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MUScoop => MUScoop Suggestions => Topic started by: StillAWarrior on November 18, 2019, 10:53:07 AM

Title: Blocking Posters from Specific Threads
Post by: StillAWarrior on November 18, 2019, 10:53:07 AM
I was just wondering if this is possible for the Mods.  The idea here is that once a thread starts heading off the rails, maybe the Mods could block certain posters who are taking it there from just that particular thread.  It could be a last ditch effort to preserve a thread before locking it.  I think we've all seen that in most popular threads that get locked, it's just a small handful of posters that are causing a problem.  Obviously, if people feel so strongly that they start creating new log-ins to jump back into the fray, the thread could be locked (or, alternatively, the ban hammer could be wielded).

A more controversial alternative would be to allow users to ban people from threads they create (either at the outset or after the fact).
Title: Re: Blocking Posters from Specific Threads
Post by: mu_hilltopper on November 18, 2019, 01:12:11 PM
"We will get right on that after our Arby's lunch break."
Title: Re: Blocking Posters from Specific Threads
Post by: tower912 on November 27, 2019, 07:48:03 PM
Maybe letting new posters sign up isn't the best idea.
Title: Re: Blocking Posters from Specific Threads
Post by: mu_hilltopper on November 27, 2019, 09:39:14 PM
Neither is letting old posters post.  So it's kinda a wash.
Title: Re: Blocking Posters from Specific Threads
Post by: JWags85 on November 27, 2019, 11:05:09 PM
Given the events of the last few days to a week, I couldn’t support this idea more. It’s getting absurd
Title: Re: Blocking Posters from Specific Threads
Post by: Skatastrophy on December 02, 2019, 02:41:54 PM
IMHO: Start a new thread once an old one gets off-topic. OT threads take on a life of their own, and trying to manage them is like trying to herd cats.
Title: Re: Blocking Posters from Specific Threads
Post by: muwarrior69 on February 15, 2020, 09:19:23 AM
If we had an off topics thread then the mods which don't have much to do could just move all the off topic to the off topics thread; but if the off topics thread gets off topic I'm not sure that solves the problem.