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Rules Change: New Members
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:05 am
by ҉
As you may have noticed, today I handed out the first ban of the forum. It was to a member who has made only two posts, both of which were nothing but insults. I suggest that, in lieu of the sanctions on new members which I had originally suggested, that we simply judge people much more harshly if their first posts are violations of the rules. I gave Gummybear the regulation punishment, but I think it highly unlikely that his goal is to be a productive community member (People who want that don't insult people in their first posts). Specifically, I think that Recruits should receive double or triple the number of points that they would later, as that will provide more of an incentive not to create accounts specifically for trolling.
Re: Rules Change: New Members
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:49 pm
by cats
Yess. Good... Good. Let the hate flow through you.

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 4:40 pm
by Vinyl
Cats, NO.

Re: Rules Change: New Members
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 5:03 pm
by Dr. Mackeroth
I think that our members need to to take matters like this more seriously, because both of you are dispalting a complete lack of civilized behaviour.
I agree with this proposal, but we must distinguish between people not knowing the qi of the forum, and deliberate trolling.
Re: Rules Change: New Members
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:36 pm
by Chairman_Tiel
bump
Re: Rules Change: New Members
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:43 pm
by Ivan2006
You mean most epic bump of all ages?
Re: Rules Change: New Members
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:49 pm
by ҉
This bump came out of a discussion Tiel and I had over Hamachi.
Re: Rules Change: New Members
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:49 pm
by Ivan2006
Okay. So, what´s the topic again, I have lost context since december...
Re: Rules Change: New Members
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:28 pm
by Keon
support.
@ivan, tl;dr new accounts get punished more harshly for deliberate infractions.
Re: Rules Change: New Members
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:14 am
by fr0stbyte124
I am fine with this. Moderators are free to use whatever judgement they deem fit when dealing with new accounts. Just make sure to report it in Area 52.
Re: Rules Change: New Members
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:06 am
by Iv121
He gave me a creepy look O.o ... Fk that BANBANBANBAN REPORTED !
Just kiddin I won't argue with that one. Just don't enforce post limit because it will really deter new members. People just read the forum and when they want to post something or join the community they create an account and probably want to start posting immediately. If you say "no" to them they either turn away, become lurkers or bump that post like a week after when they finally can post what they wanted.
Re: Rules Change: New Members
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:11 am
by fr0stbyte124
How do you give someone a creepy look over the internet?
Is it like this?
But yeah, post limits are always dumb and we shouldn't have to resort to that.