Dealing with banned members/account recreators: What's your opinion?

[AdmiralRichard]

if my coffee tastes funny you're gonna get it.

Its a special import cream

 

[NJRiot]

we all deal with it. ive learned to be patient!
but i like the poll.

 

[Curt James]

Results so far...

Should obvious trolls receive an "automatic ban"?

Yes: 34 — 68%
No: 7 — 14%
Maybe: 8 — 16%
Other: 1 — 2%
Voters: 50

Four additional votes.

 

[Doublebase]

I voted!

 

[Perdido]

I voted. being a mod on another forum I just love being the asshole that bans trolls.

Me: "move along asshole"
Troll: "say what?"
Me: "I said MOVE IT ASSHOLE" Pizzzzzzap troll b gone.

 

[Curt James]

I voted!

I voted. being a mod on another forum I just love being the asshole that bans trolls.

Me: "move along asshole"
Troll: "say what?"
Me: "I said MOVE IT ASSHOLE" Pizzzzzzap troll b gone.

Thank you both for voting.

 

[XYZ]

I think the mods have been doing a suck ass job of moderating and Rob's "just ignore it" policy sucks ass, too. In all likelihood one or two people are responsible for the 10-20 alts that have spawned over the past few months that do nothing but troll around.

Why do I care? Because it is bad for the community. It drives off potentially interesting people who don't want to sift through pages and pages of garbage posts. I would like to ask why do we care about spam? Is it not for the same reason? I could say let spammers be welcomed here and they can clog up the site with uninteresting and unamusing garbage and you would think I was crazy. Well, I think the management of IM is crazy for not dealing with this problem before it gets even more out of hand.

Jesus Christ, it isn't that hard to do. It takes less than 2 minutes to ban a troll, and it takes them at least 5 minutes to setup new email accounts and re-register along with the 24 hour restriction on posting. You do that to these little fuckers on the first or second post they make and after a week or two it will become to aggravating for them to continue, and they will go troll somewhere else.

Don't get me wrong. Insults and flame wars are great. Honest disagreement over stupid shit is entertaining as hell to me, especially when some of the insults are witty. But throwing out random insults just to get a response is as lame as someone spamming links to their new dime-o-dozen workout manual for only $19.95.

Thanks for the vote of confidence about sucking ass, I feel much better that I've banned THE troll 8 different times now and he keeps coming back. Please give me some suggestions on how to deal with this in a better manner and not suck ass so bad. Thank you.

I've sent out PM's to numerous people to let me know the second they see him posting again so I can act quicker, would you like to be added to the list as well?

 

[Curt James]

I think the mods have been doing a suck ass job of moderating(snip)

links to their new dime-o-dozen workout manual for only $19.95.

Thanks for the vote of confidence about sucking ass, I feel much better that I've banned THE troll 8 different times now and he keeps coming back. Please give me some suggestions on how to deal with this in a better manner and not suck ass so bad. Thank you.

I know, right? That was AWESOME!

KelJu: "YOU SUCK! YOU HAVE BAD BREATH AND NOBODY LIKES YOU!"



Oh, yeah, and be on the look out for my workout manual for only $19.95!

 

[withoutrulers]

I voted other cause I liked the response LW, Minolee, and others had when chill/999/repetitivedickface started threads. They just hijacked them. Best tree threads ever. I personally enjoy mocking lameness, but this is just cause I'm 5'3 and weigh 130 w/ 45% bodyfat. I never workout and my 30 yr old sweat pants have melded with my flesh and barchalounger. When a troll comes a knockin, I get all ULTRA VERBOSE on that ass. I wield the English language like someone might wield a functioning penis. Tear those vagina's asunder!

 

[withoutrulers]

I voted, "yes" ban them, but only out of deference to the full-time, long-time members. I enjoy this website very much -- eclectic; a lot of unusually knowledgeable people -- but I bounce in and out because I travel a lot. As I recollect, though, there was a member, awhile back, who was banned but who was, at least, occasionally, funny. I think funny counts for a lot. It's YOUR website. I say dump 99% of the assholes, but give special dispensation to someone who has an authentic sense of humor. An example: I can envision withoutrulers being banned -- even easier to imagine him cuffed and taken to prison. But he is fucking funny. Life isn't fair. Anyone who expects it to be fair is either naive, uninformed or a spoiled brat. Let IM reflect life.

Normally name dropping your favorite rock star gets frowned upon, but in this case you'll probably get back stage to see the banned.

 

[theCaptn']

After reading your post an idea came in my mind. I think we need some members or moderator specifically assigned to harass the trolls. It will be so fun for others to enjoy the show.

Thats my job description, you just need to point them out


btw chobby, did you get my love note?

 

[kuso]

His name was Kuso. The man...the legend.....I think Rob banned him.

And I did a damn fine job of doing it too,....it I do say so myself....

 

[AdmiralRichard]

get stuffed keso