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Dear 247 (Noah): Start charging a fee for each user name

  • 1. This will eliminate people inventing new user names over and over and over again.
    2. Make it $5/user name.
    3. Grandfather in people with a certain amount of posts.
    4. The mods approve this plan.
    5. Users approve this plan.
    6. VIP members approve this plan.

    Can someone link this on tBB for me? Due to a clerical error, I am not allowed to post there.

    I would also ask that the mods here not lock or delete this thread.

    Thank you.

    Have a great day.

    NigelUno

  • You really think he can figure out how to program that? lol

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    Giant Moose

  • They aren't going to even entertain this idea until the traffic gets to a certain point(which we're not anywhere close to right now).

    Eduardo Lopez

  • Giant Moose said...

    You really think he can figure out how to program that? lol

    You're not helping.

    NigelUno

  • Make the first screen name free, $10 for every change. No more than one change per year
    VIP's get one free change per year.
    No one gets multiple names per IP address

    We will see some doofus get around the system but might slow Nucky to a snail's pace.

    GRR Spartan

  • NigelUno said...

    1. This will eliminate people inventing new user names over and over and over again. 2. Make it $5/user name. 3. Grandfather in people with a certain amount of posts. 4. The mods approve this plan. 5. Users approve this plan. 6. VIP members approve this plan.

    Can someone link this on tBB for me? Due to a clerical error, I am not allowed to post there.

    I would also ask that the mods here not lock or delete this thread.

    Thank you.

    Have a great day.

    This actually a really good idea, and simpler than most make it sound. The answer is that from today forward it is a $x.xx charge for a new username. Those that are already here will not pay unless they are getting themselves banned and need a new name or they want to play the schtick game. In either of those situations, let them pay. No need to grandfather anything.

    "Leave the gun.....take the cannoli" "It's not your job to be as confused as Nigel."

    Son of Sparta

  • Giant Moose said...

    You really think he can figure out how to program that? lol

    It'll be coming along with multi-quote in 2017!

    arfabe16

  • Eduardo Lopez said...

    They aren't going to even entertain this idea until the traffic gets to a certain point(which we're not anywhere close to right now).

    Your concern is palpable nucky. And no, 247 wouldn't accept your bridge card or mom's WIC.

    "Losing Benenoch is a mortal blow from which this program can't recover"-T-Pain

    Rogue Leader

  • NigelUno said...

    1. This will eliminate people inventing new user names over and over and over again.
    2. Make it $5/user name.
    3. Grandfather in people with a certain amount of posts.
    4. The mods approve this plan.
    5. Users approve this plan.
    6. VIP members approve this plan.

    Can someone link this on tBB for me? Due to a clerical error, I am not allowed to post there.

    I would also ask that the mods here not lock or delete this thread.

    Thank you.

    Have a great day.

    The only thing I would add is that if the user manages to go 2-3 months without being banned, they get their $5 back.

    SWB

  • Thanks to tSearch Function I can't find my original suggestion thread on this topic, but you have my whole hearted endorsement.

    I think the problem is that there are less than a half dozen "problem" posters/trolls who get nothing but a kick out of flaming, being racist, being trolls, etc.

    Short of a "charge for a screen name" method there are a couple of things that could be done to root out the bad actors:

    1. Expand moderation. Yes, we all hate the Mods, but the sad reality is that since the move the vast majority of the Mods are barely here anymore, with no "report post" function we're supposed to send them a message and hope that they catch the person the next time they log on/realize they have a PM? Sorry but no, that ain't working. Trevor just needs to "clean house" a bit and bring in some new moderators, preferably the "good actors" who are actually on the board in significant chunks and tend to positively contribute. SpartanRocky was a good move... but guys like Forbin and AA just aren't on the board as much as they used to be.

    2. More VIP exclusive stuff... I know this will end up harming more people than it helps, but within the current framework, this is the only way to get more people to engage in discussion and keep the trolls out. Like, maybe, a VIP only board?

    3. Higher tolerance levels... just let some of this stuff go. Being less quick on the draw to ban people means there will be less new screen names being created... meaning less of a pain. Sure we might have to live with a few more troll posts but at least we'll know who they're coming from time after time, which means we can put those individuals on ignore function, and actually NOT have to be subjected to a new screen name every 2.45 days.

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    Dr Leo Spaceman

  • I think we should charge posters $1 every time they respond to a troll or flame post. If people didn't respond to them, then it wouldn't be an issue.

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    Giant Moose

  • Wouldn't you just be able to use a proxy to create/log in with the schtick name?

