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Ok... in the last few days there have been several bannings or warnings. The staff at sr do a great job of banning people who are abusive, deleting such threads, and warning people who are on the brink of being offensive.
But there are problems with the system- people who are banned can simply sign up under a new name. There must be a better way to go about things.
I propose two ideas.
Firstly, if people are banned, then no one with the same address as these people should be allowed to sign up... hence completely destroying the idea of winning games. I am, of course, assumming no one purposly comes here to be offensive (or else they could make up false addresses).
The downfall of this is that people can spell their addresses slightly wrong... saying that, most people are careful about getting their address right.
Secondly, the warning system... there must be a better way than just putting a topic about people being warned up. How about something in the tag line that stays there for a couple of days... but then again, am I just being a bit too "Sheep Thief"ish (it's a parable... not people steeling sheepy!)
Anyway, the system seems to be working weel at the moment, but based on the increasing number of spammers and abusive posts then something must be done. (How about warning for posting spam?).
Any views?
(Some one writes: You should be warned for this spamful message! This ******** piles of rubbish!)
But there are problems with the system- people who are banned can simply sign up under a new name. There must be a better way to go about things.
I propose two ideas.
Firstly, if people are banned, then no one with the same address as these people should be allowed to sign up... hence completely destroying the idea of winning games. I am, of course, assumming no one purposly comes here to be offensive (or else they could make up false addresses).
The downfall of this is that people can spell their addresses slightly wrong... saying that, most people are careful about getting their address right.
Secondly, the warning system... there must be a better way than just putting a topic about people being warned up. How about something in the tag line that stays there for a couple of days... but then again, am I just being a bit too "Sheep Thief"ish (it's a parable... not people steeling sheepy!)
Anyway, the system seems to be working weel at the moment, but based on the increasing number of spammers and abusive posts then something must be done. (How about warning for posting spam?).
Any views?
(Some one writes: You should be warned for this spamful message! This ******** piles of rubbish!)
sipidydooda , sipidy day , why oh why what a wonderfull day , ohhhhhhhhhhhh !!! why oh why am i a nutter today ??
Or we could just shout "Get Lost"
As far as I am concerned once someone is banned we cannot be bothered wasting our energy - it's obvious that they will be able to get back on again if they want to.
That's why we are stating that people will not win any prizes if they have been offensive. Perhaps then people will realise that we don't want any nutters here.
As far as I am concerned once someone is banned we cannot be bothered wasting our energy - it's obvious that they will be able to get back on again if they want to.
That's why we are stating that people will not win any prizes if they have been offensive. Perhaps then people will realise that we don't want any nutters here.
Ok... in the last few days there have been several bannings or warnings. The staff at sr do a great job of banning people who are abusive, deleting such threads, and warning people who are on the brink of being offensive.
But there are problems with the system- people who are banned can simply sign up under a new name. There must be a better way to go about things.
I propose two ideas.
Firstly, if people are banned, then no one with the same address as these people should be allowed to sign up... hence completely destroying the idea of winning games. I am, of course, assumming no one purposly comes here to be offensive (or else they could make up false addresses).
The downfall of this is that people can spell their addresses slightly wrong... saying that, most people are careful about getting their address right.
Secondly, the warning system... there must be a better way than just putting a topic about people being warned up. How about something in the tag line that stays there for a couple of days... but then again, am I just being a bit too "Sheep Thief"ish (it's a parable... not people steeling sheepy!)
Anyway, the system seems to be working weel at the moment, but based on the increasing number of spammers and abusive posts then something must be done. (How about warning for posting spam?).
Any views?
(Some one writes: You should be warned for this spamful message! This ******** piles of rubbish!)
But there are problems with the system- people who are banned can simply sign up under a new name. There must be a better way to go about things.
I propose two ideas.
Firstly, if people are banned, then no one with the same address as these people should be allowed to sign up... hence completely destroying the idea of winning games. I am, of course, assumming no one purposly comes here to be offensive (or else they could make up false addresses).
The downfall of this is that people can spell their addresses slightly wrong... saying that, most people are careful about getting their address right.
Secondly, the warning system... there must be a better way than just putting a topic about people being warned up. How about something in the tag line that stays there for a couple of days... but then again, am I just being a bit too "Sheep Thief"ish (it's a parable... not people steeling sheepy!)
Anyway, the system seems to be working weel at the moment, but based on the increasing number of spammers and abusive posts then something must be done. (How about warning for posting spam?).
Any views?
(Some one writes: You should be warned for this spamful message! This ******** piles of rubbish!)