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Too tired of sh*tposters - How about a user blacklist thread to save our time?

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fourtytwo42:

--- Quote from: Simon on October 07, 2023, 03:58:59 pm ---If a thread gets replies I am reluctant to delete it as now the forum users have put more effort in than the person starting the thread and it often becomes a discussion anyway with the OP left behind. So if you really think it is not worth while, then don't respond to it. threads with no response drop off the list.

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I know this is an old point but it is something that interests me too, why do people apparently encourage the posting of rubbish by responding to it ?
I have noticed it is often the same kindhearted souls trying to educate the OP again and again, perhaps it's some fascination with playing with fire or baiting the bear to see if they get a more considered reaction but time always shows there efforts are wasted.

Simon:

--- Quote from: hans on October 07, 2023, 09:02:21 pm ---StackExchange is probably a better fit for a question-answer system which is rewarded for good behaviours and as little offtopic matter. This forum software is more tailored towards discussions. And I think thats working quite well, because quite often topics can go onto tangents which are educational in its own right. Or they get (derailed) to the point it stalls, and even that doesn't have to be bad, thats just how IRL also goes sometimes.


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My standard approach is where possible to step the question back a bit from the specific and be a little more general, then sit back and let the discussion ensue, people will propose solutions and others will disagree, I get the best of both worlds, I find out all the possible ways this could go and the pros and cons of each. Because I generalize the question it brings out lots of lateral discussion about related things I had not thought of that are even more important and that I had not even thought of.

The best way to solve a problem is with the John Cleese method:

magic:

--- Quote from: fourtytwo42 on October 08, 2023, 09:32:37 am ---encourage the posting of rubbish by responding to it
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Not responding to rubbish doesn't stop rubbish from being posted.
The Internet has an infinite supply of rubbish.

Respond to whatever you want and stop worrying.

Simon:

--- Quote from: magic on October 08, 2023, 10:39:08 am ---
--- Quote from: fourtytwo42 on October 08, 2023, 09:32:37 am ---encourage the posting of rubbish by responding to it
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Not responding to rubbish doesn't stop rubbish from being posted.
The Internet has an infinite supply of rubbish.

Respond to whatever you want and stop worrying.

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Yes but not responding to it means it drops off the list or gets deleted. once it becomes a replied to topic it's more likely to be left and as the discussion ensues it never goes away.

MK14:
I'm getting fed up with all this nonsense.  Such as this very recent post:


--- Quote from: Gyro on October 08, 2023, 12:04:15 pm ---This is another Treez troll thread isn't it - Just like the £9500 EV thread last weekend.

He clearly gets pleasure from winding people up and drawing them into pointless discussions [Edit: about fictitious situations]. These weekly threads are really beginning to piss me off, probably others too,which I'm sure is exactly his intention.  |O

I suggest ignoring all of his threads!

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I can't really understand how someone who has created so many different accounts, against the forum rules.  Has NOT been (currently) banned for it.

I think enough is enough.

Some places on the internet, become so infested with SPAM, Trolling and stuff.  That they become unusable.

I feel sorry for all those people, who have to keep on posting messages, like the one quoted above.

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