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hinky ([info]hugsnkisses) wrote in [info]fw_debate,
@ 2004-10-19 23:48:00


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Fandom Wank has now been placed on post moderation due to excessive trolling. A one-liner idiot post where everyone can have some snarky fun in the comments is perhaps mildly tolerated once, repeated offensive attacks is another thing. All posts have now been deleted.

One of the reasons for moderation is that due to the trolling [info]zorrorojo has removed account creation. There should be no reason that the behavior of a few should spoil it for everyone. (Although there are those who might say the same thing about FW in comparison to fandom.)

Having posts on moderation would stop any sort of trolling like that occuring again and enable accounts to stay open. It might also cause people to be a little more cautious and thoughtful before posting a wank: perhaps taking the time to fully explore it's potential, writing it up clearly or not rushing so much to be the first to get a post up that the original content is removed before any wank actually occurs.

We're taking these steps to stop this type of trolling from occuring again, it doesn't have to be a dramatic change to community. We'll try to unscreen wanks as quickly as we can and keep things running smoothly. In the case of two screened posts reporting the same wank, the mods will pick the one that is more complete.

Thoughts?


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[info]oysteria
2004-10-20 06:51 pm UTC (link)
The only real issue with it is that I'm a little frustrated with the people whining that we deleted the flood posts because there was good stuff in the comments. I'd rather get rid of them before they have the chance to get a few hundred comments, and on a comm as big as FW that'd mean mods on constant patrol.

As someone who wittily commented on a couple of those, I have no problem with them being deleted. I knew that the poster was a troll, that the comments would probably be deleted, and that I might concievably be adding to the problem by feeding the troll, however humorously.

There might be good stuff in the comments, but I don't think anyone has the right to complain about their comments being deleted if they're replying to an obvious troll; it shouldn't matter if there's a reasonable delay before a mod can get around to deleting it. If someone's reply to a troll is just too clever to disappear into the aether, they should take it on themselves to screencap it.

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