Idea: Reputation System, Anti-Troll Gun Options

[Uronacid]

Recently I have become upset with a very specific member. I gave this member a percentage of my time, and in return they pissed me off. There has been a sudden increase in annoying members here on cB. This sudden increase of annoying members has had me thinking of a solution. I was thinking about how to make this place better. We obviously can't ban these annoying people for good. Technically they aren't breaking any rules, but suddenly it hit me. A reputation system. What if I could know there reputation before they pissed me off. If I knew what to expect then they wouldn't have bothered me in the first place.

A Reputation System

Xbox Live has a reputation system. You can give feedback on each gamer you come across, and their reputation will precede them on whatever game they play. This way, when you come across someone with a bad reputation, you'll know what to expect. You don't waste your time with people you know are a waste of time. Can you imagine if create blog had a system like this one? Trolls will loose their touch because members will know whether or not to give them the time of day.

Official members of the community would have the ability to vote on each post that a member makes within one week of the day that they posted it. Similar to the "report" button, you could have a "feedback" button. You would click this button and rate the post based on a number of positive and negative choices:

• Negative Examples:
  • Racist
  • Bad Language
  • Annoying
  • Mean
• Positive Examples:
  • Helpful
  • Funny
  • Nice
  • Open-Minded

The votes would tally up, and members of the community could view any member's reputation based on the percentages of the last 1000 votes. We obviously can't do anything like this yet, it would have to wait for mivron, but what do you think of this idea?

[MissHygienic]

I'm not sure if you're directing this more at the staff, but I've been pretty active on this forum for the past 2.5 weeks, and I personally think that this idea seems like a pain in the ass. It's appropriate for XBox because serious players don't want to play with jerk-offs and so they have that reputation system. But a forum? I don't see any need for all of us to go out of our way to vote negatively or positively for every some other post.

We're in no way being forced to handle these annoying people or people who ask relatively dumb questions. We can leave the topic alone, and that should already be an incentive for "trolls" to troll elsewhere, and not on CreateBlog. Instead, we're responding and fueling the fire by answering their questions which encourages them to create more and more posts. That's probably the reason why.

I know what you mean by the negative examples, but bad language and being mean? That would make this forum into some kiss-ass, happy-go-lucky, sweet-family type of forum, and that'd be essentially unappealing to everyone.

[FoxLucky]

I'm not sure if you're directing this more at the staff, but I've been pretty active on this forum for the past 2.5 weeks, and I personally think that this idea seems like a pain in the ass. It's appropriate for XBox because serious players don't want to play with jerk-offs and so they have that reputation system. But a forum? I don't see any need for all of us to go out of our way to vote negatively or positively for every some other post.

We're in no way being forced to handle these annoying people or people who ask relatively dumb questions. We can leave the topic alone, and that should already be an incentive for "trolls" to troll elsewhere, and not on CreateBlog. Instead, we're responding and fueling the fire by answering their questions which encourages them to create more and more posts. That's probably the reason why.

I agree with her.

I think a lot of this "reputation" would be based on how much people know each other, and would not necessarily reflect someone's true reputation. It would make people write their answers more likely to fit everyone's idea so they don't get a bad "reputation" rather than true opinions. Also if you find certain posts annoying, avoid them. Half of the problem isn't just the person who starts the annoying posts, it's the people retaliating, basically spreading fuel on the fires.

I think what we need is a better warning system for people who have crude & offensive language. Take away their ability to start new topics, the PM's and the ability to post, and keep taking away their "privileges" the more they are warned. It would minimize their contact with the people that actually make a difference on CB. I am pretty sure everyone is tired of all the racist & rude people that have suddenly appeared on CB, and something should definitely be done.

[MissFits]

I think what we need is a better warning system for people who have crude & offensive language. Take away their ability to start new topics, the PM's and the ability to post, and keep taking away their "privileges" the more they are warned. It would minimize their contact with the people that actually make a difference on CB. I am pretty sure everyone is tired of all the racist & rude people that have suddenly appeared on CB, and something should definitely be done.

I use offensive language. It gets stared out though, so I don't see the problem with that.

[MissHygienic]

I use offensive language. It gets stared out though, so I don't see the problem with that.

Of course you don't see a problem with that, as you clearly have the "fallacy of composition" mindset. As long as you do it and you're okay with it, it should be an exception.

I doubt FoxLucky was talking about offensive language as a whole and to get rid of swear words altogether. Unwarranted offensive speech is more like it. Calling people names such as a "dick-sucking motherf**ker," and whatnot is likely to what Fox was referring. So, yeah, step off the high horse for just a minute and take deep breaths.

[S-Majere]

Of course you don't see a problem with that, as you clearly have the "fallacy of composition" mindset.

Good grief, MissHygienic - I had to Wikipedia that one!