Notice to newcomers re trolls.

Horace

They also come out on hot days and when there is a full moon. Dunno why that should be

Life must be hard when you are warty, smelly troll - I almost feel sorry for them after all they live under damp bridges and only their mothers love them:rotfl:

Anyway there's nothing wrong with a bit of troll-baiting now and again - it isnt as though its a blood sport:rotfl:

pania

I think the abilty to delete posts should be given to the mods also, so that the weekends etc aren't such an opportunity for them to put their oar in.

fermi

pania wrote: »

I think the abilty to delete posts should be given to the mods also, so that the weekends etc aren't such an opportunity for them to put their oar in.

Do you mean Board Guides?

It's a very deliberate decision of Martin's and the site team that BGs should not be "moderators" in that sense.

pania

yes i did. didn't realise that sorry.

fermi

pania wrote: »

yes i did. didn't realise that sorry.

No need to apologise.:eek:

MSE is set up quite differently to other forums in this respect.

It's arguable that an extra person or two covering the "abuse" emails/reports at the weekends would be a good idea.

ZTD

Well it's my opinion that there should be a spam board opened up. So if a spam thread that has been seen on NEWROUND opens up, it can be quickly bundled off to there by the BGs with a little explanation as to which board it came from tagged on the end.

If it turns out not to be spam, then it can just be moved back.

fermi

The Board Guide Role Description already says they can deal with spam.

They just shouldn't "moderate" on other issues that should be dealt with by the abuse team.

pania

I guess the decision on what is abusive behaviour and what is tough love can be a fine line, but troll posts are especially obvious. a murky situation...

Gemmzie

Always sad to hear of trolls and hope no newbies were scared off today

Good post though pan

SamanthaA

be made into a `sticky` at the beginning of the board? PLEASE?

Lurkers, newbies & general readership need to understand who & what these p*icks are. AND may be the trolls will take the hint that we`re not going to `roll over` and take the hit.......