[2016-06-11] Crackdown on rudeness

I use my tablet a lot when on BLF. Real easy to accidentally hit that button then because of touch screen feature and small size. Maybe make the rudeness button a two stage design. After you hit the button asking are you sure you wish to use this feature?

It already has that feature. :slight_smile:

Glad to hear that. :+1: :slight_smile:

I continue to think this is a silly and unnecessary addition for a forum. I notice how silly it is every time I see the counter that shows 0 rudeness/10 rudeness. lulz!

Check your counter again. I just marked your comment as rude. :stuck_out_tongue:

It’s nice that we can see which posts were marked rude. I’d like to know who marked which posts rude.

How do we see which posts are marked rude Yeah, I’d like to know that too.

edit: never mind, I found it RIGHT HERE

At the risk of sounding like a brown noser, the above is perhaps a definitive description of someone who makes a good moderator. As with politicians, anyone who actually WANTS the job, is probably not the right person for the job. This system (the ‘Rude’ button) that you have set up, offloads a little bit of the burden onto the rest of us, and reminds ALL of us to keep our attitudes in check.

I strongly disagree with those who claim that “labels like “rude” and “troll” are used to silence those who choose to dissent from majority opinion”. While they certainly CAN be used in that way, an objective observer can see through throwing labels around. On the other side of the same coin, dissent can be (and in fact MUST be, to be taken seriously) expressed clearly WITHOUT the use of rude and trollish behavior.

Sb, I think this is a great way to help moderate without active moderating. I respect the freedom allowed here and do my best to never take it for granted. I’ve said before though that a group of people this enthusiastic about any particular thing is going to have plenty of passionate people. We enthusiasts do get fired up on a topic from time to time and say too much or go too far. I know I have. This is a good way for people to see what does and doesn’t offend. It also embraces the cultural and ethnic diversity of our forum. Some of our members could easily offend someone out of lack of English skills. This will be helpful there too.

The effectiveness of this has already showed it’s worth. Just a few weeks ago things were escalating to uncomfortable levels in a few threads. I saw a marked turning point and behavioral shift back towards the friendly helpful BLF I love. I didn’t realize you had put this in place until just a few days ago and just found this thread last night. Well done once again my friend. Bravo! :+1: :beer:

Absolutely. If you wouldn’t mind please mark one of my posts rude. I’d like to see this system in action. I assume you realize I marked yours just having as a bit of fun to test the system. :slight_smile:

Edit: I meant that I like that people can see which of their posts was marked rude, not that who marked it should be shown. Who flagged what absolutely needs to be anonymous to all but SB.

Definitely not. :slight_smile: Sorry, but that would undoubtedly start feuds.

Hi J-Dub74, here’s the link to see your posts that were flagged, if any:
http://budgetlightforum.com/my-problem-posts
Sorry I haven’t figured out a way yet to make this menu link only appear for logged-in users, so it’s not on the left-hand column yet.

I know! There was a problem, but he didn’t make more rules and get more people to enforce them…
Instead he created an incentive for the current rules to be self-enforced.
SB for president :smiley:

Agreed 100%

Thanks SB. I realize now that I saw that yesterday. :blush:

From the thanks button poll / thread. [quote=sb56637] At the risk of belaboring the point, I’d like to remind everyone once more that the Rude! button should not be used to express disagreement or disinterest in the post, or to express dislike of the poster. It’s only meant for rude, lewd, or conflictive posts. Another synonym for this button would be “Inappropriate”. [/quote] Perhaps it would be useful to add that to the Rude! confirmation page. Especially if you suspect that some people are using it like that. Though, I can see that it might feel a little long with that added.

It’s working as is now, sb is wise to let it settle down.

“If you keep fiddling with it, you’ll eventually break it.” — mothers, everywhere

Basically this is how the Rude! button works. I try to deal with problematic users on a case-by-case basis, so there are no hard and fast rules about X number of Rude! hits = ban, but it’s always a last-recourse option.

I love these slippery slope arguments, soon we will be arguing that if we allow grass to grow then aliens will be coming to enslave the human race. Bit of a stretch, and there are two or three steps missing, but those aliens are coming

Your right, no need for it.