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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
We're considering making a change to forums so if you block someone, you won't see their forum posts anymore.
(It won't be perfect because you'll still see quoted text from them).
Good idea/bad idea? Any comments?
Admin x |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"We're considering making a change to forums so if you block someone, you won't see their forum posts anymore.
(It won't be perfect because you'll still see quoted text from them).
Good idea/bad idea? Any comments?
Admin x"
bad....
it will ruin the flow in good threads....
plus you could make a valid point and people take umbridge to it.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Good...I think! when I block someone it's for a reason, so I personally have no desire to have any type of contact with them in any other areas of the site. |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"Hhhmm just thought of something, if people have mail blocks on for single males will that count as a block too?
Not sure how it works as we don't have blocks for men, but others do."
No this would be for specific user blocks via the block page not filters.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Would you be able to do it so that there was a 'button' on each thread to show/hide threads from blocked users with the default been hide. Also, instead of having the message completely missing to have a 'Blocked user has posted' message.
Then if a thread did look out of sync then the reader could opt to show these hidden messages to get the full thread?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We're considering making a change to forums so if you block someone, you won't see their forum posts anymore.
(It won't be perfect because you'll still see quoted text from them).
Good idea/bad idea? Any comments?
Admin x
bad....
it will ruin the flow in good threads....
plus you could make a valid point and people take umbridge to it.... "
true you make some very good points x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"More that perhaps they cant comment on anything you post might be better? Would stop those that deteriorate into a slanging match  "
Ok if your the OP of a thread but would also mean that you could reply to a thread then block the OP which then stops then answering. Would take some serious programming to work that one through. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"More that perhaps they cant comment on anything you post might be better? Would stop those that deteriorate into a slanging match
Ok if your the OP of a thread but would also mean that you could reply to a thread then block the OP which then stops then answering. Would take some serious programming to work that one through. "
that makes sense so pointless and maybe make things worse |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Here's another thought, if 2 people split or dont like each other, one could post a forum telling everyone about the bad meet they had and generally slagging them off, the other person then could not come and defend themselves.
Bad idea of the OP i think, more thought needs to go into it before they set the plan into action |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Bad idea - a very very bad idea
Because if we have blocked someone and they have posted a lot on a thread, the rest of the posts/responses are gonna look like a total load of bollox.
Most of your ideas are good, but this one is shit - please don't do it.
The forums need to be 100% transparent to ALL members otherwise what is the point in having a forum ???? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Bad idea although good in theory.....i agree with Fabio it would ruin the flow of threads and make them disjointed "
Course it would - I've never heard of such a silly idea. SJ must be pissed or something ..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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In fact if this was to go ahead, most folks would think that we'd left the site cos theyd never see a forum post from us ever again ...
Wot the entire site has us blocked ....  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In fact if this was to go ahead, most folks would think that we'd left the site cos theyd never see a forum post from us ever again ...
Wot the entire site has us blocked .... "
Unrelated but snap on the pink corset |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Where did you get it from the corset?
You'd have to ask Alex but i think love honey or passion 8  hope that helps xx"
Lovehoney, Passion ??? Nahhhhhh we have the same one - Ebay £9.99 |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
"For all your great work SJ....not one of your better ideas in my opinion.
Like others have said, it would take away the natural flow of debate in the forums...."
It might but it would add a hell of a lot of fun.
On a realistic note though it would make the mods jobs far easier. Why? Because the disjointed effect would have people going to other sites where it is easier to follow what is going on. I have seen similar on other forums in the past and you end up with the only activity being tumble in a quiet forum. |
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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago
Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else |
I've seen this in use on other forums, and it worked for me - although the button Steve suggested was present to help me get round major confusion.
However, there are much more blocks in place on here, so it could get messy...
Unless - users had a setting on their profile:
"When I block,
A) block from messaging me, including chat PM
B) block entirely, I don't want to see anything they say in chat or in the forum"
if that were achievable, it would give sufficient control (in conjunction with Steve's button (!)) To make it a workable feature. |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
my main gripe about this is still that just because you may not like that person and you have blocked them, but it doesn't mean that there opinions on any given topic is not be a valid one....
there are people here I may not always be a fan of.. but if they say something valid or interesting, doesn't mean I shouldn't answer back...
call people out on thing they say that are wrong or contridictory... back up with evidence if they are right...
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If I have a problem with someone I tend not to post on any thread they may start and nine times out of ten don't even look at them.
But that does not mean they do not have a valid contribution to make to a thread made by someone else and to take them away would make the thread un readable.
People should just live and let live, but guess that would be Utopia
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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bad bad idea.
people use the block facility instead of a no thank you see posting were people block you for contacting them with no photo so if 10 people done that in the same forum then it would end up a shambles |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
Forum Mod |
"bad bad idea.
people use the block facility instead of a no thank you see posting were people block you for contacting them with no photo so if 10 people done that in the same forum then it would end up a shambles"
I think admin are talking about a specific forum block,that you can use if you want to,it would'nt apply to those on your block list if you did'nt want it to |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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but wont it spoil the thread if some are missing, oops i aint got anyone on block so it wont matter to me will it xxx but dont think its a good idea cos we all love to read the forums even when we dont know the ones posting  |
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there no harm doing a wee trail run for a week and then see what peoples _iews are..
while we are on the sebject of change when in the old chat rooms when you click on a persons name the wee box comes up, would there be a way to add a wee 'mini' symbol to tell if there site supports,verified etc save a bit of time loading up a page to find that there on a year and only have a profile pic. |
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The forums should be kept as the forums, and forum bans/blocks should be for indiscretions in the forums.
