Waiting period on new registrants

[calibertrader]

Originally posted by Baron


We've been doing this for the last five years as well. I have users being recommended for deletion by various moderators all the time. Practically all of them get removed. The problem is not identifying and removing abusive/annoying users, it's making sure that a user who gets the boot can't come back on the site under a different username and start the whole process again.

It's not hard to tell who these posters are, if they do come back, they'll just start their rambling again, so they can be removed immediately. I can imagine how annoying this can be.

So if we notice a disruptive poster, we should then PM them to you?

 

[Baron]

Originally posted by calibertrader


So if we notice a disruptive poster, we should then PM them to you?

Yeah, or you can click on the word "kill" at the lower righthand corner of one of their posts, and use the resulting page to recommend that the user be removed.

 

[dbphoenix]

Originally posted by Baron


We've been doing this for the last five years as well. I have users being recommended for deletion by various moderators all the time. Practically all of them get removed. The problem is not identifying and removing abusive/annoying users, it's making sure that a user who gets the boot can't come back on the site under a different username and start the whole process again.

No screen or filter you come with will make it impossible for those who really want to be disruptive to be disruptive. But randynutts, for example, has made 32+ posts in only two days, so it isn't as though he's difficult to identify. If new registrants are given a week or two before they're warned, or if they're allowed 100 posts or so before they're warned, then perhaps the criteria for issuing warnings should be addressed.

--Db

 

[Tech Analysis]

How about a token charge to a credit card, say 1.00? That will acomplish 2 things. 1, accountability and 2, duplicity. Not many people have 10 different cards that they could register under. And then by charging them a buck to register (or 5.00 or whatever) I think they will think it's not worth paying to log on and act like an infant.

 

[dbphoenix]

Originally posted by dbphoenix
No screen or filter you come with will make it impossible for those who really want to be disruptive to be disruptive. But randynutts, for example, has made 32+ posts in only two days, so it isn't as though he's difficult to identify. If new registrants are given a week or two before they're warned, or if they're allowed 100 posts or so before they're warned, then perhaps the criteria for issuing warnings should be addressed.

Though I'm beginning to wonder if I'm being disruptive by continuing to post to this thread

--Db

 

[richtrader]

Originally posted by Tech Analysis
How about a token charge to a credit card, say 1.00? That will acomplish 2 things. 1, accountability and 2, duplicity. Not many people have 10 different cards that they could register under. And then by charging them a buck to register (or 5.00 or whatever) I think they will think it's not worth paying to log on and act like an infant.

I agree with this. Maybe read-only access until they pay it in case they run across a thread on Google they want to read (which is actually how I found this site).

 

[calibertrader]

Originally posted by dbphoenix


Though I'm beginning to wonder if I'm being disruptive by continuing to post to this thread

--Db

You're probably kidding, but this discussion is how all of them should go. No bad mouthing, no accusations, just plain old debate.

 

[dbphoenix]

Originally posted by calibertrader
You're probably kidding, but this discussion is how all of them should go. No bad mouthing, no accusations, just plain old debate.

People don't know what that is anymore. Too much Jerry Springer.

--Db

 

[rtharp]

Originally posted by Tech Analysis
How about a token charge to a credit card, say 1.00? That will acomplish 2 things. 1, accountability and 2, duplicity. Not many people have 10 different cards that they could register under. And then by charging them a buck to register (or 5.00 or whatever) I think they will think it's not worth paying to log on and act like an infant.

I had suggested the same thing a few months ago. No huge charge though even .50 would be fine.

Robert