i don't know if this is even realistic, but i was thinking about all of the hub posts and where can i dl posts and about a way to prevent more and more of them...
so i was thinking that a way to solve that (although perhaps a little harsh) would be to suspend those people starting the thread for a day or two with the justification that TA does not support filesharing so please do not start threads on the subject matter.
also, it seems that once the thread is made...excessive flaming usually occurs. perhaps also suspend those people responding to the thread with suspensions for a day as well...simply say that there is no need to respond...the mods will take care of such threads.
of course you shouldn't just start suspending everyone. in the beginning perhaps you start to issue warnings about future suspensions in hub dl threads when they are closed by a mod.
i don't know...probably not realistic and a little too harsh, but it just came to mind.
Jun-22-2004 18:40
Lira
Ancient BassAddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
The problem of short-period suspensions is that Swamper would have to take care of all these things alone, and I'm not sure whether he would be able to do it - it would just keep him from doing the rest of the stuff.
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Jun-23-2004 16:19
DeviantxPete
momosexual
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Austin, TX USA: TX TA #46
Or there's the possibility of increasing the font size of the filesharing sticky topic by 50 sizes. That should send the message quite well.
Jul-02-2004 19:42
razzi
seņor tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: new york
quote:
Originally posted by DeviantxPete
Or there's the possibility of increasing the font size of the filesharing sticky topic by 50 sizes. That should send the message quite well.
i agree. ok i wouldnt say exactly 50 sizes bigger... but that sticky is lost between the other stickies and the normal threads. maybe it should remain at the top (even though there will be no new posts) along with the entire thing being in bold/underline/italics/bigger
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Austin, TX USA: TX TA #46
How about making a banner that tells the newcomers that it doesn't support filesharing. Maybe for like the first week of their account (or even until they lose their tranceaddict in training status)? Kind of analagous to the forums at somethingawful.com, except theirs goes away if you register for their forums.
Jul-05-2004 21:51
Spad
wise sage of the forest
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Chesterfield ,UK
quote:
Originally posted by DeviantxPete
How about making a banner that tells the newcomers that it doesn't support filesharing. Maybe for like the first week of their account (or even until they lose their tranceaddict in training status)?
That's a good idea
Jul-07-2004 19:57
Vivid Boy
TA's GodFather
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: T.O
or maybe the mods could just delete them when they see them and pm the noob and telling him we dont support this shit or else we're tieing a rope around ur penis and gonna make u swing from trees
Jul-08-2004 21:05
Lira
Ancient BassAddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
quote:
Originally posted by Vivid Boy
or maybe the mods could just delete them when they see them and pm the noob and telling him we dont support this shit or else we're tieing a rope around ur penis and gonna make u swing from trees
We already do the first bit.
Maybe it's time for the second part
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Jul-08-2004 21:23
DannyO
The Vinyl Hunter
Registered: May 2003
Location: Calgary.
How about something implemented into TA forums, some program that looks for curtain sentences and deletes them, have it search for lines like "where can I download mp3s" and diffferent ways of asking that question, then just have the program delete them right away and send a PM to the thread starter.
Jul-11-2004 05:02
DeviantxPete
momosexual
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Austin, TX USA: TX TA #46
Making such a program would be too complex. I still stand behind my banner idea. A lot simpler in my opinion.
Jul-11-2004 06:54
DannyO
The Vinyl Hunter
Registered: May 2003
Location: Calgary.
quote:
Originally posted by DeviantxPete
Making such a program would be too complex. I still stand behind my banner idea. A lot simpler in my opinion.
I don't think it would be to hard for a programmer to do, they have programs for schools that search for games and delete them.