[17-DEC-2012] Please read: (1) Controversial topics and (2) Use of the SPAM button

I respect that decision. And I, too stepped over the line, but I also feel I needed to since what was said in advance. I would say the majority of folks here who have flashlights also have some guns in the house. It’s a guy thing. We like to have cool things. But I will try to rememeber the rules if this ever happens again.

Thanks for the thoughtful reply sb56637. These are obviously very controversial topics.

  • The “ignore button” would have a completely separate use and definition (described by you in your new policy addendum) as a condition of using this forum, and not to be confused with the spam button. If a user receives ignore counts on his profile, then that is because someone has obviously chosen to ignore that person. There is no room for conjecture or resetting the count… it is done. If someone PM’s you about it to complain, you can chose to answer with a quick link to your policy (copy/paste link) or you can ignore it all together. You need not answer in detail for what we all know is policy, and that this type of enforcement has now by default, been transferred to the user group. Be a descent person and people will want to converse with you. Be a jackass and get ignored… not rocket science here. The admin’s job should be to ban when a user gets out of hand. Given enough time, everyone will have a certain number of ignore marks on their profile. I think that goes without saying. We will get used to it. The people that tend to annoy the majority will automatically be silenced very quickly because no one will want to see their moronic posts any longer.

Your other thoughts regarding modding the forum sound fair enough, and there are more than enough responsible users here that would certainly be pleased to help out any way they could.

I couldnt find that poll either, along with a few other threads I posted at least a year ago. Did we crash at some point?

As others have pointed out, this is a flashlight forum, not one to air controversial subjects that will surely upset groups of people. Some of the subject matter and comments have been deeply offensive to some people. If youre looking for fame or to pick a fight, go to youtube and do that. Do it here and be ignored by those that find your comments offensive. Keep it up and be banned.

I seriously hope you will implement this sb56637. Of course there will be some initial resistance, especially by those that will quickly become ignored. But that is their fault and earned by the personal resentment of so many offended users.

I personally don't like an ignore button. While there are some people that do annoy me sometimes, other times they are extremely helpful and nice. I wouldn't want to miss out on all of their posts.

But that's just me.

No.

Did i smoke that joint too, or is the mother wearing the fake dr. dre headsets?

Sorry I was one of them that used, ‘SPAM’ on replies not related to the topic. And I’ve marked a thread like 20 times with it on accident, from ones of those first time posters.

I sometimes accidentally press the spam button when try to access the next page when using mobile browser on my phone and do anyone experienced to make a double post when using mobile browser?

I sometimes accidentally press the spam button when try to access the next page when using mobile browser on my phone and do anyone experienced to make a double post when using mobile browser?

Nice double there, zelee :slight_smile:

I hit the spam button accidentally almost every day.

I also wish the subscriptions button was near the top of the page.

It would also be nice if there was a ‘Next New’ button.

Very annoying on give away thread and suddenly bam your post is doubled :expressionless:

Right fingered so spam button gets tapped fairly often while scrolling. I only confirm it on obvious spam threads.

Oh, to have a ’Next New’ Button!

As for hitting the SPAM button accidentally: it has never happened to me. :bigsmile:

I accidentally hit the spam button once. But I have used it a couple times already, of course only on spam threads…

Sully….is a ‘Next New’ button possible? Purdy please? :slight_smile:

Oh…one other thing…OK…two. Can you add a ‘Messages’ and ‘My Subscriptions’ button at the top so you don’t have to scroll down to them, maybe next to the ‘recent posts’ button on the top right? :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

For a few years before the Web happened, there was a wonderful solution based entirely on the proposition that choosing not to see what you knew bothered you was the answer to all this. It worked wonderfully well — and taught people not to reply to what riled them up, just killfile it.

For those who don’t recall those halcyon days of yore, you can read about it at Kibo's killfile tips

Alas, those days are gone. The commercial and advertising forces would never tolerate that kind of functionality in a web browser. What, let people choose what they want not to be bothered by?

Interesting thought. I wonder if maybe there is some way out there to do just that, and we simply don’t know about it. Hmmm….

I used to love Newsgroups, and not just for the killfile option.

I particularly loved the organization (making it easy to find something interesting — eventually), the text-only mode (meaning I can configure my Reader to look the way I want w/o “style sheets” or other glam) and the fact that there was no other censorship than your own killfile.

I wonder where they all went?

Oh, yeah… No way for the “authorities” to “regulate” the content, true anonymity so no way for the NSA to keep track of who’s saying what to whom, and no way for spammers advertisers to get past that killfile. What was I thinking?

Now I love BLF. Thanks to our wonderful, sagacious and wise Admin.

“Google groups”?? Now that’s funny right there!

This is sometimes helpful to consider, in situations where a small unpleasantness seems increasingly overblown: