While DFG and the rest of the admins have given mods the thread ban tool to prevent users from using/abusing their freedom of speech to destroy otherwise good threads with purposeful off topic non-contributing posts the tool seems to be useless so long as guest posting is permitted in the serious discussion forums.
In certain forums this is not a problem as they are designed for LULz, off topic rants, and other types of posting that might not be productive or consider a contribution in some other forums.
I propose that in view of the fact that thread bans are a tool that is in place that guest posting be disabled in all but the following forums;
If anyone can think of other forums that might be included in this list please post which one and why you feel it should be on the list.
For anyone who disagrees and feels guest posting should be permitted site wide please tell us why you feel that way. (Try to be more original that "Freedom of Speech, FUCK YA!!!)
I just don't see the point of the thread ban tool if guest posting is permitted in all forums.
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Sorry. My preference is apparently not on the menu.
Sorry Spec but I am having trouble following you here. It seems that your statement is self contradicting. You state that you fell guest posting should only be permitted in the list provided in the OP with the provision that guest posting be abolished. Maybe I am missing something here but how could guest posting be permitted in the proposed forums only if it were abolished altogether?
OK, I get you now. And I agree that guest posting is just an overall bad idea, but I was trying to present it in a fashion that demonstrated a willingness to compromise in the interest of solving a potential problem.
If everyone agrees I would be fine with abolishing guest posting altogether. But limiting it to the aforementioned areas would serve the same purpose in terms of a functioning policy to prevent spamtards from destroying threads.
Exactly, and even though Fatty's narcissistic personality will interpret this thread as being all about him, he just happens to be a current example of the problem being discussed.
As long as guests aren't allowed to report posts I don't think much damage will be done.
Agreed...
Create a new section titled "The Fish Bowl"....and all these guest accounts can post to their hearts content. Let a "guest" poster be the spectacle they obviously want to be.....give them their own little pool to play in. Sure if regulars want to join in their Anon-JackFest....more power to anyone that wants to....but if someone needs to play games with sock or guest accounts, then they probably have no business being in what is supposed to be an ADULT community in the first place.
Anyone got any problems with that?
Not at all.
For that to ensure full anonymity they could create an alternate after notifying an administrator that they will do so strictly for trade/bad ideas use and only use a proxy while using that alternate. What do you guys think of this idea?
I'm in support of this for this reason:
The way I see it is that if someone doesn't want to spend the 30sec it takes to register, then they won't be arsed to spend the time required to write a decent post.
edit: lol 2 minutes too late :facepalm:
Sweet...