New "Safe Haven" Forum -- Troll Solution

[Guest]

My suggestion:

A new Forum called the REGISTERED FORUM. It would be the only Forum at Literotica where you had to register with an e-mail address. Then, just as it is in the Chatroom, each individual poster would have the option of "blocking" another member. The member would not be blocked from the whole site, only from your own personal view.

So -- if you were being trolled often, or simply didn't want to deal with the whole issue, you could go to the REGISTERED FORUM and post. If the troll follows you, you could "block" him. He's still free to post and be seen by everyone else, but he's taken out of your field of vision, and you'd be less likely to get steamed.

Is this technically possible? If so I think it just may solve a lot of problems. Call it a "Safe Haven" for people too easily bugged by trolls, or too overrun by trolls. It's like a place to go and "count to 10".

Any thoughts?

 

[Ambrosious]

And then someone "quotes" the troll, and someone "quotes" the quoter...and you still see the vile. Good idea, hard to see how it would work.

 

[Guest]

And if someone does that to annoy you you could block them from your own personal view. I believe a kink like that could be worked out pretty easily.

People are blocked in the chat room all the time, and it's not really an abused system. If someone is annoying you, instead of saying "Screw you" a thousand times you just "Turn them off".

And this would only be in one forum. So, you would not be turning all of Literotica into some "Registered Only" web site. And since the blocking would only affect your own view, you stay away from the "banning" issue.

It's a "Safe Haven". It will take getitng used to. But I think it's a nice idea.

 

[Deborah]

LMFAO Concerned Author! This is a joke, right? When you really want to solve a problem try getting at the root cause instead of treating the symptoms.

 

[Guest]

Thank you, but I'd appreciate a more constructive dialogue than LMFAO. It's a simple suggestion, posted without rancor, that doesn't require such sniffy dismissivness. I'm sure you can find a way to just say what's wrong with it, without being insulting to me. Is that reasonable?

 

[Deborah]

Sure. Your suggestion sucks. And if you can't figure out why you should be in nursery school where they pamper and diaper the babies.

 

[WriterDom]

why are you hiding author?

 

[Guest]

Because of the above unneccessary responses by posters like Deborah. Is there any reason why anyone should have to be subjected to responses like that? Once or twice, maybe, if someone's in a bad mood. But she and others respond like this to nearly everything everyone says.

Is there anything about this thread that warrants such a bullying? If this were a Registered Forum with blocking I could "turn her off" instead of letting this thread turn into a discussion about "tone" and "my right to say what I want", which is just what's going to happen now.

I also have no idea if the voting down of stories is true, but if it is I don't want my one little story to get voted down by anyone who thinks I'm attacking the trolls. You see, I do understand the value of keeping the unregistered function. All I'm suggesting is that three be a place I cold now take this discussion without having to deal with further snide remarks from people who can only post snide remarks.

Does this make sense?

 

[WriterDom]

Seems to be more trouble than it's worth to try that here. One can have an infinite number of email addresses and just keep registering. Part of the price of uncensored boards is the trolls and the meanies. Unless you want to go to a heavily monitored place like AOL. I don't see Laurel accommodating your wishes here. She has enough irons in the fire

 

[Guest]

You could be right. I was worrying mostly about the whole technical problem.

I've spent a lot of time in chat, and I do know thta there the blocking function is a blessing. IT really does save on the arguing.

I think a troll could register and re-register a lot -- but the fact that they would be made to do that would make them think twice about carrying on the effort, wouldn't it?

If I had something touchy or overtly personal to talk about (like if I had a miscarriage), and didn't want to risk having to look at unnessary remarks while at the same time informing my friends, I could go to the "Safe HAven" forum and post it. There I would have already made a personal list of people whos posts I don't want to read. Everyone else can read them, but I'd be spared. Don't you think eventually the troll would just tire of the whoe thing, and go away?

Maybe it won't work. But, then, again, maybe the idea just needs to be refined or simplified.

Thank you WriterDom and Ambrosious for repsonding.

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Guest]

But this is a solution for Literotica, not me personally. Besides, my friends don't kow I come here! LOL

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Concerned Author?

First - if you might be sincere and I think maybe you are here - you should've posted you "real" (there's that word again) handle.

Deb - what might you propose to solve the "root problem" a troll filter - the troll patrol?

What exactly?

 

[DevilMayCare]

I avoided this thread when it was first posted because it was started by a guest. I expected this would be another rip-off thread designed to give someone their jollies at the expense of board members. I decided I'm not going to participate in such threads. I checked this out again because it kept bumping up and I saw some names of regulars appearing.

I respect your intentions and contrary to some of the opinions expressed here, I think the idea has merit. Frankly, I'm not troubled by trolls or jerks. I simply turn them off and turn away. I say that to observe that I probably wouldn't use the Safe Haven board unless it fielded particularly good discussions.

Thanks for the suggestion. I understand your desire not to identify yourself if you have stories at Lit. People do rip others for their opinions.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

DMC? As commendable as that sounds......

