IS IT TIME FOR DPF to.....

[Silent Earth]

I actually dread making this kind of post but..... Is it time for new members to be required to serve a one year probationary period and be required to at least post a couple of constructive prepper related posts each year??

Dr Henley has just shown beyond all reasonable doubt on another thread that Skeeter is not above board and Tonto is simply an out and out troll?

 

[SheilaT.]

No, I don't think there should be a probationary period. I do think that it's up to the members of the forum to help police it. I came to a conclusion earlier that all this ignoring is actually part of the problem with flaming and spam. If we have people on ignore, we can't see the tripe they're posting, so stuff goes on unnoticed. Maybe in future if we all started reporting posts as spam and/or flaming the mods could then take over and deal with the problem posters.

 

[Silent Earth]

No, I don't think there should be a probationary period. I do think that it's up to the members of the forum to help police it. I came to a conclusion earlier that all this ignoring is actually part of the problem with flaming and spam. If we have people on ignore, we can't see the tripe they're posting, so stuff goes on unnoticed. Maybe in future if we all started reporting posts as spam and/or flaming the mods could then take over and deal with the problem posters.

As usual Sally you nailed it on the head, you are 100% correct of course.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Thanks for reporting, I banned the spammer and deleted all there threads

 

[Silent Earth]

bloody hate being proven wrong by a gal AGAIN. I said that quietly so Sal could not hear me I want to live

 

[SheilaT.]

bloody hate being proven wrong by a gal AGAIN. I said that quietly so Sal could not hear me I want to live

Too late, I can't see for toffee but I can hear a mouse fart at a hundred paces.

 

[Silent Earth]

Too late, I can't see for toffee but I can hear a mouse fart at a hundred paces.

Oh bollocks FYI folks I do have strong well formed opinions of my own, I just have to pass them by Sally first

 

[DrHenley]

I actually did unignore them because there was so much buzz about them I needed to see what was going on. Damn, they are like chatterbots. I guess I'll need to suffer through all the crap for the very reasons you outlined.

On another site I am an admin. I have a very sensitive nose for trolls. Once my troll spidey senses start tingling, I'll give them enough rope to hang themselves, but once they do they disappear without a trace.

 

[Squirtgunsquirter]

I don't know about a probationary period, but it's normal to require a certain amount of posts before offering things for sale, and if I went to Bladeforums, and posted exclusively about say, how much I hated chocolate because it contributed to tooth decay in minor children, I would expect to be booted pretty darn quick.

 

[Proud Prepper]

One little indian perma banned.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Thanks for reporting, I banned the spammer and deleted all there threads

Good. I was starting to lose interest in DPF and was thinking of leaving. At first these juvenile trolls were just a minor annoyance. But then they started taking over the site with their trivial BS. Most likely they'll be back again soon with a new name. I just hope it doesn't take as long to throw their ass out of here next time.

 

[Silent Earth]

One little indian perma banned.

thank you.