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dailyheights · December 2010

By the end, one poster was so riled up that he published six long-winded, nonsensical, and off-topic messages in the space of an hour.

I see the joke/white comments (2 total), and I see the post where MHA voluntarily recuses himself from the discussion. But I don't see the 6 off topic "nonsensical" messages. These must have been deleted, because I don't see them. If they are there, I need to see the link to the section of the thread you are talking about. Can ANYONE post the relevant link please?

whynot_31 · December 2010

whyfi wrote: My evening dogwalk has jarred something potentially useful loose - one board that I frequent has infraction points that lead to eventual banning. I don't know the specifics, but it seems that the points are counted over a rolling period. X points over Y period leads to a temporary, cool-down ban (one week, two weeks, whatever). Permanent bans are doled out after a certain number of temporary bans (again, over a certain period of time) or for major infractions. It provides a clear message and more than adequate warning for the bad, bad boys.
edited to add - this particular board also has a 'Banned Users' thread that all can see, but only mods can post to. Bans, temporary or permanent, are noted for posterity and it also serves as a warning to others, much like putting the heads of your enemies on spikes outside the castle walls.

The sites I've seen that use such methods just seem to have users that then find away around the rules.

.....for example, because name calling is forbidden, users just use the definition of what they want to call the other person.

For example, if one poster is convince another is a fool, s/he instead calls them someone who lacks wisdom.

But I have to agree with daily heights, I thought today's thread was pretty good. It is on page 12, and everything that can be said has probably already been said, but I'm betting the posters (myself included) can repeat themselves a few more times. It sure beats working.

....and, thankfully, we haven't had a shooting in a while to talk about.

Dailyheights: I don't think any posts were deleted by the mods, the thread is intact. Krowonhill will have to answer your query....

krowonhill · December 2010

dailyheights, Your site, your decision (obviously). You read the same thread that I did and clearly had a very different reaction than me. In my opinion, the thread became unproductive after the ad hominem slinging started (which you also saw).

In any case, the posts did become more rapid fire after a certain point. Anecdotally, I'll claim a correlation between the ad hominem slinging and the rapid posting, one that I've seen before. People post quickly and thoughtlessly after being insulted because they are pissed off. When upset, people often behave in ways they wouldn't if they had some time to calm down. Besides that, observers often seem to get excited when a "fight" breaks out (much as in real life).

WhyFi, in answer to your question, the toggle mechanism would give people some time to calm down before they post after seeing an insult to themselves or witnessing a "fight".

dailyheights · December 2010

Yet still nobody posts a link. Oh well. We'll call it "case closed" for now.

whyfi · December 2010

krowonhill wrote: WhyFi, in answer to your question, the toggle mechanism would give people some time to calm down before they post after seeing an insult to themselves or witnessing a "fight".

So, it just shuts down all commenting in the thread, or just commenting for a particular poster? How does this mechanism differentiate from regular posting to excited, agitated posting? I just don't see a way of accurately assessing the situation through post count without running the risk of being incredibly intrusive during normal use.

dance rehearsal · March 2011

Piamo, perhaps you should follow your own advice once in awhile.

Is the below thread an example of where mature and intelligent discourse was maintained:

http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/homeless-under-prospect-expwy/page/3

That part where you call my mother a "cum swallowing crack whore" seems to violate the spirit of this thread. Let's not even start with the PM's you sent me.

Good day sir. You bore me.

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