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What if someone is WRONG on this forum?
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Psi:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 27, 2023, 01:16:10 am ---We kinda have this already. If someone's posts get repeatedly reported by multiple people then we look at giving a warning.

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I suspect most people can't be bothered to click report and write out a paragraph explanation about why they are reporting someone.
You'd get way more data points if it was easier to say "ban this guy" in a single click.

I almost want a button that works exactly the same as the "Thanks" button but instead of thanks it says "Dip Shit".
However that would almost definitely cause more problems than it solves, so lets not do that. :-DD
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Psi on December 27, 2023, 01:25:55 am ---I almost want a button that works exactly the same as the "Thanks" button but instead of thanks it says "Dip Shit".
However that would almost definitely cause more problems than it solves, so lets not do that. :-DD
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IIRC we actually tried this a long time ago with a post rating feature plugin, and it was abused. Almost everyone voted to removed it, and the simple Thanks only plugin was installed instead.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: wraper on December 27, 2023, 01:24:11 am ---I thought a bit and if I had to create an actual rule that resolves the situation it would be something like this:
If discussion is somewhat heated, then after thread reaches defined X amount of posts moderator may lock the thread on their discretion. If particular user made over certain % of posts in this thread, and tried creating a new similar one, they get temporary ban. If they reoffend in say 6 months, they get permanent ban. Nothing to do about being right or wrong. In other words, you regulate maximum size of heated discussion rather than judge who is right or wrong.
EDIT: It's not like I propose this rule, just suggest how to look on the problem from different angle.

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We have actually done this in the past after peole have reported a thread.
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 26, 2023, 09:30:39 pm ---Is "trolling" on a thread they started actually trolling?
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If you don't think you are getting through to someone who asked a question, then just don't reply any more.

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Yes, a first poster can troll. The prototypical example of  troll is someone who, in a usenet feminist/mothers/women's group, posts "It is impossible for a husband to rape their wife", or similar. In other words, a drive-by "light blue touch paper and retire immediately" incendiary post. Then retire and watch the endless posts, without participating.

My objections: wasting other people's time, endangering other people, lowering the signal-to-noise ratio without any counterbalancing benefit. Usenet suffered from all of those, yoootooob does now, and let's not think about farcebook and twatter.

Too much trash, and the serious contributions are drowned by the trash, and people go elsewhere.

All in all it is a difficult subject with no simple answers. A big grey area in the middle. Someone has to exercise judgement and decide the "purpose" of the forum. Without that the conspiracy theorists (and others) will gradually dominate.
snarkysparky:
Or if someone is "right" on this forum, but the management doesn't like it and locks the thread.

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