- MyNameIsCharlie
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Studies show that men think about sex every 7 seconds. I do my best to eat hotdogs in under 6, just so things don't get weird.
Please allow me to introduce Myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
Posted by: MsCadetUNIVERSE
This has already been touched on, but I would have to agree that the OP is referring more to spam threads. In those cases (which are always obvious) a carpet ban may or may not be applicable. It all depends.
Personally I think they should be used more in threads that blatantly violate the forum rules. There was a thread in the Flood a week or so ago that was (supposed to be) about the Westboro Baptist Church, which easily qualifies as both religious and political discussion. Within three hours, it turned into 14 pages of religious flame war which kept going until one of the mods finally came online and locked it. Even new users, even if they had just skimmed the forum rules, would know not to post in that. But people did, and most of it was very offensive.
I would assume some bans were issued there, but I would think that would be a good place for a carpet ban. Every single post was a violation of the rules. The same can sometimes be said of spam threads, but not always. If someone posts a warning to others who might see the thread, I don't think they should be punished for it.
As for trolling, it is meant to be subtle, and can be easily confused. A serious post can be misconstrued as trolling (if it presents an unpopular opinion, for example). As long as it isn't offensive and actually encourages some form of decent discussion I don't think it should be considered for a carpet ban. Some of the best threads I've seen on here were non-serious threads. And hell, the biggest trolls on here are probably the employees and some of the mods. *Cough* Foman *cough*.As I said in the beginning, this is intended for threads that violate the rules on their face. As you pointed out, someone bypassing the language filter, or breaking the political/religious rule should be banned anyways. By participating in these discussions, they should be banned. Eventually the people who post those threads will stop, because no one will play with them. Then they will go away.
This is why the mods should nuke more threads. Sure it will tick a ton of people off. You can't make an omelet with out breaking some eggs.