You could expand it and automatically drop sigs at X pages.
Yeah that's the good idea... We have serious and ivory for no sig altogether but stopping past 10-20 replies or even 4 pages is great (mods could be able to impose it too).
Topic: Option to disable signatures as alternative to self-moderated - page 2. (Read 266 times)
You could expand it and automatically drop sigs at X pages.
Yeah that's the good idea... We have serious and ivory for no sig altogether but stopping past 10-20 replies or even 4 pages is great (mods could be able to impose it too).
Solid idea moonie.
You could expand it and automatically drop sigs at X pages.
It will highlight the shit managers and the shitposters who moan when they stop getting paid.
Discussion is fun, but shitposting hearts my eyes
You could expand it and automatically drop sigs at X pages.
It will highlight the shit managers and the shitposters who moan when they stop getting paid.
Discussion is fun, but shitposting hearts my eyes
Will the OP's signature be disabled too if s/he chooses that option? If that's what you had in mind, I think we will also see less new topics in those boards you enumerated. That should be good since only those who are really interested in a discussion will create new topics.
Here is another idea to add to the list of useless ideas. I apologize if this has been suggested previously. A quick search in Meta didn't reveal anything.
Add a check box on the "Start new topic" page that would disable (hide) all user signatures in that topic.
Edited 2020-11-30 to fix a broken image
Just like self-moderated, it should only be allowed to set while creating a thread and shouldn't be allowed to change. It should be indicated at the top of the thread that signatures are not shown. Optionally, there should be a way for campaign managers to see how many posts users made in such threads or some other metric that would help them count paid posts without going into each thread.
Advantages over self-moderated:
I'm thinking this could help Bitcoin Discussion, Altcoin Discussion, Gambling Discussion, B&H, etc. Right now I'm struggling to find any significant thread there that wouldn't be drowning in sig spam beyond page 10. Reporting those posts is also a big hassle. Sig spammers have evolved and post multi-line generic garbage that mentions a few words from the thread title so at first glance it seems somewhat on topic. Probably a lot of work for moderators too, trying to figure out whether the vapid word salad is on topic or not. Prevention is better than cure, right?
Add a check box on the "Start new topic" page that would disable (hide) all user signatures in that topic.
Edited 2020-11-30 to fix a broken image
Just like self-moderated, it should only be allowed to set while creating a thread and shouldn't be allowed to change. It should be indicated at the top of the thread that signatures are not shown. Optionally, there should be a way for campaign managers to see how many posts users made in such threads or some other metric that would help them count paid posts without going into each thread.
Advantages over self-moderated:
- Doesn't have the censorship stigma.
- More likely to prevent signature spam (a disincentive to post).
- Less work for the OP.
I'm thinking this could help Bitcoin Discussion, Altcoin Discussion, Gambling Discussion, B&H, etc. Right now I'm struggling to find any significant thread there that wouldn't be drowning in sig spam beyond page 10. Reporting those posts is also a big hassle. Sig spammers have evolved and post multi-line generic garbage that mentions a few words from the thread title so at first glance it seems somewhat on topic. Probably a lot of work for moderators too, trying to figure out whether the vapid word salad is on topic or not. Prevention is better than cure, right?
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