Musicbanter Improvement Thread

[James]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

The thing is I was banning the guy on sight last night.

If he needed to post in the forum as well basically I have to delete his posts AND ban him.

All it's doing is doubling the workload for the same result.

Then you went off and we were ****ed. At least when they post on the boards the mods can see it.

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

I just don't think the forum should be compromised for the sake of the shoutbox.
The forum itself should always take priority. Spam the shoutbox it doesn't need deleting because it's usually off the first page after a few mins. Spam the forum it's there until someone gets rid of it.

And the issue wasn't him not being visible to mods. It was the mods unable to do anything properly until Yac came on & banned his IP.

[nolvorite]

Lol how about a new skin/theme/forum style? a year ago I think this was the same style I saw here

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

Knock yourself out.

[nolvorite]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Knock yourself out.

on second thought, I think the appearance is pretty good.

[right-track]

What about making the shout box a privilege earned by trusted members with access activated only on request?

If that's a possible option...

[Burning Down]

Originally Posted by right-track

What about making the shout box a privilege earned by trusted members with access activated only on request?

If that's a possible option...

I'm a mod on another forum and that's how our shoutbox works. In order to chat in the SB a member needs to make 50 posts (yeah our admin is harsh) and needs to have gained some respect around the forum. We also have sections of the board that are hidden (like sections that deal with more adult topics for example), that are only viewable (is that a word?) when a member makes 150 posts and is over the age of 18. It's a smaller forum than MB, and spam occasionally comes through in waves. It's horrible. I know how hard the mods here work to clean up spam and ban trolls.

[NumberNineDream]

I never was able to understand the hatred Urban's got to the shoutbox. True he's a Hatemonger by excellence, but I do prefer the shoutbox without the spammers that come to ruin my day.

I have to agree with right-Track on that one. I don't think "the request" is necessary, but I'd prefer the shoutbox to be some kind of a privilege.
It's just going to be hidden until a number of post is reached, and usually most of the users think that it's no here anyway, as it's jammed at the end of the page. So I don't think any spammer would know of it, and start spamming the main forum for the sole purpose of infecting the shouty.

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by NumberNineDream

I never was able to understand the hatred Urban's got to the shoutbox. True he's a Hatemonger by excellence, but I do prefer the shoutbox without the spammers that come to ruin my day.

I have to agree with right-Track on that one. I don't think "the request" is necessary, but I'd prefer the shoutbox to be some kind of a privilege.
It's just going to be hidden until a number of post is reached, and usually most of the users think that it's no here anyway, as it's jammed at the end of the page. So I don't think any spammer would know of it, and start spamming the main forum for the sole purpose of infecting the shouty.

because it generally means the contingency of bored douchebags demanding to be entertained stick around here longer than they normally would.

I don't mind it as much, I just wish the SB junkies would post something of value once in awhile.

[James]

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

because it generally means the contingency of bored douchebags demanding to be entertained stick around here longer than they normally would.

I don't mind it as much, I just wish the SB junkies would post something of value once in awhile.

All the regulars in the shoutbox post on the boards too, Me, #9, Paloma, Booboo UnchainedBallad, Anteater even Mojopinuk. We all post on the boards so what's the problem?