[2019-03-08] Reported posts meter and list removed

[Ragsy]

Good work sb56637!

In keeping with making BLF a happy place, what about a LIKE button?

[ToyKeeper]

@DavidEF

So, people were personally PM’ing you over a “Report” hit?

Typically, what happened was:

1. Someone posts something rude.
2. Someone else hits the ‘report’ button.
3. The person who was reported explodes into a flurry of angry messages. Some are public, which turns the thread into a war zone for a while, and some are private, which tend to go to SB.
4. More people hit the ‘report’ button, or respond to the angry posts.
5. Explosion intensifies.
6. SB and everyone in the thread ends up with a headache.

Most people are fine, but there are always a few who can’t stand the idea that they may have done something wrong, and will vigorously insist that they haven’t erred. The only way they know to respond is by escalating the conflict. This, of course, only makes things worse.

By making the meter invisible, the expected outcome is:

1. Someone posts something rude.
2. Someone else hits the ‘report’ button.
3. If this doesn’t happen often, things end there. Otherwise…
4. If a lot of reports come in, SB intervenes to do something about it. SB is good at this, and things usually turn out well.

In theory, there should be far fewer headaches.

[Spartan]

I’m not sure that the few spats in here raise to a level of 1 on the animus scale. At worse, it’s just hurt feelings and occasional pride overdrive.

SB, just a suggestion….delete the content in offending post and THAT should be enough of a warning. “CONTENT DELETED BY ADMINISTRATION” gets people’s attention.

My bigger beef is with sb and choosing a product code as a name. Seriously,…sb56637. Is that a test tube number? Amazon product number?

What’s wrong with …Boss? Big Guy? Master? Warden? Even Flashalot has more gravitas.

Just saying….

[klrman]

TK, you can tell from your analysis above that you do a lot of coding!

[Lightbringer]

And the numbers would be “LEGGS” if you look at it upside-down in a calculator.

[Lightbringer]

@Spartan

SB, just a suggestion….delete the content in offending post and THAT should be enough of a warning. “CONTENT DRLETED BY ADMINISTRATION” gets people’s attention.

Like Barkuti’s pic that scarred me emotionally for life?

[clemence]

I mostly don’t really care to flag nor report any posts. I’ve learnt to just reply via PM or ignore it. Trollers feed on our replies.
Keep posting useful stuff guys, share what you think is good for the community and ignore those bad.

- Clemence

[raccoon]

@Lightbringer

And the numbers would be "LEGGS" if you look at it upside-down in a calculator.

I never noticed that!

sb

[ToyKeeper]

@raccoon city

@Lightbringer

And the numbers would be “LEGGS” if you look at it upside-down in a calculator.

I never noticed that!

It’s a bit of a stretch, but yeah… LEggS^qs

leggs qs

Leggs queues?

Leggscuse? Like an excuse for legs?

It could be used in a sentence like: “Honey, I know it looks bad coming home four months late and three sheets to the wind with two eyepatches and a wooden leg… but I swear, I have a really good legscuse.”

[Ragsy]

@Lightbringer

And the numbers would be “LEGGS” if you look at it upside-down in a calculator.

@Lightbringer - Everyone needs a Plan B in life, have you ever thought of a career with the FBI as a code breaker, I reckon you might be alright?

[malkoff_junkie]

thanks SB.

[sb56637]

@Lightbringer

And the numbers would be “LEGGS” if you look at it upside-down in a calculator.

.1134 Lightbringer! :student: Brilliant epiphany there, although you did just severely date yourself with that comment.

[sb56637]

@ToyKeeper

@raccoon city

@Lightbringer

And the numbers would be “LEGGS” if you look at it upside-down in a calculator.

I never noticed that!

It’s a bit of a stretch, but yeah… LEggS^qs

Registering bud637l16h7f0rum.com as we speak…

[Lightbringer]

@raccoon city

@Lightbringer

And the numbers would be “LEGGS” if you look at it upside-down in a calculator.

I never noticed that!

Oh yeah, the wheels are always turning…

[Lightbringer]

@Ragsy

@Lightbringer

And the numbers would be “LEGGS” if you look at it upside-down in a calculator.

@Lightbringer - Everyone needs a Plan B in life, have you ever thought of a career with the FBI as a code breaker, I reckon you might be alright?

How do you know that I’m not, eh? :laughing:

[pennzy]

Just send all rude people to a special thread then charge admission to watch.

[Spartan]

@pennzy

Just send all rude people to a special thread then charge admission to watch.

If you are kidding, fine but if you are serious, absolutely not. It just fuels animosity.

[cabfrank]

OP reported.

[DavidEF]

@ToyKeeper

@DavidEF

So, people were personally PM’ing you over a “Report” hit?

Typically, what happened was:

1. Someone posts something rude.
2. Someone else hits the ‘report’ button.
3. The person who was reported explodes into a flurry of angry messages. Some are public, which turns the thread into a war zone for a while, and some are private, which tend to go to SB.
4. More people hit the ‘report’ button, or respond to the angry posts.
5. Explosion intensifies.
6. SB and everyone in the thread ends up with a headache.

Most people are fine, but there are always a few who can’t stand the idea that they may have done something wrong, and will vigorously insist that they haven’t erred. The only way they know to respond is by escalating the conflict. This, of course, only makes things worse.

By making the meter invisible, the expected outcome is:

1. Someone posts something rude.
2. Someone else hits the ‘report’ button.
3. If this doesn’t happen often, things end there. Otherwise…
4. If a lot of reports come in, SB intervenes to do something about it. SB is good at this, and things usually turn out well.

In theory, there should be far fewer headaches.

Thanks for the explanation, TK. :+1: