- edableshoe
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Perpetual Ninja in training.
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
DMH
Los Paranoias
I think the only real implementation would be to duel function the report button. By reporting someone, you are given the option to also collapse their posts. This would probably make it so that the report button is abused some, but in the end, it could be edited in some way to make it work.
I just don't like the idea that if I see a spammer, and I want to ignore him, I can't. He gets his win because I now have to scroll all the way through the posts. And before you say "Just leave the forum if someone is spamming," I have to ask you why must I leave the very place I want to stay because of one guy? That seems a little counterintuitive, if you ask me. If anything, I should have some way to clean it up, and be allowed to continue to posts and relax.
Of course, there is the idea that the hide function would only be suitable for spammers, and even then, we're talking about one guy who comes here every so often, and just spams up a page of links. A very mild and specific case, and the solution at hand can be used in a much broader field of ideas.
In the end, it comes down to some sort of innovative medium by the WebTeam that will allow us to hide a spammer if need be, and still not be abusive of the hiding function, enough so that we are basically only seeing the posts by those who we agree with, and only them.
If someone wants that sort of forum, then by all means, let them. They have no bearing on my soul, because I'm here to experience new ideas and beliefs. I'm here to discuss things with people that are different than me, and think differently. If someone wants to blind themselves of the wonderful world of interesting and different views, so be it, I don't care for them anyway.