People can block other people for any number of reasons, and people can and will block others on any given whim on a day.
Also if a thread has say 20 different posters, by the time all the blocks are cross-referenced between the blockers and blockees it's hard to see how the thing would be readable for many of the contributors.
I think to take a block into the forums is to confuse one issue with another.
Many of the posters i enjoy banter with on the forums have my entire gender blocked...and there are others who i have been in a pissing contest with previously, but with whom i get on fine at other times. The administrative overhead of blocking and unblocking people depending on how everyone feels about everyone else today would seem to be the pinnacle of futile activity.
And to be honest, the kind of people who spend their lives blocking other people need to chill out a bit, it's only the internet. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Bad idea - a very very bad idea
Because if we have blocked someone and they have posted a lot on a thread, the rest of the posts/responses are gonna look like a total load of bollox.
Most of your ideas are good, but this one is shit - please don't do it.
The forums need to be 100% transparent to ALL members otherwise what is the point in having a forum ????"
agree 100% ^^^ |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We're considering making a change to forums so if you block someone, you won't see their forum posts anymore.
(It won't be perfect because you'll still see quoted text from them).
Good idea/bad idea? Any comments?
Admin x"
Good |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It theory it sounds good.
In practice it will be bad.
Discussions in the forums will no longer make sense.
In any case people are blocked as others do not want personal contact with them. They do not want messages asking to meet.
Seeing what they have put in the forums isn't a bad thing. It isn't related to the blocker. The blocker does not have to answer or even read it.
Personally I'd rather see what my enemy is up to.
No. It's a VERY BAD idea. It's like nanny state gone mad.
If Admin bow to every whim this place will end up diluted.
I demand all smileys are pink! AND get me a new font ..... ta |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Thanks to everyone for their feedback.
We'll not be spending any further time on this idea.
Admin x"
Oh foof ! I should have read that first.
I still want the pink smileys |
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"And to be honest, the kind of people who spend their lives blocking other people need to chill out a bit, it's only the internet."
Hehehe, very well said, SensualFire. Some people take things far too seriously. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Thanks ADMIN,
Whilst the idea in theory sounds good, in reality it would tear the heart out of the forums.
"Thanks to everyone for their feedback.
We'll not be spending any further time on this idea.
Admin x"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If I have a problem with someone I tend not to post on any thread they may start and nine times out of ten don't even look at them.
But that does not mean they do not have a valid contribution to make to a thread made by someone else and to take them away would make the thread un readable.
People should just live and let live, but guess that would be Utopia
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*Nods in agreement* |
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"We're considering making a change to forums so if you block someone, you won't see their forum posts anymore.
(It won't be perfect because you'll still see quoted text from them).
Good idea/bad idea? Any comments?
Admin x"
I would much prefer to be able to block whole threads, so you don't have to see the thread title on the forum list anymore. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Good idea but sitting looking at the one single thread you started could make you think no one is in there while they are busying with the phenomena that are the yes/no threads. |
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Imagine if they banned the 'yes/no' threads and people had to actually 'write' something that they had 'thought out'.
There would be a riot.
Sorry what I meant to say of course was
thare wd b ariot |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You know, the more I think about this the more I wonder if it would be a good idea after all.
Seen a few threads this last few days where the same few people have replied to just have a dig at either the OP or another person replying and as far as I can see, doing this makes up 90% of their forum posts!
Now these kinda people are the ones whos posts wouldn't be missed in a forum thread!
S. |
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"Seen a few threads this last few days where the same few people have replied to just have a dig at either the OP or another person replying and as far as I can see, doing this makes up 90% of their forum posts!
Now these kinda people are the ones whos posts wouldn't be missed in a forum thread!
S. "
The way I understand it to work is a forum block would only stop you reading what some one posts on the forum if you have blocked them. It doesn't actually stop them from posting. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The way I understand it to work is a forum block would only stop you reading what some one posts on the forum if you have blocked them. It doesn't actually stop them from posting."
Thats correct, so I would block those few people that just reply to a forum post to have a dig at the OP.... as I say, have looked back at several of their threads and they only ever post to criticise and to start an argument.
S |
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By *iewMan
over a year ago
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The way I understand it to work is a forum block would only stop you reading what some one posts on the forum if you have blocked them. It doesn't actually stop them from posting.
Thats correct, so I would block those few people that just reply to a forum post to have a dig at the OP.... as I say, have looked back at several of their threads and they only ever post to criticise and to start an argument.
S"
I agree with Steve.. you just have to look at threads and there are people who will argue and argue and argue, some stay a millimetre within the rules, if the person they are goading is less experienced, THE INEXPERIENCED will end up in trouble.
Least if someone blocks the person early on in an arguement, the fight will disappear as they will not be able to spat at each other or follow the person into other threads...
providing others don't join in, or people move to verified second profiles and continue the nonsense.
if that makes sense |
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The down side is... it will encourage puppet accounts (not like there aren't any already) So one party can still see what the other is saying and make 'generalised' comments which the other cannot see.
Also, what happens if someone quotes you? Can the people you have blocked still see the quotes? |
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By *heRainManMan
over a year ago
Warrington & Glasgow |
"We're considering making a change to forums so if you block someone, you won't see their forum posts anymore.
(It won't be perfect because you'll still see quoted text from them).
Good idea/bad idea? Any comments?
Admin x"
Good idea!
I presumes that if I've blocked J Bloggs Esq. and they post, then there would be an empty post showing their name and date time, with an expand button, so that I could read that particular post if I wanted to? |
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