaned about it on just this one page don't start to stand their ground, it never will.
We have this on our list, but there are a couple of projects in crunch right now that are ahead of it. There is some quiet time coming up which will give us an opportunity to get this addressed.
Thanks
I still believe one or two genuine spam types and 'up to no good' individuals, were former participants that left under a cloud and were banned at some stage in the past, especially the graphic material oddities. I'm usually skeptical now whenever a new name appears on the pages that you don't recognize, but say 95 per cent of those have good intentions and aren't intent on anything nefarious or questionable
Furthermore, I myself are more concerned maybe with one or two regular participants and recognized threads on the pages, than some sporadic nonsense or incomprehensible garbage from newbies that I don't really take offense with, even if most others take umbrage or see discontent with their endeavors. After all, they only last for a short time - some other problems and irritations on these pages last a lot longer and can't be terminated quite so easily, regrettably
Yes, sorry. I'll leave this in your capable hands, @DarthDimi. Sorry for being over-dramatic there.
Yes the mods are doing a fine job for what they CAN do, which is to eliminate posts (but not the actual poster), lock them down, and issue warnings when terms of use have been violated. Again, this is at best a Band-Aid on the problem until admin gets the chance to address the incident. It appears that JP is finally going to address our grievances when the "more important" projects have been taken care of, and I can only hope like everyone else that this time we're going to see some real change instead of getting lip service.
I guess you are right. In Mods we trust.