This thread has been done before, all of it.
I get you though.. I saw your posts in the other threads and I thank you for saving me the time. I don't know though. It bothers me that new posters are allowed to post threads of their own when clearly, there are troll problems - and have been for years - on this website. It also bothers me that even if they had rules stating you could only post a thread after X amount of posts, there'd still be those stupid post-a-holic threads that allow you to just keep posting nothingness to get your post count up. I guess there's no easy solution, except better/active moderation. I feel bad for the one or two new people who come in here and who are genuinely seeking and new to the site who are automatically assumed to be trolls.
<---Such newbie shame has overtaken me.
sometimes and I haven't even been on here that long.
<---How I envision awesome mod power.
<---Illustration of how I feel about having a stranger post a totally intimately detailed issue in their life on CF and I have never seen their username before. 
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Sure.. it's hard. I think I heard years ago that sometimes regular posters will use sock accounts to ask more intimate questions they may be too embarrassed to talk about openly. I've known people who've done this (so many years ago, inactive posters don't worry
Re: Trolls. It's sad that several make it bad for the rest, but that's life and that's how it goes sometimes.
Oh. And late welcome to CF.
If they are a crazy jackwagon like the rest of us, I'll give 'em a cheese & bacon cupcake and invite them to join in the fun.
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I think i've been fairly open in the past regarding my feelings towards new poster moderation and how I feel about the general methods used on this forum. I'm all for openness and loveliness but the lack of newbie moderation ... it lets the forum down, personally. There's no shame in having new member posts reviewed prior to posting, there's no shame in preventing them from posting in post-a-holic threads until they've gone through the moderation period. But i've discussed this before, people know i'm all for strict posting moderation until 50 posts+, and i'm beating a dead horse (
The repeating topics ... I wish sometimes people would search, bump and revitalise old threads as a lot of the advice given has been given before, but then we'd never have any threads at all.
I like the cycle, I like going through, reading old threads and going "ah, people are so very similar".
Some people get on my goat, not because of their opinions but the manner they put them forward, but that's my issue. There's an ignore button I could utilise if it bothered me so much, and there's the option of simply not interacting with them.
I think i've been fairly open in the past regarding my feelings towards new poster moderation and how I feel about the general methods used on this forum. I'm all for openness and loveliness but the lack of newbie moderation ... it lets the forum down, personally. There's no shame in having new member posts reviewed prior to posting, there's no shame in preventing them from posting in post-a-holic threads until they've gone through the moderation period. But i've discussed this before, people know i'm all for strict posting moderation until 50 posts+, and i'm beating a dead horse (
The repeating topics ... I wish sometimes people would search, bump and revitalise old threads as a lot of the advice given has been given before, but then we'd never have any threads at all.
I like the cycle, I like going through, reading old threads and going "ah, people are so very similar".
It would, but the idea soothes my need for order and control. I'd even be up for recoding to allow people to post freely in a newbie specific forum but restricted elsewhere, but that would be unlikely to work here , i'd prefer a major forum reshuffle and general redesign, but that's being done slowly (I think), people are resistant to change, other things I should mention.
Yes.
My Policy is simple:
If they are a crazy jackwagon like the rest of us, I'll give 'em a cheese & bacon cupcake and invite them to join in the fun.
Honestly, I don't have a good grasp on what makes a troll a troll so I take everyone at face value until they get kicked off or leave. Then maybe I might start thinking "troll"
Lets admit it, lots of regular posters here troll/spam threads. But as they are already accepted into the community, we don't raise hell about it.
I mean, the endless parade of whining about being single is broken up by the occasional "I have the worlds most perfect snuggle bunny XOXOXO"
Old threads are fun. What we really need is a CF Old Thread Revival week. No threads but old ones are allowed. Who's with me?!?!
*chirp chirp chirp*
