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Originally Posted by Pawnmower
Just curious why that's a good thing...I don't know about everyone else but the reason I spend time here is the exact opposite of 'thread bans are a good thing'.
Its surprising to hear people think this is OK..
Perhaps instead of a ban, you can have a thread/user tool that hides their post with a warning..like 'this user has been deemed to have been trolling this thread, to remove this user from ignore or unhide the posts in this thread, click here' or something...
Isnt there some way of handling this by allowing the users to determine who to ignore and who not to? And still show the users that you have deemed this person a troll?
I would seriously pursue this kind of idea rather than 'thread bannings are great' kind of attitude...and an arbitrary / willy-nilly enforcement of some vague 'don't be TOO negative' "rule"
Just my 2 cents.
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People throw out "why don't you develop this capability" from time to time, and I never really understand how that's a reasonable suggestion. Any modifications we have here have been designed by other people. If there's not a plugin to do it, we can't do it. You could probably hire someone for somewhere in the low 5 figures to develop it for us, but that seems just a bit unlikely.
Until then, thread bans remove the issue (people derailing good discussion) while allowing them to continue to participate in the broader forum.