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	ndi	2010-06-13 , 17:20
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Originally Posted by Joorin

And I still think that a vote system that enables all users to help with keeping the forum clean is the best way to solve this.

Always agreed. Let them work too, why should the mods carry all the stones?

Originally Posted by Joorin

You raised a point about people that are bad communicators or bad at English might get an unfair treatment with this system and I understand your point but I don't agree on it. Looking at the threads I've stumbled over in my short time here, bad English is pretty common but not something that stops people from helping or trying to ask questions to understand.

Not that this isn't an interesting topic, but we've been over this in some detail, you might want the relaxing read.

Originally Posted by Joorin

Knowing that you can vote someone off the forum, bad English isn't the main point up for evaluation. In my experience, behaviour is evaluated and this is all in line with Texrat's view on things (unless I've totally misunderstood something).

Trying to move threads to "out of sight" places is to treat the symptom and not the problem.

That's why I like it when I see locations in people's posts. It amplifies my doltometer. Still, this moves my opinion of the user and his/her values, not those of the content, so in the end, it does little above being a nuisance.

Finally, we try to cure the symptom because the cure for the cause is part jail and part execution and that sort of smells of failed management. Not that I'd cry to see some people not come back, but final decisions need a lot more effort. Plus, there's the people I hate more than the trollers, the raiders.

The raider is that special kind of <profanity> that always bites at you and pushes, and kicks, until you become serious about acting, then plays straight for a while to gain sympathy from people who do not have a full list of posts. then bites. Then starts dancing around rules. Screams when warned, but as soon as the warning expires posts a thread stirring as much anger as possible. We had a case here, and after banning people still came up asking what happened to poor <>.

Oh dear, you got me started again.

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