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Board Comments / citizen's arrest

  1. 000zero0000
    Date: Mon, Aug 11 2008 16:16:29

    This is a response to yesterdays spamming by "Professor".

    Can we get an option to report a user (not just in posts). and say if the person gets 10 reports on him/her the account is suspended until a mod/admin decides otherwise. I think this would be useful in events like yesterday. where Professor was creating multi accounts and spamming (20 posts each) meaning he could have cheated/messed up polls.

    Since Admins/Mods can't be on 24/7 we should be able to do something too rite?

    just imo and wondering

    GOOD JOB RORIX : btw

  2. Shadowserpant
    Date: Mon, Aug 11 2008 17:32:12

    could at least give me credit for the idea

  3. fusionnoble
    Date: Mon, Aug 11 2008 17:35:35

    THnx for the idea shadow! tongue.gif tongue.gif

  4. 000zero0000
    Date: Mon, Aug 11 2008 17:40:41

    sorry shadow, didn't remember who said it... sleep.gif

  5. minche
    Date: Mon, Aug 11 2008 18:11:37

    but then members would report other members just for joke dunno.gif
    you know what i mean
    they wuld report them because they don't like them, or because they said something bad to them....

  6. 000zero0000
    Date: Mon, Aug 11 2008 18:46:19

    yea that is a problem....

    How bout their only put on suspension if 10 people report him/her? or more?

    and reporting for no valid reason can get you into trouble? Like a warning similar to the ones you get for spamming?

  7. Sfsr
    Date: Mon, Aug 11 2008 19:51:52

    You know posts used to get deleted when you reported them (or well, removed until a mod could see them over). Then I accidentally reported a whole thread, since I had messed it up by reporting the first post, got warned, and the function removed laugh.gif

    Anyway, abuse would lead to ban so sure, this could work.

  8. TRoc
    Date: Tue, Aug 12 2008 00:22:50

    I don't mean to shout but that was me who suggested it. Hmm I would like to have this power, in general I'm a pretty neutral and unbiased person.

  9. Zombo
    Date: Tue, Aug 12 2008 17:43:03

    decent idea but prone to abuse.

    i prefer cleaning up manually in those cases and dealing with the reports.

  10. 000zero0000
    Date: Tue, Aug 12 2008 20:07:07

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Aug 12 2008, 10:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    decent idea but prone to abuse.

    Yea, Thats why i suggested that: Abusing this feature would cause you to get a warning/ban from a mod/admin.

    And, (if i wasn't clear enought)
    Reports should come from 10 different people. *and mabe they give evidence? like a screenshot or something? < for mod/admin reference later on


    QUOTE (Zombo @ Aug 12 2008, 10:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    i prefer cleaning up manually in those cases and dealing with the reports.


    The user Professor created 6 accounts and spammed with each one up to 20 posts (enought to vote on polls).
    No mod was on that time, (untill Rorix came)

    Think about it. I could find a time where no mod is on then I could create 5 accounts, and spam each one till i can vote. Thats 6 votes for me right there. (which is what professor did sleep.gif or we think)

    And there isn't a way for you guys to find out where he voted with these accounts right?

  11. minche
    Date: Tue, Aug 12 2008 20:20:40

    mods will be online eventually >_>
    you can't expect them to react in the same minute whenever something happens. they have lives, you know rolleyes.gif

  12. 000zero0000
    Date: Tue, Aug 12 2008 20:34:37

    QUOTE (minche @ Aug 12 2008, 01:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    mods will be online eventually >_>
    you can't expect them to react in the same minute whenever something happens. they have lives, you know rolleyes.gif


    yes yes, but how about when they ARN'T on.

    because mods arn't on 24/7 is why im suggesting this.

    Look at what Professor did when the mods wern't on. We were basically powerless to stop him.

  13. Tialys
    Date: Tue, Aug 12 2008 22:58:20

    I don't even think it's possible to set it to auto-ban someone through reports? And Professor is nearly a one-of-a-kind case anyway.

  14. Element
    Date: Tue, Aug 12 2008 23:14:27

    If its a problem about mods not being on all the time, Zombo can just recruit more moderators who have more felixible time zones

  15. jaychou
    Date: Wed, Aug 13 2008 18:53:52

    i don't think that'll work technically speaking as i don't think invisionboard supports that feature...unless its been too long since i've been in an IPB admin panel