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clj
Junior Member
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 Posted - 03 August 2004 : 08:49:30
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Hi all,
Someone recently suggested to me a feature they'd seen on another forum they moderated called 'Bozo'...
When someone is recognised as a troll, their membership status is changed to 'Bozo' by moderators. Posts from people with 'Bozo' status only show to the 'Bozo' themselves, other forum members can't see them.
In effect, the troll thinks that he is being ignored, but in reality his posts just can't be seen.
Is there any mod like this already in existance?
Thanks,
Clare |
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chumbawumba
Junior Member
United Kingdom
304 Posts |
Posted - 03 August 2004 : 09:09:56
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| can you explain to me what a troll is? |
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aspwiz
Junior Member
250 Posts |
Posted - 03 August 2004 : 09:53:44
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| I think he means lamerz... people who disrupt your forum. |
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clj
Junior Member
145 Posts |
Posted - 03 August 2004 : 12:46:51
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| Sorry I mean someone who just comes onto the forum to cause trouble by posting nonsense or abuse. |
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cyber Knight
Starting Member
41 Posts |
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cripto9t
Average Member
USA
881 Posts |
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clj
Junior Member
145 Posts |
Posted - 06 August 2004 : 07:52:37
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Thanks for your responses, the PHP ones seem to be what I want but not for ASP.
Unfortunately the Snitz mod is not quite what I'm looking for.
Would it be possible to request such a mod?
Thanks,
Clare |
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nickw
Junior Member
Ireland
193 Posts |
Posted - 11 October 2004 : 14:04:50
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Is there any update on this mod?
Thanks,
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clj
Junior Member
145 Posts |
Posted - 03 November 2004 : 07:00:01
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| Any news on this? I think someone was looking into it but I'm not sure that they finished testing. |
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GarethMoore1979
Junior Member
United Kingdom
220 Posts |
Posted - 06 November 2004 : 08:16:28
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| this would be a great mod...far better than banning people and having them re-register! |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
Posted - 06 November 2004 : 10:52:50
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the problem with a mod like this is that if someone does not ignore a troll and the quote the troll's comments from a post, it will appear in a non-ignored persons post, so there may be a lot times where you actually still see the trolls comments.
I have been using a mod for the past year or two that really helps with controlling undesirable members. this mod prevents new members from spamming the board and having the community see it AND assists in when you do ban a member that tries to come back.
What this mod does is forces moderation to be turned on for members with less than X posts (this number can be set to whatever). When a new member comes to the board, they can post all they want, but the public will not see it until it is approved. Once they have reached X amount of moderated posts, then they can freely post. If that member, or any other member goes renegade, you simply lock the account, use IP ban if you got it. If the person recreates an account and uses a different computer, therefore bypassing the ban, their initial reaction is to tell people off, but with the new account means moderation is on by default because they are not back down to 0 posts. It's great when they come to a realization that their voice will never be heard again.
Now some can become clever and pretend to be nice and make basic posts to reach the X amount. But they never know what X is (don't share this number with anyone). They tend to give up rather quickly.
Ever since I have implemented this mod, my problems have significantly went away. It totally changed the entire forum experience for our members. They even pointed out one time that it seemed no one was spamming or bothering us, but that is because this feature works so good that no one sees (except moderators and admin) the spam or other crap posts.
I will do a search for this mod. I am sure it is in the archives. I strogly recommend this mod.
Update: found it...
http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=39014 |
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Edited by - dayve on 06 November 2004 10:54:37 |
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zinpin
Junior Member
Australia
202 Posts |
Posted - 07 November 2004 : 16:21:04
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but Dayve from what i gather, no one will be replying or quoting the trolls post because they won't be able to see it.
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20584 Posts |
Posted - 07 November 2004 : 16:53:50
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Originally posted by GarethMoore1979
this would be a great mod...far better than banning people and having them re-register!
How will it make any difference, they can still re-register under a different name if you are ignoring them |
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masterao
Senior Member
Sweden
1678 Posts |
Posted - 07 November 2004 : 17:49:30
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quote:
Originally posted by zinpin
but Dayve from what i gather, no one will be replying or quoting the trolls post because they won't be able to see it.
Well, not everyone will have ignored them, which means that someone can quote the troll's post and thus make others read it. |
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zinpin
Junior Member
Australia
202 Posts |
Posted - 07 November 2004 : 19:09:50
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masterao you must have missed this at the top of this topic:
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Posts from people with 'Bozo' status only show to the 'Bozo' themselves, other forum members can't see them.
In effect, the troll thinks that he is being ignored, but in reality his posts just can't be seen.
Huwr, I have the new members mod installed, but it's a lot more work to administer and I feel unfair to the 99% of the new members. where the Troll mod is a simple quick way to get rid of 1 or 2 troublemakers.
In the event that they do re-register which I somehow feel that they wouldn't, you just repeat the process. |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
Posted - 07 November 2004 : 20:53:08
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so you want to ignore someone globally? what is the point then? just lock their account. if you want to prevent them from re-registering and posting then use the mod I suggested.
generally a troll mod is set up for individual users to select whom they chose to ignore. |
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