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What if someone is WRONG on this forum?

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wraper:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 27, 2023, 01:40:46 am ---
--- 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.

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I've seen something like this. However IMHO it was more like on a whim rather than something that was done according to a previously decided way of how things go in these situations. And banning someone or just locking a thread on a whim is not good and hard to justify.

tggzzz:

--- 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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That's sane good judgement. Mistakes will always be made, but it works pretty well on this forum.


--- Quote ---We also have a crude Twitter Community Notes style feature with the Thanks button.

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Thoroughly discredited by indiscriminate posters that, for example, "thank" every response in their threads - even those that are making fun or being politely rude. I'm vaguely curious as to the proportion of my thanks that have come from one notorious multi-monikered poster.

Fortunately there is no "downvoting" :)

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 27, 2023, 01:38:48 am ---
--- 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.

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Predictable. Good it was removed.

T3sl4co1l:
A trolling technique residents should probably be aware of: https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/j6i80o/the_famous_sharks_are_smooth/

Tim

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 26, 2023, 09:41:59 pm ---It guess it comes down to "ownership" of a thread. Should the thread owner have the right to continue going in circles or whatever in their own thread? I think it's probably generally agreed on here (and general forum ettiqutte anywhere) that there are some "rights" that come with being the OP of a thread.
We (mods) have actually had many reports over the years from an OP that someone is derailing the thread and can we give them a tap on the shoulder.

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No, I don't think anyone owns a thread, any more than one person owns a conversation in a pub. Conversations drift, full stop. And the drifts often reveal interesting subtle points not imagined early in the thread.

Note that trolling is a very different issue.

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