RadioFlyer

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I hate the idea, and I hate everything you post!!! (Do we get to have a Thunderdome about the Thunderdome proposal?!?)

Haha J/K! I think it's a really fun idea. If we're worried about how inappropriate it will get, the best way to find out is to put it to use! Put it out there and iterate quickly!

Ryne

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The best way to solve this is to put it in its own thread in OT and title the whole thread as NSFW. It's almost a requirement.

Black Betty

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The more I actually think about it, the worse it sounds. But thanks everyone for the input. The idea of a forum to let people spar it out is probably better, but frankly would very likely call for a lot more moderation work to control it so I'm not loving that.

I guess good old fashion banning for unrepentant a-holes who refuse to play nice with others or respect the forum will work as good as it ever has.

Redfire32

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It's cool double B, we all realize you were just needing to vent. Your personal brand of venting is always entertaining and funny, so we all enjoy reading it.

Absinthe

Banning is probably the quickest and easiest solution; but as a suggestion, to add some good ol shame to the banning, create a "Wall of shame" stickie and list all those who were banned and the reason why. Nothing like a public display of your behaviour to help a guy play nice

Black Betty

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As a forum we typically don't post reasons regarding why a particular member gets banned. But it's fairly obvious in most instances.

There's at least a half dozen banned members (that I know of without researching) that have created new user names and are back on the forum. Most just lurk and keep a low profile. Some post. But they typically don't revert back to the douchebag behavior that got them banned. I'm ok with that.

eljoker

Easiest solution? Grow up, quit arguing over the internet, its not like anything is proven out of it, other than who claims to have biggest ***k behind the keyboard.


Recommend solutions: Traveling MyG37 Fight Club. nuff said.

blnewt

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BTW, BB, what was your screen name prior to the last time you were banned here??
lol

RadioFlyer

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^ Hahahah!

Do you guys do Timeouts? On the other forum I spend my time, they give out points, and if you have enough points, you get a Timeout. I'm loose on the details of this system, since I've never gotten points, or been banned. Now, how you get banned - I'm sure there are a bunch of reasons, one of which might be by the number of Timeouts you have had. Or you can do something really bad and just get banned straight away. But they seem to use points like a driver's license.

Black Betty

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We have a warning and points system here. But also the discretion to ban straightaway without issuing points. How to get banned is basically to not be a decent member of this society. It's pretty simple really. There haven't been a lot of members being banned around here (other than spam bots) in a long time. Just the occasional idiot who simply won't coexist peacefully with other members.

Roadrash666

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May I suggest a 'Random Rants' section like the Z forum has? As long as people could use it without getting carried away. Although the 370Z forum is a little looser than this one to begin with.

RPG11

We already have that.

Roadrash666

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OOPS. Dammit! Now I know where I saw it. LOL Thanks for pointing that out before I had to put on the flame proof suit!