Poly Off Topic Users - The Dumbass Situation

[Egbert]

We should have a button for every post, and when it's been clicked by 5 different people, the post will be removed and the poster would have a PCR. I would of course be invulnerable for that button.

If I may be blunt, that seems a very flippant response from the owner of a site that seems well on its way to the graveyard. Please refer to posts #8 and #39 in particular. Neither of those posts were mine BTW.

This thread was started in response to a suggestion, by another poster which I seconded, that permanent banning might be an idea. Perhaps permanently banning two or three notorious troublemakers should be enough to elevate standards to a disgraceful level, which is about the level apparently desired by most of the people who post on OT (I'd be happy with that). As for moderation, closing the occaisonal thread that gets completely out of hand should suffice. Perhaps a thread closure every one to three weeks should suffice to maintain disgraceful standards.

I also suggest "hiding the OT" from casual visitors. Make members log on before they can enter the OT forum. The OT would make a very bad impression on these casual visitors who might be put off Apolyton and go elsewhere, never to return.

[MikeH]

What do I have to do for a PCR?

I would LOVE it if you could give me a -42000 post count.

If I had the power I'd do that for you.

[MOBIUS]

Lies!

Saying that Hull is a ****hole doesn't count!

[Provost Harrison]

Saying that Hull is a ****hole doesn't count!

Leave my beloved ****hole out of this

[MikeH]

Fixed that for you PH.

[Provost Harrison]

*AAHZ mode*

I HAVE BEEN VIOLATED! I'M GOING TO SUE YOU ALL!

[N35t0r]

If I may be blunt, that seems a very flippant response from the owner of a site that seems well on its way to the graveyard. Please refer to posts #8 and #39 in particular. Neither of those posts were mine BTW.

This thread was started in response to a suggestion, by another poster which I seconded, that permanent banning might be an idea. Perhaps permanently banning two or three notorious troublemakers should be enough to elevate standards to a disgraceful level, which is about the level apparently desired by most of the people who post on OT (I'd be happy with that). As for moderation, closing the occaisonal thread that gets completely out of hand should suffice. Perhaps a thread closure every one to three weeks should suffice to maintain disgraceful standards.

I also suggest "hiding the OT" from casual visitors. Make members log on before they can enter the OT forum. The OT would make a very bad impression on these casual visitors who might be put off Apolyton and go elsewhere, never to return.

That would definitely mean the death of the OT.

[Egbert]

If you are referring to "hiding the OT", there are other sites that do that (eg Paradox requires you to log on before the OT becomes available). It is the On Topic that attracts the visitors. The Off Topic is a sort of "add on".

[MikeH]

Permabans don't work. Anyone who could be described as a 'notorious troublemaker' here knows enough to get around a permaban, even with an IP ban.

[MikeH]

Not posting dumb things is a perfectly decent solution.

[germanos]

If you are referring to "hiding the OT", there are other sites that do that (eg Paradox requires you to log on before the OT becomes available). It is the On Topic that attracts the visitors. The Off Topic is a sort of "add on".

I agree with the latter (two). If anyone is so stupid to leave/not enter the site because of the OT bickering then he'll be a no good On-Topic in any regard.

[Robert]

Can I get a PCR? I'm sick of KH lording his Double Deity status over me.

I thought you'd never ask for it!
Request approved.

[Robert]

@Braindead
a grain of salt is needed when reading my posts in this thread
(Except for my response to DaShi's request of course).

I've been thinking about some alternative approaches for the OTF in the past.
Right now I think that it's quite ok and the real trouble is a bit behind us.
Not that any thread may ever be nominated for the Nobel Price for Web Debating.....

[germanos]

I thought you'd never ask for it!
Request approved.

Chicken.

What do I have to do for a PCR?

I would LOVE it if you could give me a -42000 post count.

[MikeH]

@Braindead
a grain of salt is needed when reading my posts in this thread
(Except for my response to DaShi's request of course).

I've been thinking about some alternative approaches for the OTF in the past.
Right now I think that it's quite ok and the real trouble is a bit behind us.
Not that any thread may ever be nominated for the Nobel Price for Web Debating.....