» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | 11-18-2006, 08:34 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Or Posts: 2,666 | Impact on overall forum of inappropriate posts want to start a new topic... So the ignore function does ot fix the problem of the poluted posts. The search engine is becoming almost useless because you have to wade through all the cruft generated by the noise these guys generate. How about using a poll to ban someone? If they get some number of yes/ban votes they get banned for a related period of time. Make them a private poll so those who just don't believe in mud-slinging in public can voice a opinion out of band. Make the polls sticky so once you make the "list" it just adds up. Only gets cleared if you go over 6 months witout a new vote. "Cookies are a food group." - My 5 year old. Dave __________________ Dave - PDX 1995 318ti - Active Black and Tan. 2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black | | | 11-18-2006, 09:10 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Port St. Johns, Florida Posts: 2,242 | not a bad idea. | | | 11-18-2006, 04:22 PM | #3 | doesn't care about you. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,925 | This is ultimately up to Steven. He's not big on banning people. Maybe if the collective voice of the forum asked him to do it, he would consider it. It would be nice to have a way of tracking those who have made meaningful contributions to the forum. __________________ '99 Dinan M3 | | | 11-18-2006, 05:05 PM | #4 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 8 | The one they use on pennocks fiero forum works nice. after you get 50 people rate you a little bar shows up below your name showing how much your liked or not liked. Once you get more negatives then posotives after that your automaticly banned by the system from posting. they've been doing it for like 2 years and it's worked well. __________________ Past cars Current Cars 80 528i 94 325is 91 325ix 95 318ti DON'T HATE THE HATCH! | | | 11-18-2006, 08:24 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | vBulletin uses an infraction system and/or reputation. bf.c used reputation and it went down in flames. It's too easy to start e-fights between people. The infraction system is similar in that certain people can impose points for different infractions. I planned on looking into that closer for next year. If we have a problem with just one or two people, then these systems are not the solution. If people want an infraction system I come up with a system and once a person gets to a certain point they loose priviledges. The problem is people can register with another email address. __________________ ...steven BMW CCA #146825 1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i www.bmwcca.org | | | 11-18-2006, 09:15 PM | #6 | That's not Millpoint Blue Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: BNA Posts: 3,161 | Given that we really only have one troll here, I don't think it's worth the effort required to implement a reputation or infraction system. It seems to me that all we really need is for us to ignore the people whom we find annoying. Yes, it takes a little more effort on my part to ignore someone and resist the temptation to reply to something they've writen when I see it quoted by someone else, but that's fine with me. If "everyone" wants a troll to be gone, well, "everyone" should put that troll on ignore. __________________ Real men know how to SEARCH! THIS IS A MILLPOINT BLUE INTERIOR Mods 'n' stuff: Star Spoke 43 wheels - X-Brace - Mason Engineering front strut brace - CF gauge overlay - ZHP shifter knob - Racing Dynamics cat-back - Doubled brake lights - M-tech rear spoiler From Page 68 of the 1997 Owners Manual: "Vehicles equipped with ASC+T remain subject to the laws of physics." | | | 11-19-2006, 05:44 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Or Posts: 2,666 | Quote: Originally Posted by 1996 328ti vBulletin uses an infraction system and/or reputation. bf.c used reputation and it went down in flames. It's too easy to start e-fights between people. The infraction system is similar in that certain people can impose points for different infractions. I planned on looking into that closer for next year. If we have a problem with just one or two people, then these systems are not the solution. If people want an infraction system I come up with a system and once a person gets to a certain point they loose priviledges. The problem is people can register with another email address. | Yea there's no 100% sure fire option. In general this forum is very well behaved, just sad a couple folks can screw things up as much as they do on occasion. Have a good day... Dave __________________ Dave - PDX 1995 318ti - Active Black and Tan. 2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |
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