@ST,
Bt den wen d thread is axed ..these trouble making IDs get an indirect self esteem boost via wrong inspiration dat dey r in indirect control of any thread as per der wish.simple strategy:enter a discusion..start questioning n confusing..bring in a suportiv ID 2 surround d prey frm all sides til d admin steps in..admin steps in..warns..deletes posts..bring in d waiting ID n start arguments wid admin..other group steps n..riots..thread closed.kaam fateh.Nxt..spot an activ thread..n d viscious cycle goes on.
Bt den wen d thread is axed ..these trouble making IDs get an indirect self esteem boost via wrong inspiration dat dey r in indirect control of any thread as per der wish.simple strategy:enter a discusion..start questioning n confusing..bring in a suportiv ID 2 surround d prey frm all sides til d admin steps in..admin steps in..warns..deletes posts..bring in d waiting ID n start arguments wid admin..other group steps n..riots..thread closed.kaam fateh.Nxt..spot an activ thread..n d viscious cycle goes on.
Warning is no use. You will be surprised to know how many people are operating under multiple IDs ( some of the connections even I did not know or expect )and as groups.Few respectable IDs also are operating few troublemaking IDs, this was revealed in IP check.....Opening new IDs is so easy and banning a member takes time....we are interested in letting the threads run smoothly and to see that genuine members are not abused and rediculed not so much interested in banning someone. But then as banning takes some time, only solution as of now is close the thread for sometime till the mischief making IDs are banned else these IDs will be on rampage till they get banned....and new set of IDs opened next day.
Smart_trade
Smart_trade
1) have an extra check box before the "submit" button in the post. It should be unchecked by default and the option should be "I declare that this post is consistent with the forum rules and the admin/mods may edit/delete it if found otherwise". This is something like checking the "I have read the terms of use" on joining the forum.
2) The new members should not be allowed to open new threads till a certain number of posts. This will take care of the weekend spammers. We already have a good checkpoint about the private messages, so you can have something similar for the new members. The introductions can be posted in a continuous "Introduction" thread and the new joinees should be sent a link to that thread in the welcome mail (Something like "Tell us something about yourself in the xxxxxxxxx thread").