[2016-06-11] Crackdown on rudeness

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Fantastic idea SB! :+1:

Cool feature, I wish more sites had that.

You should put a space or two between the Rude button and the cancel link.

You rude Admin, you! :wink:

Wait, what happened to the test comment that asked us to mark it as rude?

Edit: Never mind. I missed this line in the 1st post:

Too bad, I was going to mark and unmark it as rude multiple times to make sure it doesn’t cause a crash.

You can even “rude” yourself, just tried on one of my own posts, so ignore that one sb :laughing:

+1

old eyes, wrong glasses etc. :slight_smile:

:smiley:

Did you try to un-rude yourself to make sure the counter goes back down?

Are you saying on the confirmation screen below where it says “Are you sure you want to mark this post as rude? Please ONLY use this for rude, lewd, or conflictive posts.” ?

Yes, to space out the choices to avoid accidentally clicking the wrong choice, and for general readability. The same goes for the confirmation screen when unmarking a rude post.

The confirmation screen is a good idea. It prevents someone from abusing the rude feature by rapidly clicking all of the Rude! links on the same comments page. But what stops someone who has a grudge from marking the multiple comments of the same person to quickly push up their rude meter?

Cool, I hope this new feature will help. It seems like a much better idea than the css-based blacklist thing I made for personal use.

Anyway, I’m going to ‘rude’ this comment so I can see what the meter looks like when it’s non-zero. I styled the button, but don’t know what the meter is going to look like. :slight_smile:

Thanks for the feedback EyeballFryer.

Regarding the spacing between the two buttons, unfortunately that part isn’t easy to tweak… :frowning: Sorry about that!

About the possibility of somebody with a grudge, yes, I thought about that too. I could add some checks against that, but I really don’t think it’s necessary, because (1) the hits aren’t permanent, and (2) at least you’ll know that somebody has a grudge against you. :smiling_imp: And I guess (3) would be that expressing a grudge via the Rudeness Level meter is less bad than expressing it in writing on the public forum. :stuck_out_tongue:

OK, I’m at 11/10 rudeness level. What happens to me now? Do I get my flashlights taken away? Do I go stand in a corner?

Thanks ToyKeeper! You’ll probably have 2 points now, since I also gave you one for testing purposes. :wink:

Another suggestion: The confirmation screen should show the comment that the user wanted marked or unmarked as rude.

Yes, the level can go overboard. Basically, that meter is normally for a different purpose, but it was the closest thing I could find to the functionality I needed. In the context of this system, consider anything over 1 or 2 to be a problem, and 10 is absolutely shameful. Anything over 10… well, a psychiatrist be in order! :smiley:

By the way, how did you pull off the 11/10 rudeness level already? Marking your own posts I assume?

t would be nice to have an ignore user button if that’s possible. Not that I’d ignore any of the wonderful members we have here. But it would solve a lot of problems I would think.

Thanks for doing this. :) I have noticed this increase in rudeness, and it has made me not want to comment as much on things.

Nobody likes me around here. :cry:

But yes, I marked my own posts. I’m at 20/10 now. I doing a bit of Q/A testing for you. I wanted to see if a crash would occur if my rude meter went too high. However, I’m getting tired of hunting down my own comments to mark myself down.

You know what’s funny? Sometimes on the confirmation page, I see an ad for “Best Tactical Flashlight. 800 Lumen MilTac Survival Torch. Same Tech Used by U.S. Navy Seals.” Can we mark that rude too?