Yes. Or more awesome.
maybe you are a prime (i pick number 7) example of the OTness that actually comes about
jksjks.cant stop OTness though
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maybe you are a prime (i pick number 7) example of the OTness that actually comes about
jksjks.cant stop OTness though
Tallest S ruins that theory.
He was super awesome. Just in ways we don't yet understand.
He is not in the list anymore
[channel Tallest S]You're wrong. He is.[/channel Tallest S]
Stop being such a baby and man up. Why are moaning about these posts, lose the skirt and fight back if someone insults you, you little crying baby.
Just Kidding!! Just Kidding!!! Don't report me, I agree 100% with you about the rudeness, and always report anyone who simply can't let what they think is a "dumb" question go without posting how much better and smarter they are then the poster. But I disagree with the last part. I see that these cases are done by those who know everything about apple and have to prove how wonderful they are to the nubbies. What a sad life they must have if they can't even be polite and helpful on the internet without the cruel remarks. I guess they feel better about their mean bosses, fat wives and ugly kids when they act tough on the net. Makes up for losing their lunch money that day, maybe. You get my point.....
There are actually a lot worse forums out there. The gamedev.com forums will ban you for anything (especially if you are in JPetrie's forum). I got banned for replying to a post that somewhere in its 20 pages of responses the moderator wrote "Anyone who responds to this thread will be banned". Well, I got banned because the moderator didn't use intelligence and close the thread.
Or there is always the clique that is the FredMiranda.com wedding photographers thread. A NASTY bunch those are if you happen to critique a photo that one of them or their friends took.
Or there is always the clique that is the FredMiranda.com wedding photographers thread. A NASTY bunch those are if you happen to critique a photo that one of them or their friends took.
Sorry, I already reported you before reading the second paragraph.
Yeah, I see that on here all the time. They're actually probably meek little nerds sitting behind their computer screen.
It's not just new threads by new users, but new posts by new users that could often use increased scrutiny. However, with many thousands of forum posts made every day, and over 1000 new threads per day on the busiest days, it wouldn't be practical without a much bigger team of "approvers". And big teams wouldn't be very consistent about what they approve because it's so often a judgment call. Some posts are clearly worthless and some are clearly important and well thought out, but the majority are in the middle.
We have learned more and more about spotting spam quickly. We now catch and eliminate many spam/advertising posts and posts by shills that we previously didn't catch as quickly. You'll see that we sometimes put "[merged]" in a thread title as we merge duplicate threads, but we haven't yet found an efficient way to catch them all. The post reports about duplicate threads that give us the "other" thread's URL are really helpful.
If would also help if Apple would stop releasing cool products.
I believe most people like to help.
Most people just don't want to see the same question / comment over and over again.
It's not just new threads by new users, but new posts by new users that could often use increased scrutiny. However, with many thousands of forum posts made every day, and over 1000 new threads per day on the busiest days, it wouldn't be practical without a much bigger team of "approvers". And big teams wouldn't be very consistent about what they approve because it's so often a judgment call. Some posts are clearly worthless and some are clearly important and well thought out, but the majority are in the middle.
We have learned more and more about spotting spam quickly. We now catch and eliminate many spam/advertising posts and posts by shills that we previously didn't catch as quickly. You'll see that we sometimes put "[merged]" in a thread title as we merge duplicate threads, but we haven't yet found an efficient way to catch them all. The post reports about duplicate threads that give us the "other" thread's URL are really helpful.
If would also help if Apple would stop releasing cool products.
There are at least a few known trolls/shills with high post counts that MR does nothing about though.
Yeah Apple should just hire all the wannabes to put out boring products based on specs. =p
It's not just new threads by new users, but new posts by new users that could often use increased scrutiny. However, with many thousands of forum posts made every day, and over 1000 new threads per day on the busiest days, it wouldn't be practical without a much bigger team of "approvers". And big teams wouldn't be very consistent about what they approve because it's so often a judgment call. Some posts are clearly worthless and some are clearly important and well thought out, but the majority are in the middle.
We have learned more and more about spotting spam quickly. We now catch and eliminate many spam/advertising posts and posts by shills that we previously didn't catch as quickly. You'll see that we sometimes put "[merged]" in a thread title as we merge duplicate threads, but we haven't yet found an efficient way to catch them all. The post reports about duplicate threads that give us the "other" thread's URL are really helpful.
If would also help if Apple would stop releasing cool products.
I agree. It was just a random thought which I knew wouldn't work in real life anyway
Most threads and posts are fine, just like they have to be. I at least like the newbie threads, easy way to please someone by giving an easy answer. My post count likes them too
There are always people who aren't so nice like Consultant said but I'm not the one to judge them, that is your and mods' job As far as I can say, mod team have been doing great job. All my reports have been taken care of. The issue is in the people, not in the way this forum is administrated. Too many cool products and people who have gone crazy because of them isn't the best mixture
We never ignore reported rules violations but one person's "troll" is another person's "differing opinion" and one person's "shill" is another person's "helpful recommendation". Some trolling and shilling is obvious; we quickly get rid of the worst offenders. As a result, what you'll see in the forums tends to be borderline. We often receive accusations of trolling that are really complaints about someone's opinion, not about their purpose for posting, so we have to evaluate them carefully.
