BLOCKING newbs in self-moderated thread

haploid23

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Well I'm about to delete the post once again, but here it is just for context preservation in this thread. A newb with 2 post:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/offering-btc-loans-no-collateral-701592

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Quote from: haploid23 on July 19, 2014, 05:52:14 PM

I'm loaning out btc pretty open-endedly. Approval for amount and duration will be be on a case-by-case basis. And for the sake of transparency and public verification, I don't take requests in PM's. You must post your request, amount of repayment, and address in this thread.

Newbs with 20 activity or less, don't bother asking.

Stats 08/08/14

Approved: 22/76
Denied: 54/76

Current btc loaned out: 5.572 btc

Hello sir,

Is new member here can request for the loan?.
I know this is unsecure loan for you. For first let me introduce myself : i am a forex trader since 4 years ago and my system winning rate is above 60% each day. I am also active many forex forums. Perhaps someday we can have good relationships.

Regards.

Quote from: hilariousandco on August 13, 2014, 02:25:56 AM

I see your point with that example, but I thought you might want to abuse it to block all newbs from participating in a discussion or something which I wouldn't think was right. People have suggested putting a minimum activity restriction on the loan section which could probably be a good idea.

Yes, minimum activity or post-count filter is exactly what I'm requesting for in a self-moderated thread.

hilariousandco

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I see your point with that example, but I thought you might want to abuse it to block all newbs from participating in a discussion or something which I wouldn't think was right. People have suggested putting a minimum activity restriction on the loan section which could probably be a good idea.

haploid23

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Quote from: hilariousandco on August 13, 2014, 01:06:07 AM

I and others have suggested being able to ban specific users from your self-moderated threads before. I don't think banning an entire Member group is a good idea though. If a newb does post some shit in your thread just delete the post and use the proposed ban feature.

No, I'm serious when I'd like to filter out a whole user group just from certain threads. Here is an example:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/offering-btc-loans-no-collateral-701592

I have a rather large loan thread, one of the two terms is that no newbs under 20 posts request a loan, yet somehow they think they're the exception. You delete or block one, 5 more will come in. Can't really just press the ignore button, because then you can't delete their posts, and they'll keep asking why I'm not answering.

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Quote from: hilariousandco on August 13, 2014, 01:15:23 AM

No, that's correct, but it's a hassle to do that for both parties involved and this would cut out the need to even do that at all.

Yes, good point. Thanks.

hilariousandco

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No, that's correct, but it's a hassle to do that for both parties involved and this would cut out the need to even do that at all.

eid

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I seem to remember someone advising that if you ask someone to stop posting in your moderated thread and they continue, its considered abuse and is bannable. I may have got this confused with something else though. Mods?

hilariousandco

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I and others have suggested being able to ban specific users from your self-moderated threads before. I don't think banning an entire Member group is a good idea though. If a newb does post some shit in your thread just delete the post and use the proposed ban feature.

Brewins

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The anti-spam system is good for brand new users with less than 15 activity, after that they will have a waiting time around 70 seconds, enought to be a pain.

Also it will not prevent users from making annoying reqthings uests that aren't against forum rules, like newbies asking for loans in a topic that says no loans for newbies(guess that is the reason for this request).

goozman96

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That's an interesting suggestion. It could help with spam, but there's already a system to limit newbies from spamming.

haploid23

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The only option that a self-moderated thread has is to delete posts. Can we please have more control if we're the OP? Specifically, an option to only allow users with a certain post-count to post in the thread, or an option to block certain people from posting in the thread.

Yes, I know you can just keep deleting their posts, but they can keep posting it back. Ignore doesn't work either, because in order to delete their post, you'd have to un-ignore, which defeats the purpose of ignoring in the first place. Ignoring/blocking someone does not prevent them from spamming the thread.

Implementing some kind of filter in self-moderated thread would be greatly appreciated!

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