    I would just like to go back to the days when they weren't all UM related and 1/100 were kind if funny.

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    Btothejizer

  • Dr Leo, tolerate more? Jesus...this is the most loosely moderated board around. There are only a couple posters that are auto-bans and the whole board agrees on them.

    Sparty is our mascot, we are Spartans.

    ConQueso

  • I say just start posting ip address and or email addresses. Then take that information to the seedy underbelly of the internet (4chan) and have those people find personal information. Next, we kill the person responsible. Problem solved!

    "Put your mother in a straight-jacket you punk ass white boy." ~ Mike Tyson

    tig ol bitties19581

  • tig ol' bitties said...

    I say just start posting ip address and or email addresses. Then take that information to the seedy underbelly of the internet (4chan) and have those people find personal information. Next, we kill the person responsible. Problem solved!

    /b/ will make them post naked pictures of their wives/GFs, then shit in their mailbox every day for the rest of their lives.

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    Btothejizer

  • GRR Spartan said...

    Make the first screen name free, $10 for every change. No more than one change per year
    VIP's get one free change per year.
    No one gets multiple names per IP address

    We will see some doofus get around the system but might slow Nucky to a snail's pace.

    I don't think you quite understand how the Internet works....... I could post from 20 different IP addresses an hour if I was so inclined. Your proposal changes nothing.

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    "As far as the downvotes. It's a gnat biting an lion" -- A member of tRCMB Justice League, taking the internet WAY WAY too seriously.

    Rocket_Play

  • tig ol' bitties said...

    I say just start posting ip address and or email addresses. Then take that information to the seedy underbelly of the internet (4chan) and have those people find personal information. Next, we kill the person responsible. Problem solved!

    Because you can't mask IP addresses or use fake yahoo accounts or anything. See poster, Ross....

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    "As far as the downvotes. It's a gnat biting an lion" -- A member of tRCMB Justice League, taking the internet WAY WAY too seriously.

    Rocket_Play

  • tig ol' bitties said...

    I say just start posting ip address and or email addresses. Then take that information to the seedy underbelly of the internet (4chan) and have those people find personal information. Next, we kill the person responsible. Problem solved!

    This I agree with. For repeat offenders especially. Sure some might be masking their IP's but I'm going to bet that SpartyNO just used a new screen name and didn't bother to use a proxy. Make it so tRCMB has a reputation for posting personal information of trolls and there will be less of them.

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    Now knowing what 1995 is like all over again! Thank you 247 technology!!

    InTenSity

  • Rocket_Play said...

    Because you can't mask IP addresses or use fake yahoo accounts or anything. See poster, Ross....

    Obviously for the seasoned losers (ross, nucky, etc) it wouldn't do anything. But I doubt all the um trolls we get are masking IPs.

    "Put your mother in a straight-jacket you punk ass white boy." ~ Mike Tyson

    tig ol bitties19581

  • I fully support this idea- money for a screen name. Where can I throw my $5 or $10?

    Lawre167

  • Think of all the traffic Nucky makes. That's straight cash for 247 homey.

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    "As far as the downvotes. It's a gnat biting an lion" -- A member of tRCMB Justice League, taking the internet WAY WAY too seriously.

    Rocket_Play

  • ConQueso™ said...

    Dr Leo, tolerate more? Jesus...this is the most loosely moderated board around. There are only a couple posters that are auto-bans and the whole board agrees on them.

    Every time I see that I want to ban people. Even the old board was stricter than this by far. Now we need to "let more stuff go"? Unreal.

    F Michigan

    AASpartan

  • Some of the rivals boards require permission to post there. So if mod bans username #784 for nucky and 2 minutes later there's a request from "Pablo Escobar" to post here you can decline it.

    "Losing Benenoch is a mortal blow from which this program can't recover"-T-Pain

    Rogue Leader

  • AASpartan said...

    Every time I see that I want to ban people. Even the old board was stricter than this by far. Now we need to "let more stuff go"? Unreal.

    Get into the head of a troll, they want to be banned. Letting them run their course until they get bored may not be completely ludicrous.

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    Btothejizer

  • Rogue Leader said...

    Some of the rivals boards require permission to post there. So if mod bans username #784 for nucky and 2 minutes later there's a request from "Pablo Escobar" to post here you can decline it.

    I doubt trolling is a big enough problem board wide for this to be a priority and quite frankly I don't blame them.

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    "As far as the downvotes. It's a gnat biting an lion" -- A member of tRCMB Justice League, taking the internet WAY WAY too seriously.

    Rocket_Play