High post counts don't excuse anyone from the rules, but they do give the moderators more evidence to evaluate. Looking for a posting pattern in order to judge intent is more time-consuming when many posts are involved, but that's the nature of trolling: it's a pattern and in borderline cases requires looking at a history of posts.
If you or anyone else thinks there is a troll/shill among us then there are a few possibilities:
- We don't know about a troll/shill because their trolling/shilling hasn't been reported.
- We reviewed the report(s) and studied the user's posts but don't agree that the user is a troll/shill based on what we judge their intent to be.
- We're gathering and evaluating evidence. In borderline cases that's what it takes.
- We've already issued a time-out or other warning for trolling/shilling but we gave the user another chance to follow the rules.
- A post report was just made and we didn't get to it yet!
Have you guys looked at what stackoverflow.com are doing?
One really good feature they have is to allow users to "vote up" or "vote down" a given post. It uses very simple up and down arrows to do this. The balance of these votes is shown against each post and these votes also get accumulated under the users forum reputation score.
New website features are enabled or disabled depending on your reputation score.
Seems a good system, could that help to discourage trolls and other trouble makers here?
Craig.
One really good feature they have is to allow users to "vote up" or "vote down" a given post. It uses very simple up and down arrows to do this. The balance of these votes is shown against each post and these votes also get accumulated under the users forum reputation score.
New website features are enabled or disabled depending on your reputation score.
Seems a good system, could that help to discourage trolls and other trouble makers here?
Craig.
personally I'd like to see more public floggings!
in all serious tho - many of us report bad people/posts. Thats about all you can do when keeping it a community (after all freedom of speech n all).
If you get too heavy then things become unfriendly and people will be less inclined to share their views/advice. (e.g. look at the seagate forums - evil mods over there that ban/delete stuff on a whim).
I think we have a pretty good place here and yes volume means there will be lots of less than helpful posts but I think the mods do a good job. (trust me thats no easy job as I mod on several forums and its tough to keep up/keep neutral).
might be possible to add an auto-slap (if a users posts are reported by x number of individuals within x minutes then the poster is restricted for xhours) or something similar (that helps the mods a bit, without being too heavy handed).
now, about iOS4 - it won't run on my nokia so Macs are sh..@%....we shud all getz windoz [jk]
in all serious tho - many of us report bad people/posts. Thats about all you can do when keeping it a community (after all freedom of speech n all).
If you get too heavy then things become unfriendly and people will be less inclined to share their views/advice. (e.g. look at the seagate forums - evil mods over there that ban/delete stuff on a whim).
I think we have a pretty good place here and yes volume means there will be lots of less than helpful posts but I think the mods do a good job. (trust me thats no easy job as I mod on several forums and its tough to keep up/keep neutral).
might be possible to add an auto-slap (if a users posts are reported by x number of individuals within x minutes then the poster is restricted for xhours) or something similar (that helps the mods a bit, without being too heavy handed).
now, about iOS4 - it won't run on my nokia so Macs are sh..@%....we shud all getz windoz [jk]
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/10165767/
robbie's post makes sense. It would just lead to various issues and cause even more anger. Sometimes the truth really hurts and in robbie's example, the 15 year old kid wouldn't thank. he would do the opposite. You can already say "I agree" or "I don't agree". Same thing without complicated system.
In my post above, I mentioned Canadians anger about iPhone coming later to them. People who said it's not that big deal, you can wait two weeks can't you? They got really flamed, even though they told the truth. Apple won't change the schedule no matter how much they rant in iPhone forum. Most people would have just given him minus after minus.
Another issue would be groups that then target on one individual. It has its pros and cons but I don't think it would help at all. What special would they get then? Their own forum with zero posts?
And anyone who dared to say that Android or BlackBerry is better than iPhone would probably get minus rated by so many fanboys that they would be autobanned for stating a perfectly valid opinion.
These days that type of erotic sex show too near a school or church can get you arrested for public indecency, with a sexual predator bonus modifier.
Best to keep it behind closed doors.
I do have to say, I remember, and was more fond of, the days when MR wasn't flooded by this deluge of iPhone related posts. I'd say 75% of new members joining these days are here for ONLY the iPhone, and that's kinda sad.
How are you viewing iPhone-related posts? Are you clicking on the iPhone forum for fun? You can enter 99 in your user control panel to exclude iPhone posts in your search results.
Dry humor is also how I've dealt with a bunch of the threads lately.
Perfectly acceptable IMO
It's the only way
Oh well, just a suggestion... Seems to work really well on stackoverflow but I guess it's a very different, more like-minded community. More like the wild west on here at times...
Oh well, just a suggestion... Seems to work really well on stackoverflow but I guess it's a very different, more like-minded community. More like the wild west on here at times...
Yeah, it wasn't a bad one but I think it has been discussed and processed before like miles said. This is the feedback forum so everyone can give up ideas