Sockpuppets/GHOULS/Trolls/Banned Users

StevieJ

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

The original ghouls was bonkers in a bruno-esque sort of way and is probably a disturbed although unique individual.

Many of the subsequent ID's are bears being disruptive trolls though..

We all know it, and the list of posters immature enough to keep it going is pretty short.

That is unkind, it had a sort of mewbie feel to it, when he is off on one

RenovationMan

Wow, a lot of posts here! I posted the main idea on the 'Site Feedback' board because thats where your supposed to for suggestions. I then realised that not many people including myself go onto that board, so I created two more threads pointing to the main one - this one and another in the Arms so that anyone who may be interested could put their points of view. It seemed sensible to let people who use those boards to comment on a suggestion that might affect them, I have no 'bee in my bonnet' or anything, I just thought it was a good idea and wanted to see what other people thought.

Thanks for those who took the time to comment, whether you agree (sensible people) or disagree (obvious puppet masters!) . :)

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

StevieJ wrote: »

it had a sort of mewbie feel to it, when he is off on one

I'd like to think such a stunt is well beneath mewbie, who was generally funny, witty and original. I reckoned he was a quite a decent chap overall.

This latest batch of nonsense is just pathetic.

BACKFRMTHEEDGE

RenovationMan wrote: »

Thanks for those who took the time to comment, whether you agree (sensible people) or disagree (obvious puppet masters!) . :)

RM you are MSEs top puppet master.

Good Luck to you. I don't know where you find the time or inclination.

lemonjelly

Actually I think it is wholly wrong to suggest 100 posts or similar before you can post on this forum.

Who do you all think you are? Get over yourselves! You have no divine right to be here or make any statements about what criteria should exist for posting on this board.

And many/most of you posted here without 100 posts.

Ridiculous & hypocritical imo.

I've been here 2 years. In all that time, I've made very few posts on other boards. I read some of them occasionally, but rarely contribute. This board is where my interest lies, so this board was pretty much my sole reason for signing up.

This thread smacks of double standards.

RenovationMan

lemonjelly wrote: »

Actually I think it is wholly wrong to suggest 100 posts or similar before you can post on this forum.

Who do you all think you are? Get over yourselves! You have no divine right to be here or make any statements about what criteria should exist for posting on this board.

And many/most of you posted here without 100 posts.

Ridiculous & hypocritical imo.

I've been here 2 years. In all that time, I've made very few posts on other boards. I read some of them occasionally, but rarely contribute. This board is where my interest lies, so this board was pretty much my sole reason for signing up.

This thread smacks of double standards.

How could you have signed up just to post on this board when its not even visible unless you sign up?

Newbies are not allowed to post links in their posts at first to stop spammers, no one is up in arms about that and if it works to stop spammers, who is to say that it wont work to stop AE's?

I have to say that I am a little suspicious of people who are against this, especially as I seem to have come under personal attack from the CAPITAL_LETTER_USERNAME brigade of sockpuppets. Perhaps the puppet masters are afraid of the tedious amount of posts they would have to make before they can create a sockie?

lemonjelly

RenovationMan wrote: »

How could you have signed up just to post on this board when its not even visible unless you sign up?

Newbies are not allowed to post links in their posts at first to stop spammers, no one is up in arms about that and if it works to stop spammers, who is to say that it wont work to stop AE's?

I have to say that I am a little suspicious of people who are against this, especially as I seem to have come under personal attack from the CAPITAL_LETTER_USERNAME brigade of sockpuppets. Perhaps the puppet masters are afraid of the tedious amount of posts they would have to make before they can create a sockie?

When I signed up, this board was visible (I suggest you read Martins "Important - the future of this board" thread/posting before carrying on down this line of thought).

And I'll also thank you to not suggest that the only people against this are likely to be/have sockies. That is offensive, naive, & you are supposedly better than that.

First They came... - Pastor Martin Niemoller

First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

RenovationMan

lemonjelly wrote: »

When I signed up, this board was visible (I suggest you read Martins "Important - the future of this board" thread/posting before carrying on down this line of thought).

I didnt realise this, so I can now understand where your coming from, but the fact remains that new newbies can no longer see the discussion boards and so now would not join MSE just for these.

lemonjelly wrote: »

And I'll also thank you to not suggest that the only people against this are likely to be/have sockies. That is offensive, naive, & you are supposedly better than that.

Sorry, Your completely right, its unfair to suggest this. All I can say in my defence is that I was a bit rattled by some of the posts aimed at me, rather than my idea. Lol, how naive of me not to expect to come under some sort of attack from the puppet masters for my suggestion. I guess though it means that they are rattled, so perhaps my suggestion is a good one?

Still, it was not fair for me to suggest that everyone who is against my idea uses AE's, so I withdraw that comment.

N1AK

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

That's actually a really good idea.

Having to make 100 posts elsewhere on the board before coming here would probably help a lot.

I think 100, or even 50 is an excessive ceiling. I don't know how many posts I had before I came to this specific board. It seems daft to suggest people have to post elsewhere to get into this board (if it is this board they want to participate on).

System

The solution is a moderator. The end.