ciomalau is trying to sell game guides in another thread.

So how do we stand on this? :P

Hello everyone!

1. Currently it is possible to entirely delete a thread by abusing a "report as spam" feature. Both of my JerkMuter threads were deleted in that way, although it is clear to all involved that (regardless of anyone's personal feelings on the matter of ignoring people) neither thread constituted spam. This should be fixed so that those who run bots are no longer able to run the forum, and so that others are not forced to respond with their own automation.

2. In so far as the ignore feature goes, JerkMuter 2.0 is now available.

New features:
* New visual interface (no need to edit files to add/remove jerks or change configuration)
* The ability to mute people with a single click (next to their name in the post)
* Simple installation
* More details (and screenshots) in the above link

Old Features:
* Mute jerks (posts and optionally threads)
* Hide reputation
* Hide threads by keyword
* Configure optional functionality and looks

I don't run a bot. I don't even know what that means. :P

I can barely turn my computer on and anyone who was with me in the 'First 3D game' thread yesterday can attest to this.

Hello there, I've never met anyone from Korea before.

Thank you for your electronics and motor vehicles, thank you.

I can help with this as I'm fluent in forum politics.

The tiny one promised BradMan that if he stopped using the LGBTI avatar, he would leave him alone.

Forbidden by EULA, forbidden by law

hence removed.

He is actually trying to sell guides he writes himself, not third party guides.

Ok, but should everyone be grateful? I didn't feel grateful so i didn't. And what would the point of the rep system be used in this case, to see who's grateful or not? A bit pretentious, no? Perhaps but it could also create witch hunts or fake reports. Let's say that i have a bunch of alt accounts and i have something against you, couldn't i just use them to accuse you of boosting your rep with alt accounts? I mean, you can't prove those accounts don't belong to you. And who is going to verify each thread of each section/subforum to see if the rep wasn't boosted? And what about the alt accounts that already exist? Well, we can't really discuss this then since we don't know if it's a minor modification or/and safe, i mean, you're talking about creating a set of rules in order for the rep system to work...

You mean by someone from GOG? I've seen Judas editing posts to remove illegal links in the past, but I don't think they ever removed threads from the forum.

They have. It's not that often that they do, and they usually lock threads instead of remove them, but the occasional thread has been removed in the past by the staff.

What if someone calls you a queer gay autistic tranny nigger faggot?

Say that 5 times fast!

I don't think there is a need to specifically outlaw insults. From an anthropological point of view the development of insults rivals the development of fire and the wheel in importance. An insult is a surrogate for violence, and that very first caveman who cursed out his buddy instead of silently smashing his head with a rock, had effectively enabled civilization.

Nobody should have to listen to insults. To that end there should be an ignore feature. Not necessarily my implementation, but some sort of functionality that allows a user to remove those who worsen their forum experience. That said, if you feel that I am a drooling imbecile, you should be able to say so. After that it's my choice whether I take it in good humor, get angry, get sad, or simply get annoyed and block you.

Sorry if it came across wrong. Yes some people do have a grudge (rightfully), but does it mean ,as some others said as well, NOT to just say thank you for the freebie? BUT such and such....

I did not tie it to the rep system as I just wanted to illustrate (and what you have just proven, yes strike ;) ) how easy people forget something good. (and no not done on purpose, I really swear!!!!)

As I said people tend to forget the good quicker....

point taken, but what did I say in post one: "false reporting of a claim (abuse of the rules)"
under point 2.
And again next test to be applied repeated.
Everyone can make a mistake. Hence the repetition being needed, do I need to make it clearer in the OP? (asking/suggestions)
Witch hunt/fake reports would back-fire onto the reporter if he does it more then once. But don't forget manual operation here. (another safeguard)
I roll over to the next part as this overlaps, me thinks.

That is up for us the same way as we already identify scammers or similar. Me thinks, but maybe up for discussion.
But as I indicated, one thing, if scammer accounts disappear from the forum, they would need to start from scratch, in a really hard way, agreed? If we have doubt about a user, we could check for the upvotes, who does it, where when and so on, right?

for the safe part, knowing a wee bit ;) about this, it would only crash the voting buttons. Safe who knows, as I said, didn't you wanted to get rid of it anyway ;)
Minor also, work associated with it, yes for sure.
But this is on a bigger scale a rather minor problem. Yes, it takes maybe 1-2 weeks to implement it (using 50% of a normal work-base), but the overall time needed depends a bit on the availability (and management).

But one reason to discuss it, would be also for GOG to see, what we want! (And yes keep further playing devils advocate or come up with new ideas :)
Let;s rephrase it, it seems that GOG finally realised that we are pissed off and they need to do something. No imagine the outcry if they just implement something on their own ;) Who knows maybe they learned ;)

you want to remove any links to mods because the EULA forbids modifying the software ?
i don't think so. Let's be honest, nobody gives a damn about the EULAs.
Except some lawyers who earn their paycheck by writing them.

LOL

You do not spend enough time on the forum ;)

One day I have seen TWO threads vanish, after 1 minute of existence :P
But from I was able to gather it was always a thread trying to sell something or similar.

You really need to be quick, really quick ;)
Why are you saying something, what I did NOT say?