Author:  ToriHada  Posted:  Jun 29, 2014 13:05  Subject:  Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members  Viewed:  327 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Discarded Cancel Reply

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To help reduce the drama and flame wars that infect this forum, I suggest that Forum moderators be given the ability to block a member from replying to the posts of another member with whom they do not get along. Kind of like a forum stoplist. Not a full forum ban; just a ban on posting replies to another member. And not a forced ignore either. They should still able to read all posts they want; just not be able to reply to certain ones if they have a history of not being able to respond appropriately to that member. Furthermore, this feature should be reciprocal. So, if the mods decide to remove the ability of Member A to reply to posts by Member B, Member B should also be unable to reply to posts by Member A. It takes two to tango, and it would be grossly unfair to allow Member B to post anything they want about Member A if Member A cannot respond. So make it reciprocal. I don't ignore anyone in the forum. Even those I personally dislike or do not get along with. Because regardless how I personally feel about someone, they often post something interesting or of concern to me or my LEGO business, and because I can still agree with them on some things. So I don't think bans or forced ignores are the answer. Just cut off the line of communication between the two if they cannot communicate with each other properly. Thor

Message Has 11 Replies:

Re: Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members - BLUSER_463501 (424)

[...] I agree to any kind of more moderated forum chat. It's been hard lately to read messages that are actually about LEGO, they get barried to fast (121 months ago, Jun 29, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members - enig (6371)

[...] I say if there is a reason to ban someone from replying to someone's posts for not being able to get along, I say there is enough of a reason for a full ban. (121 months ago, Jun 29, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members - Rolf (339)

[...] I suggested something similar but more strict - ignore works both ways like it does at one site. You ignore someone and you won't be able to read that person posts [...] (121 months ago, Jun 29, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members - BLUSER_170194 (110)

[...] This suggestion fails to account for the law of unintended consequences. The banned replier can simply start a new thread, and after a little copy/pasta (with sauce) [...] (121 months ago, Jun 29, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members - randyf (442)

[...] I find it highly amusing that you are suggesting using developers time for more unnecessary functionality just because a few of you do not have the self restraint to [...] (121 months ago, Jun 29, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members - yorbrick (1185)

I vote no, unless both parties are also subject to bans in making suggestions as well. Otherwise they could make suggestions and the other party would have no right of reply, [...] (121 months ago, Jun 29, 2014, to Suggestions)

(Cancelled) - legoman77 (3628)

(Cancelled) (121 months ago, Jun 29, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members - legoman77 (3628)

[...] Some grammar problems with my post so I fixed it: How can you dislike a poster because of what is posted? Nothing discussed here is monumental or even close to being all [...] (121 months ago, Jun 29, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members - bb289632 (207)

[...] How about a ban on inflammatory posters? This would stop others needing to reply and deprive the instigator of a soapbox. (121 months ago, Jun 29, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members - TakeAbricK (13500)

[...] Since Suggestions are also part of the forum, I don't think this is a good idea. I would like to have the possibility to give a reply on a suggestion, even if the [...] (121 months ago, Jun 30, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Remove Ability to Reply to Certain Members - PBM (3395)

Funny this suggestion should be made by the one person I am ignoring, but I agree. This would have solved the problem quickly with this poster and myself. I now ignore EVERYTHING [...] (121 months ago, Jun 30, 2014, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 « - ToriHada (8887) 121 months ago Jun 29, 2014 to Suggestions
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 Msg 44 - TakeAbricK (13500) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
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