Is it better to ban someone from a message board..

SteveBsjb · 04-11-2006, 01:05 PM

... or just let the users "ignore" whoever they want?

Happy Monkey · 04-11-2006, 01:26 PM

Case by case basis.

SteveBsjb · 04-11-2006, 01:47 PM

Examples?

Happy Monkey · 04-11-2006, 02:24 PM

No... If the "rules" for banning are described too explicitly, then a dick can dance around just short of the cutoff saying "I'm not breaking the roooo-oools, you can't ban me!"

smoothmoniker · 04-11-2006, 02:26 PM

HM is right on. The rules are "don't be a dick" and the interpretation is up to UT.

zippyt · 04-11-2006, 02:40 PM

The rules are "don't be a dick" and the interpretation is up to UT.

And the indivigual interpatation is up to the indivigual , UT is pretty alowing unless you are being extreme , then he will dump you like the load of shit you are !!!

04-11-2006, 02:55 PM

On a private message board like this one, the persons who runs it gets to make his own rules. If you don't like them, no one is forcing you to hang around here.

Flint · 04-11-2006, 02:58 PM

Can we get a smilie for Dead Horse?

SteveBsjb · 04-11-2006, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marichiko

On a private message board like this one, the persons who runs it gets to make his own rules. If you don't like them, no one is forcing you to hang around here.

Are you inferring that I "don't like them"? Or is that the universal "you"?

lumberjim · 04-11-2006, 03:02 PM

who ARE we talking about, anyway?

SteveBsjb · 04-11-2006, 03:10 PM

No one. I was just wondering about people complaining about a user to the owner rather than just ignoring him/her. Why people would do that.

And then I started to think why have both, an ignore option for users to use, and also a banning system. Banning someone erases a user for everyone, when maybe everyone doesn't want that user gone.

I used to ask why do you need an ignore feature. But now I wonder, why ban when users can ignore?

I did expect people to respond with "If you don't like it, too bad." But that doesn't answer my theoretical questions.

glatt · 04-11-2006, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

I was just wondering about people complaining about a user rather than just ignoring him/her.

It can be an attempt to modify the bad user's behavior.

Flint · 04-11-2006, 03:18 PM

^^^Edit Alert^^^

(@Steve: I knew what you meant)

SteveBsjb · 04-11-2006, 03:19 PM

Not if the complaints are "You should ban that person! I can't handle reading what he/she has written!"

04-11-2006, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

Are you inferring that I "don't like them"? Or is that the universal "you"?

It is only your PERCEPTION that I think you, personally, don't like the way things are done here.

By "you" I meant the entire world, K?

Oh, and BTW, I adore ME, and I'm not going to change my posting style to please ANYBODY because I am soooo perfect! And if you perceive this as a sly innuendo, well, all I can say is that I love EVERYONE, and I'm not responsible for anyone's PERCEPTIONS re my posts.

Thank you.

04-11-2006, 01:05 PM	#1
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04-11-2006, 01:26 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Case by case basis. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

04-11-2006, 01:47 PM	#3
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	Examples? __________________ "It's only an internet community."

04-11-2006, 02:24 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	No... If the "rules" for banning are described too explicitly, then a dick can dance around just short of the cutoff saying "I'm not breaking the roooo-oools, you can't ban me!" __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

04-11-2006, 02:26 PM	#5
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	HM is right on. The rules are "don't be a dick" and the interpretation is up to UT. __________________ to live and die in LA

04-11-2006, 02:40 PM	#6
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	The rules are "don't be a dick" and the interpretation is up to UT. And the indivigual interpatation is up to the indivigual , UT is pretty alowing unless you are being extreme , then he will dump you like the load of shit you are !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

04-11-2006, 02:55 PM	#7
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	On a private message board like this one, the persons who runs it gets to make his own rules. If you don't like them, no one is forcing you to hang around here.

04-11-2006, 02:58 PM	#8
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04-11-2006, 03:02 PM	#10
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04-11-2006, 03:10 PM	#11
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	No one. I was just wondering about people complaining about a user to the owner rather than just ignoring him/her. Why people would do that. And then I started to think why have both, an ignore option for users to use, and also a banning system. Banning someone erases a user for everyone, when maybe everyone doesn't want that user gone. I used to ask why do you need an ignore feature. But now I wonder, why ban when users can ignore? I did expect people to respond with "If you don't like it, too bad." But that doesn't answer my theoretical questions. __________________ "It's only an internet community." Last edited by SteveBsjb; 04-11-2006 at 03:14 PM.

04-11-2006, 03:18 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	^^^Edit Alert^^^ (@Steve: I knew what you meant) __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-11-2006, 03:19 PM	#14
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	Not if the complaints are "You should ban that person! I can't handle reading what he/she has written!" __________________ "It's only an internet community."

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