EPTso basically: from what i've experienced people using their own discretion on whether to report it or not works 99% of the time.
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LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
so basically: from what i've experienced people using their own discretion on whether to report it or not works 99% of the time. | ||
ManaBlue
Canada10458 Posts
On October 17 2007 09:48 thedeadhaji wrote: I think you turned blue last summer'ish right? Yup. It's been about a year and a half now. | ||
GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
Just ban those people that abuse it. ez. Virtually every forum has this option, they can't all be wrong. | ||
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Aphelion
United States2720 Posts
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fight_or_flight
United States3988 Posts
Anyway, about the report function. I'm not sure how many reports mods would have to go through, but it may be a good idea to normalize them by the amount of views of the thread. For example, a post with 12 reports in the general section might be as important as one with 3 reports in the strategy section (because the a thread there would probably have 4 times as many views/posts). Just an idea. | ||
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Aphelion
United States2720 Posts
On October 18 2007 10:56 fight_or_flight wrote: Well new people probably should get a warning or two, because they may not realize that the standards here are different than other forums. Anyway, about the report function. I'm not sure how many reports mods would have to go through, but it may be a good idea to normalize them by the amount of views of the thread. For example, a post with 12 reports in the general section might be as important as one with 3 reports in the strategy section (because the a thread there would probably have 4 times as many views/posts). Just an idea. That sounds good in theory, but I don't think it works. There are so many shitty new posters that if they all get a warning or two, it means that by the time they get banned, 2 will have taken their place. I really like haji's recent state of banning activity, but I think we need even more of it. The rate of shitty posters joining is greater than the rate of them being banned. Just redirect them to the Mensrea's Ten Commandments and Manifesto's How to Use TL.net when they sign in. If they don't read it, then its grounds for a ban. | ||
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fight_or_flight
United States3988 Posts
On October 18 2007 12:20 Aphelion wrote: That sounds good in theory, but I don't think it works. There are so many shitty new posters that if they all get a warning or two, it means that by the time they get banned, 2 will have taken their place. I really like haji's recent state of banning activity, but I think we need even more of it. The rate of shitty posters joining is greater than the rate of them being banned. Just redirect them to the Mensrea's Ten Commandments and Manifesto's How to Use TL.net when they sign in. If they don't read it, then its grounds for a ban. How about when someone's post gets reported over a certain amount, they will automatically get a PM. This could serve as their "warning". When a mod looks at their account, they can see how many warning PMs they've received. You can turn these pm's off, but only after 100 posts. Edit: or instead of a pm, you can see how many reports the post got by a small number by the post only visible to the poster. | ||
thedeadhaji
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lugggy
450 Posts
edit: i.e., if they do, ban them  if they can't follow instructions about a complaint box they were going to be banned anyways, so it would just save you time of reading all their posts before they got banned anyways. | ||
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ManaBlue
Canada10458 Posts
On October 18 2007 05:37 GrandInquisitor wrote: Post reporting is a great idea. Just ban those people that abuse it. ez. Virtually every forum has this option, they can't all be wrong. You miss my point. I don't care about the marginal amount of good it might do, because the effort of sifting through them wouldn't be worth it. If anyone actually tried to implement and run this system, they would burnout and quit. | ||
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a-game
Canada5085 Posts
i highly doubt the mods will sign up for what, as manablue described, is essentially an inbox full of junk mail to sift through. however if someone on the mod team was willing to sign up for such a job it might be a good idea, but all in all my point is that there are enough negatives for it to be a low priority concern regarding this idea. obviously i don't speak for the staff though edit: damn manablue has a quicker trigger finger than me  | ||
Insane
United States4991 Posts
So, a new report would be like <table> <tr><th>Forum</th><th>Thread/Post</th><th>Reporter</th><th>Reason</th><th># of reports</th></tr> <tr><td>Website Feedback</td><td><a href='http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?currentpage=2&topic_id=60923#31' target='_BLANK'>"report" function?</a> (post by <a href='http://teamliquid.net/forum/profile.php?user=a-game' target='_BLANK'>a-game</a>)</td><td><a href='http://teamliquid.net/forum/profile.php?user=HnR)Insane' target='_BLANK'>HnR)Insane</a></td><td>This guy is from canada! Ban him!</td><td>7 (display other reporters) {this would link to something which says who else reported too, and show what reasons they provided}</td></tr></table> Even forums as huge as somethingawful have a report system, which gets worked through fine. You just need to have harsh penalties for abusing it, and you only generate one report per problem, no matter how many people try to report it. | ||
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lugggy
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
I am perfectly okay with it being only available to members above a certain post count, or of a certain rank, and harsh penalties for people who abuse the system, even appointing more moderators to work through the queue - so long that it ensures that worse posts are now almost guaranteed to be kept off the forum. If some forum vet thought a post was borderline, it probably deserves to be at least looked at by a moderator. GameFAQs forums is huge and that's the only way they've managed to keep on top of moderation. Mods go to the mod queue immediately, and sift through messages marked for moderation and see what is worthy and what isn't. Something like 90+% of all reported messages end up being worthy of moderation. (They even have a cute little color alert thing - Queue Color BLACK if there are lots of stuff in there; GREEN if it's less, etc.) | ||
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bine
United States2352 Posts
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SonuvBob
Aiur21549 Posts
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Night[Mare
Mexico4793 Posts
On October 19 2007 04:48 thedeadhaji wrote: If you really believe there is a problem with something / someone, pm me. If I recognize your ID, I will take your pm seriously. If not, I will probably ignore it. If I do know your ID and your claim was BS, I'll bitch at you. that seems good, seeing as haji probabably know all forum veterans, being that he is 23 hours online a day haha haji por MOD OF THE MONTH! + Show Spoiler + haha | ||
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rpf
United States2705 Posts
Everyone seems to be saying to just PM haji, so I guess I'll just do that. :/ | ||
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