LOL Andrew dumped....

jamesg1213


It's funny isn't it? Those that give good advice and obviously 'walk the walk' are generally the most polite and matter-of-fact. It's invariably those with the invisible track record (pun intended) that shout the loudest and most often.

jamesg1213

Danny Danzi

jamesg1213


It's funny isn't it? Those that give good advice and obviously 'walk the walk' are generally the most polite and matter-of-fact. It's invariably those with the invisible track record (pun intended) that shout the loudest and most often.

So true...then you got guys like pistolpete bothering guys like me. The dude can't carry anyone's jock as a musician, an engineer or a man. He's all talk and needs to drink an ocean of stfu. I'd force feed it to him and even pay for his dental work if I had the opportunity.

-Danny

He's been buzzing around this place like a housefly for 6 years Danny. Best bet is to not even respond. 

...nothing but words

bitflipper

...nothing but words

Hold on there. I like words. I've been known to use dozens of them, sometimes hundreds throughout the course of a day. 

"PerniciousPete" is a current favorite.

sharke


They could always insist upon a Facebook login. Like it or not, Facebook accounts are becoming a form of online identification. It's not perfect, but it's better than the "enter some BS email address and the contents of this Captcha" method that's bred millions of online trolls. The reason is because Facebook takes the issue of multiple accounts very seriously and is continually developing new ways to detect and delete them. They have a good motive: duplicate accounts negatively impact their advertising efforts. If someone reports a possible multiple account to them, they'll delete it immediately if it looks genuine (by whatever standards they use to identify duplicate accounts). 

Since the authenticity of accounts is very important to Facebook, other websites can thus take advantage of this by incorporating Facebook login functionality. It's not watertight, but it's 100x more reliable than random email accounts.

There's another method this forum could use: all new registrations have to be confirmed by entering a code that the forum software sends to your phone. I think this is better than a Facebook login. Not everyone has a Facebook account, but everyone has a phone, and nobody's going to go out and buy a new phone just to open a new forum account. 

I read somebody suggesting the forum should have a log-in for registered users. It was a way to filter out those that may be just inquiring about the software and trolls.

SteveStrummerUK


I think all we really need is a little more moderation. Or probably more accurately, what we need is swifter moderation - getting junk removed and wrists slapped before threads descend into open warfare.

I know they've said before that they don't have the manpower to maintain a permanent presence on the forums, but how about appointing a couple of volunteer co-opted users to help out with the load. That wouldn't be to give such volunteers the same power as a Cakewalk employee, but as an example, what if all the 'Spam' reports were sent to them? There's really no judgement required there, so a user could easily sweep through the forums and delete all that crap as required.

Anything more serious or contentious would still be dealt with by Cake Admins and Mods. Or maybe you could have the user mods receiving all reported posts, and then those could be triaged into those that urgently needed Cakewalk attention.

Daveny5 would get my vote.

Seriously.

Oh boy, would I keep him busy
 
New kitchen anyone
 
 
 

Having volunteer admins is an excellent idea, there are many forums which do this. They could base admin qualification on post count....


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I'm happy being an amateur SONAR user for life regardless of how well I get to use it. I have no problems if the upstairs rooms are locked down a bit tighter, as long as the Coffee House remains a bastion of escape.

sharke

paulo

sharke


They could always insist upon a Facebook login. Like it or not, Facebook accounts are becoming a form of online identification. It's not perfect, but it's better than the "enter some BS email address and the contents of this Captcha" method that's bred millions of online trolls. The reason is because Facebook takes the issue of multiple accounts very seriously and is continually developing new ways to detect and delete them. They have a good motive: duplicate accounts negatively impact their advertising efforts. If someone reports a possible multiple account to them, they'll delete it immediately if it looks genuine (by whatever standards they use to identify duplicate accounts). 

Since the authenticity of accounts is very important to Facebook, other websites can thus take advantage of this by incorporating Facebook login functionality. It's not watertight, but it's 100x more reliable than random email accounts.

There's another method this forum could use: all new registrations have to be confirmed by entering a code that the forum software sends to your phone. I think this is better than a Facebook login. Not everyone has a Facebook account, but everyone has a phone, and nobody's going to go out and buy a new phone just to open a new forum account. 

First off I have to confess that I don't know what this thread is about really, or more accurately what led to it being posted, but please don't even go there with the link to FB idea. Terrible call that.  There is something very bad about FB imho and I find it increasingly disturbing to see the number of things that you can't do these days without going to FB and logging on first.

Also, here in the UK I saw a TV ad the other night for Andrex (toilet paper for those who don't know) asking for people to go on FB and tell them how you wipe your arse !! WTF ???

Absolutely beyond belief, really.

Personal opinions about the FB disease aside, the best way to deal with any forum troublemakers is to just ignore them. This is the only forum that I participate in, but if I had to give out personal info in order to do so, then I would just not do it. Not because I am hiding beyond a false persona, but because of my concerns about what happens to all that information.

It's particularly sad that given that the internet gives us all the opportunity to present ourselves as any personality we may choose, that so many choose obnoxious arsehole, but there ya go, that's people for ya. If you can't ignore them, just laugh at them. It's just the internet and none of it really matters.

Making those that do participate in the intended manner jump through hoops in order to be able to do so is just giving the idiots the pleasure of knowing that they got under your skin. I couldn't really care how many kitchen sales threads or whatever get put up, cos I just don't look at them.

Facebook isn't the evil some people say it is. It's only as intrusive to the extent that you ask it to be. You don't have to give it your telephone number, your address or even your real date of birth. And if you do choose to give it that, you can make it private. If you're not an everyday Facebook user and you don't have an account yet, there is absolutely nothing wrong with opening a Facebook account for the sole purpose of using it for logins and commenting on blogs etc. You don't even have to upload an avatar. The only thing you're obliged to give Facebook is your email address, and let's face it most people have a separate non-personal email address that they use for forum logins and other assorted online BS. The advantage with using Facebook logins is, like I said, that Facebook goes to great lengths to make sure that individuals don't have multiple accounts. So in using Facebook logins on your site, you're essentially taking advantage of the work that Facebook does in that respect. 


It's become trendy to bash Facebook for privacy issues, but let's face it, the only people who have privacy issues are those who don't take the responsibility to set the appropriate privacy levels on their accounts, and those who put all of their personal info in their profiles. You don't have to put any of that info in your profile. I can't believe how many people put their telephone number in their Facebook profile. Are they looking for strangers to call them? Crazy.