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[SacKen]

Wow. That's pretty sad when we need something like this because people can't just choose to ignore a thread. Oh well, it's the new American way.

Since the topics aren't the problem and certain people are what screw-up what could be a valuable conversation, how 'bout we just go back to the good ol' days where we would just banish users. We could even make it fun. Like a "reality" show.

Add a "Banish" button next to the "Report" button near the user's name and have it so each user can only cast one "banish" vote against any given user. If any user accumulates enough banish votes (something equal to a super majority of active users), then the account is automatically suspended. Let the people decide who they want in the club and blackball the ones they don't.

BTW, my votes are subject to bribery. I like beer and cash.

[Darth.Central]

Add a "Banish" button next to the "Report" button near the user's name and have it so each user can only cast one "banish" vote against any given user. If any user accumulates enough banish votes (something equal to a super majority of active users), then the account is automatically suspended. Let the people decide who they want in the club and blackball the ones they don't.

How would that work? 10 stars next to the name and if 10 people click banish they would be gone? Would it apply to everyone? Would everyone get a vote?

[john]

A "karma" type of feature is something I have long been wanting but so far it's not available. A newer version of the software may be available soon, hopefully it will have it.

[SacKen]

meh... those karma things aren't really all that useful on the sites I've been to that have them. A lot like the thread ratings thing. Most people ignore it and it only gets used once in a while when someone wants to be or is being a Richard Cranium. You also start getting useless shrapnel posts like, "Thanks for the karma" or "Good post. I gave you some positive karma." I guarantee that you'll see a couple of people that pride themselves on having a seriously negative karma rating. Unless there are some consequences somehow, like my banishment idea?

[Darth Lefty]

Bay Area Riders Forum turned the karma off.

[Darth.Central]

meh... those karma things aren't really all that useful on the sites I've been to that have them. A lot like the thread ratings thing. Most people ignore it and it only gets used once in a while when someone wants to be or is being a Richard Cranium. You also start getting useless shrapnel posts like, "Thanks for the karma" or "Good post. I gave you some positive karma." I guarantee that you'll see a couple of people that pride themselves on having a seriously negative karma rating. Unless there are some consequences somehow, like my banishment idea?

Agreed. I'm trying to remember the names of a couple of forums I used about 2yrs ago that implemented something similar to your idea. Ironically, one of the first to be "demoted" to a regular user was a moderator. Ultimately, after even more negative votes as a regular user, the moderator was banished.

After that, very few people were banished. As users saw their stars increase, they self moderated.

There was another forum that also implemented it, but did not include moderators. Didn't work out so well there.