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I'm posting this deep in this sub forum so people don't think this is an attention whore thread. I'm really requesting this. Over the past couple of years I've been spending more time on X and less here. Why? I'm sick of trolls. On X I can block people from replying if all they want is to make snarky comments and not really contribute. Unless something changed in the last few months I can't do that here. Is there any way to add this feature to ARFCOM? My membership doesn't come up for renewal until next spring, but I'm thinking of not renewing just because the ability to block assholes has pretty much made me want to spend all my time on X and I don't really see the need to continue to be a paying member here. Again, not trying to be a jerk. It's an honest request and of course you can do what you want. |
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Yes, I've used that, but a "Block" feature is more. It prevents a user from even seeing or replying to your posts. It's more than "Ignore." EDITED TO ADD: A block feature gives a member individual "ban" power, which is what some of the trolls need given that the site owners won't enforce an overall ban on them. "Ignore" just means you don't see their trolling anymore. Some undoubtedly keep trolling in other threads because I've seen it. I want to remove the trolls ability to troll. |
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Originally Posted By DocApocalypse: Yes, I've used that, but a "Block" feature is more. It prevents a user from even seeing or replying to your posts. It's more than "Ignore." Can you not just ignore the posts and users you don't like? If you feel something rises to a level of being harassment then report them? |
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Originally Posted By D_Man: That sort of option doesn't really work on a discussion forum format like we have here. Like how would it work when you'd open a thread and just completely not see certain posts or even whole threads because some other user blocked you, it would be confusing as hell. Can you not just ignore the posts and users you don't like? If you feel something rises to a level of being harassment then report them? I get your point. I've found that reporting posts doesn't really do much, and that was one reason I started limiting my time here. I do appreciate that the moderators are burdened with having to police hundreds of posts particularly in General Discussion, so my take on this is not really a "criticism," but more of an observation. |
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Originally Posted By DocApocalypse: I get your point. I've found that reporting posts doesn't really do much, and that was one reason I started limiting my time here. I do appreciate that the moderators are burdened with having to police hundreds of posts particularly in General Discussion, so my take on this is not really a "criticism," but more of an observation. What is your expectation when you report a post? That the person will just vanish? All reports are fielded by either a moderator or site staff, and reviewed. There is a warning and ban process also. Not to get into the weeds here, but “reporting posts doesn’t really do much” seems like the lesser of your issues. Keep reporting what you believe to be COC violations and put the trolls on ignore. |
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Originally Posted By Bollocks44: What is your expectation when you report a post? That the person will just vanish? All reports are fielded by either a moderator or site staff, and reviewed. There is a warning and ban process also. Not to get into the weeds here, but “reporting posts doesn’t really do much” seems like the lesser of your issues. Keep reporting what you believe to be COC violations and put the trolls on ignore. To answer your question directly it depends on what I'm reporting. Personal insults are a red line in my book, but maybe not in yours. I'll take that as a given. Honest disagreements can get pretty heated and that's not what I'm talking about. But over on X, when someone resorts to name calling or a personal attack I block them immediately. They're DONE. No "reporting", no "moderation." You're history. You don't get to see my content or reply to it in that or any other thread anymore. You've used up your benefit of the doubt with me. Okay.....maybe I'm the extremist here if you want to go there, but I like that feature so much I want it. EVERYWHERE. The internet is a changing place (mostly toward a lack of civility) and that's a feature I love so much I don't want to do without it. Just because I let my paid membership lapse doesn't mean I'd stop posting here. I like adding photos to my "Early M4's" thread and would probably keep adding to it if I can. I just thought I'd see if adding a block feature here is a possibility, that's all. |
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"If you ever really need a gun, you'll need it more than anything else you've ever needed in your life."
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Originally Posted By DocApocalypse: Over the past couple of years I've been spending more time on X and less here. Why? I'm sick of trolls. For example, in the Iran conflict thread there is an obvious faction, which oddly enough is former Trump haters, who dog pile and crap all over anyone the feel isn't worthy. They are allowed to say terrible things, others in their faction repost or repeat it, the person being attacked isn't allowed to defend themselves from it or the faction screams "you are thread sliding". Very effective because staff will then jump in and side with the loud voices, the faction, that wanted the other members silenced. Here is the underlying problem, which started in 2016. Prior to that if someone posted something on topic and others were triggered by and started shrieking about it, those people were seen as derailing the thread and moderators went after them. Now the person that posted the comment that caused the shrieking is to blame for the feelings and reactions of others.  Those here from 2016 think back to that and it will all start to come back. Someone from the Cruz camp would jump into a Trump thread and post crap about Trump. The Trump people would shriek, make personal attacks, and derail the thread because they were triggered. Then a Trump person jumped to a Cruz thread and did the same thing. Same reaction/response.What is easier to moderate, going after the person that said something or trying to manage 5,10,20 people shrieking about it? They went after the person posting and not the triggered snowflakes who lost their mind and derailed their own thread. So now Arfcom is a safe space for everyone to be triggered. Get enough others to screech about it and you get to run the board. The person who posts something factual that the snowflakes disagree with warned, banned, or run off. |
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