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Webmaster overlords, admins of doom, could you please...
Add something of a "ban user from thread" option for thread makers and mods sometime in the future? A lot of threads get derailed by a few loud participants, so they ruin it for everyone else. Then there are others who can't stand to see the thread on the board for some reason, so they could request a ban that disappears the thread from their screen. This would greatly improve the board imo. Just a suggestion. Thanks for listening
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How about we just ban you....problem solved
I would come back. Best to just save the energy you'd spend on the click imo
I started a thread that mods close threads too soon. That to me is the bigger problem. What I have observed is that dust-ups last so long - way too long - but they go away. if there is something in the thread, it will pick up again.
I tried to add to my thread a few days ago when a thread was closed, but it is sitting on page 99 (whatever) - not brought forward - so no one will see it. I had something to add on the closed thread - the OP - but now cannot without starting anew. Not that important. Anyway, seems the mods are touchy about their closing prerogative.
(This will probs be deleted.)
Mods have the unenviable job of trying to figure out how to deescalate and prevent flame wars from becoming a norm or spreading outside a thread. Which is a part of why the admins prevent people from seeing down votes, offtopics or flags...because feelings metastasize into other threads. The problem is less the mods closing threads and more snowflake melting. For instance, there might be 5-6 people here that could discuss issues that run tangent to political hot button issues without derailing, getting in their feelings or outright flaming people who disagree with their POV....it's kind of sad.
Up voted your post so it's obvious that I'm not the guy off topic'ing your post
Or maybe just start a "Fight it out here" thread and when people start fighting say "Hey there's a thread for that". Guessing it would 1) Stay on the front page and 2) Be very popular. 😎
Blutarsky on the Get The Picture blog has a 1 day per week thread where anything's game. On a blog it's more difficult for beefs to stay around though because it involves actively searching out a person's posts muddled among many whereas here it's easy.
Better make it TV-MA for the younger audiences. Then we could unban a certain somebody and he could have a daily Go Frick Yourself list
Big fan of Bluto, GTP pretty wide open as long as the discussion stays within the topic, hence he created his weekly rant topic.
I have been on boards that have a had fight club and also a 1 on 1 where disagreements are settled with out a bunch of outsiders of the dust up offering thier .02.
In a nutshell not what this board is about. Stay on topic and cut the cr ap and threads will remain open......if not then ya all see what happens.
Agree mostly. With regard to my post, I was joking
is this where I leave requests?
Can we treat downvotes like Reddit does?
Yes
Maybe. The message board software this site uses(Vanilla forums) isn't exactly cutting edge. I don't even know if they can add a ban user from thread feature without writing a custom plugin, which I promise you they won't do without overwhelming demand.
Here's all of what they could probably add to features on the site, in a nut shell, with minimum effort:
https://open.vanillaforums.com/addon/browse/plugins/popular/
If it is not an already active feature that just needs to be activated (which I am sure it is) simple code can be installed to make it so.
I understand what @MackDawg is saying. I still say that the mods are too quick to close a thread. Now, I'm looking at the matter from the perspective that an otherwise allowed OP, that has several/many comments following the OP, is a community property. Many have invested in it. Therefore, it is a valued thing. Now if that valued thing gets infested with 2 or more people having at it, a few pages of nonsense is no big deal. Usually in the midst of the flames, a few folks are still making comments on the OP. If closed too early, the flamers have won, which might be the goal of one side of the flaming.
It is a judgment call as to when to abandon the post. My view is that the mods, generally, have been closing them too early.
and we are still doing the best we can with what we got. considering something like what you describe happens maybe once a week (maybe) I think we do pretty good.
speaking for myself, i've gotten way better about letting threads take their own journey and not be too quick to jump in and meddle. some threads need to be closed though
The Irony of the tread is to "ban" certain posters from a thread. Someone may be shooting themselves in the foot with this thought.