Fixing the problems with the forums and trolls

[mikeymike]

Redrumloa wrote:
I would have to guess that the 'anything goes' theme will be no more. Maybe changed to 'Any intelligent discussion' that is 1)In good taste, 2)legal, 3)Not for the sake only trolling alone. Maybe also add 4)Political arguements are allowed until they get unreasonably heated, at which time they will be closed.

and 5) posting guidelines still apply
and 6) users will be suspended for what moderators believe is attempting to up their post count for the sake of it.

Otherwise yeah, I think that sounds like a plan.

Hey red, you really ought to be a moderator, you know that?

[mikeymike]

Some amount of user moderation like slashdot could maybe help - if a very large number of people "voted" a post bad then it could go down a level of significance or be reported automatically to mods. But I guess that'd be a lot of work to implement, and might not work with sites smaller than /.

I'm sorry, but I really hate that idea.  It encourages weenies to make comments to look clever.  Just look at slashdot for beaucoup de examples :-)

[mikeymike]

Left alone... natural order will prevail

Gently encouraged with cattle prods, so I've found :-)

[mikeymike]

Here's a crazy suggestion: Start flying the MorphOS banner. I assume when you say trolls, you mean 'red trolls' so why not just stop dancing around it and do it? The red trolls already have a home at AW (see avatar), and now the blue trolls will have a home as well.

I loathe the expression, but "RTFM" is in order.  Wayne is talking about talk-about, not computer-related subjects, let alone Amiga/A1/MorphOS/AROS.

And I find your comment highly offensive for reasons that should be bloody obvious.

[mikeymike]

Sorry, I disagree with this fiercely. "Good taste", is probably the most subjective thing I've ever heard and to me that is a no-go for a policy.

Well look at it like this.  You rely on the judgement of the Amiga.org staff to moderate these forums.  If that didn't happen, only trolls would come here.  You're relying on our judgement already, so "good taste" is nothing new.  I've told users to remove avatars on the grounds of "good taste" and that was hardly controversial.

And for the second: legal?  Well, everyone lives in a different country with a different law, so what's exactly legal?

Eye of the beholder.  Ie. the moderators.

And btw. wasn't trolling included in the policy?

Yes, it is redundant.

[mikeymike]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

mikeymike wrote:

And for the second: legal?  Well, everyone lives in a different country with a different law, so what's exactly legal?

Eye of the beholder.  Ie. the moderators.

hmm, so I better shut up about politicians goin' to whores, since many moderators come from countries where such is forbidden

You didn't really take in what I said, did you? :-)

[mikeymike]

Glaucus wrote:

bloodline wrote:
Simple solution, 10 free posts per month, want any more and you have to pay a $5 subscription fee.
I'm gonna be really unpopular now :-(

It would kill A.org over night, as far as I'm concerned.
  - Mike

The upshot those is that we'd end up $5 better off! :-D

[mikeymike]

Heheheh... but that's quite sad, Mike that you are not prepared to pay (even a tiny sum) for Amiga.org!

Hey, I should be paid for my services! :-D