You - could be Concerned Author.

 

[DevilMayCare]

Sparky - Just because I like the PT Cruiser doesn't mean I'm suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. You're the one talking to himself, not me.

 

[Guest]

I'm not using my real handle. Is there already somebody here named "Concerned Author"? If so, I'll stop.

Thanks all. I just had the idea and I'm happy I was able to post it and receive positive replies. It's just somethign that works in chat. Maybe it won't work on the Forum.

 

[RudeNastyAssBitch]

troll Patrol!

troll Crushing. The Only Good And Easy Way To Deal With These TongueClentchers Is To TOTALLY Ignore Them No NEW Forums (Though It Was An Interesting Idea) Will Work. Wait! There Are Actually Three Options.

1. The ENTIRE Board Attacks In A Great Giant Feasting On troll Meat!

2. We As A Cyber Community (The Freaks We All Are) Use Our Very Own Ignore Button. We All Have One. It's Called Dismissal Of An Asshole In The Brain Index.

3. Laural Sweet Lovley Laurel Our Wonderous Webmistress, Removes The Guest Option And Makes Using Your Email Address Mandatory. Multiple Email Addresses Are Not Such The Biggest Problem. After Being Removed Once, Twice Or fifty Times The troll Will Move On To Eaiser Game.

Meow! Woof! LOL!

RNAB

 

[Deborah]

What was wrong with my responses, Concerned Author? You proposed a solution to a problem. I thought it was utterly ridiculous and said so.

You see, you have a terrible troll on this board who has not only been trolling, for example, a woman who just suffered a miscarriage, but has committed voting fraud and plagiarism. She has numerous registered identities and no doubt could "beat" your "Safe Haven" in a blink of the eye. I bet she thought your idea was damn funny too.

 

[Guest]

There's nothing wrong with a smart ass, in your face reply. There's nothing wrong with two smart, ass in your face replies. When every blessed post a person makes, whether they're commenting on politics, religions or tapioca pudding is a smart ass, in your face reply, then I think one can say, "Please stop, that isn't neccessary."

So, to Anyone who thinks that being sharp as a tack means meanly bullying your opinion through the most genial of threads, I'd like to say "Please stop, that isn't neccessary." One can just talk, can't they? It isn't neccessary to always be "on".

I read through Pyper's "Experiment" thread, and that seemed to be a good idea. From now on I'm going to do as she suggests, and completely ignore all trolls (of all types), and not respond to them anymore

As for my suggstion, I'm beginning to agree with those above that it might be more effort than it's worth. Just a friendly suggestion, and I appreciate the dialogue.

 

[Guest]

JUst figured out how to do a link in my post. HEre's the one to Pyper's ides that I think is pretty good. I'm going to follow it as best I can: http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=31046&pagenumber=1

 

[Deborah]

Concerned Author, it is rather obvious YOU need a "Safe Haven" and not somebody like me who has been trolled 50 times more than anybody else and "fraudulently" voted down on stories more than anybody else. Like I said, LMFAO! What a wimp.

 

[DevilMayCare]

..."fraudulently" voted down on stories more than anybody else. Like I said, LMFAO! What a wimp.

A friend of mine just had two of his stories drop like a rock from the top of two categories in the Top Story section on Sunday. Seems like you're not alone Deb, when it comes to authors victimized by unhappy folks at this site. It sucks.

 

[Guest]

Like I said, LMFAO! What a wimp.

Is everyone with manners a wimp? ARe you able to every just talk? Must you always be so intent on showing your ability to be "ballsy"? This is a dialogue. I have come away with a new perspective after hearing what people have to say. I'm able to listen. Can't you please try to do the same? Is it really so much to ask that you approach a civil thread with civility? Or is just about being explosive? Is there no one you don't speak to as if they're letting their dog crap on your yard?

Someone ask me again why I'm using an alias.

 

[Todd]

Concerned Author,

It is a good idea, but from a prgrammong stand point it would be hades to implement and a headache to even concieve of programming. You would need a large static memory to be able to pull such a feature off. Not saying its not impossible, but to do it the feasblility{sp} of such programming on a free site would be not worth the effort and the finacial cost. The best is to simply ignore the posters you don't like, see there name skim past the post and go to the next post. It takes a while to instill that in your.

On the note that someone said that the trolls could register other names, yes the could do that but I would think how is a troll gonna know a peticular person has them blocked and realizes to get thier attention they have to realize they need to reregister to get thier targets attention.

An example of such there could be five posters:

1
2
3
4
5

1 doesn't like 5 so he places him on his block list.
2 through 4 still get to see every thing 5 does but 1 has him blocked on his list gets to read 2 through 4's posts without having to read 5's posts cause they are blocked by the feature.

In Concept it is an awesome idea, in practicality of programming it would be a nightmare.

Sorry if I came across to anyone like an arsehole. Just trying to add my 3 cents worth.