Suggestion for a manner of blocking...

[Ti74Raven]

Alrighty so I happened to drop into a certain gigantic house mod thread (I'm sure you know the one Dark0ne) to see if there was any progress posted about the Reborn version that was announced a while back.

 

Noticed that we have a lot of entitled little kids running around that thread bashing the mod maker.

 

Now, I don't even know if this suggestion is possible or if you've already looked at doing it but if it is, might I suggest a mod-author controlled blocking system to block people out of your mod's thread?

 

With something like this, rather than being inclined to bash their heads against the wall fighting with people in their own mods comments thread, they cold just block the user from the mod's thread and not have to worry about defending themselves every time they get on to check for bug reports.

 

I realize this is also ripe with the possibility of exploitation from people who just don't like other people in general...but it seems that occasionally Nexus (and other modding sites) lose good respected modders to just a few malcontents in an entire cloud of content, happy users.

 

Five people patting you on the head means very little when someone else is stabbing you in the gut...

 

Edit: I had another thought, perhaps if not completely mod author controlled, or a complete block, perhaps instead:

 

A mod-author controlled "hide" function.

OR

A block function as suggested, but instead of being completely author controlled, have it send a request to a moderator to review the situation and act accordingly. (The main difference between this and the standard "report" being that this would be on a thread by thread basis, which is why I am unsure if it is possible as I've never managed a board like this.)

Edited March 28, 2012 by Ti74Raven

[DrakeTheDragon]

Well, once you raised a moderator's attention towards an offender in a no-strike zone via the feature you proposed last, this member will be gone from the site, just like when you simply clicked the report button you also mentioned already. The result and the function of the feature would be the same. :ermm:

 

There already is some control for mod authors to insta-hide a comment, but I think it could as well have been subscriber-only, can't remember right now. Then it'd give a huge -rep to the post which will require a huge amount of +reps from likewise trolls to get it back to visible again. Then again, hiding a post in a comment section doesn't really have any result in my eyes. They even post again stating that their getting down-repped is just supporting their point or similar such nonsense. The only cure against those kinds of individuals "is" the report-button.

 

As for hiding the "user", as in any of his past posts and any future posts he'll write, from one's eyes once and for all... isn't this the purpose of the "ignored users" list we also already have? Just go to "My Settings" -> "Profile" -> "Manage Ignored Users" and start adding the names of those you don't want to read anymore ever again. Granted, it won't hide their writings from other readers' eyes, but then again neither does "hiding" now.

 

We've got quite some tools at our hands already, for several different approaches to go about it. :mellow:

Edited March 29, 2012 by DrakeTheDragon

[Ti74Raven]

Well, once you raised a moderator's attention towards an offender in a no-strike zone via the feature you proposed last, this member will be gone from the site, just like when you simply clicked the report button you also mentioned already. The result and the function of the feature would be the same. :ermm:

 

I suppose so on that one. Point taken here.

 

 

As for hiding the "user", as in any of his past posts and any future posts he'll write, from one's eyes once and for all... isn't this the purpose of the "ignored users" list we also already have? Just go to "My Settings" -> "Profile" -> "Manage Ignored Users" and start adding the names of those you don't want to read anymore ever again. Granted, it won't hide their writings from other readers' eyes, but then again neither does "hiding" now.

 

We've got quite some tools at our hands already, for several different approaches to go about it. :mellow:

 

I was more thinking having mod authors being able to fully hide all of a user's posts from a specific addons thread, or all addons made by that author. Not just -rep style hide, where you can still click to see them, completely hide, no "Show anyway" button. That way you don't have to deal with them in any way, not even through somebody else responding to their post.

 

I'm sorry but some people don't know the difference between a constructive critique of a mod (ie: "Good concept and well executed, but it turned out to not be my thing for X reason" This lets them know they did a good job, but also gives them an extra idea to play with if it sounds good to them too) and a completely disrespectful bash (ie: "No, you should have done what I did, kill yourself cuz you're retarded and your mod sucks" This gets us nowhere at all, it insults the author and gives no idea's to the pool.)

 

I just feel like mod authors need a way to completely cut off someone like that from commenting, because personally I hate even reading replies to some of these people half the time...and I'm not even the author (Haven't made a mod since Morrowind...no time), and if said reply has a quote then, well, whats the purpose of the hide or ignore in the first place?

 

That's why for this idea I more meant to fully hide the post automatically with no way of showing it (which amounts to a block from the thread). If you can't be respectful and give useful critique, or just compliment work, then I feel mod authors need to be able to just get you out of their threads.

 

(Like I said, not even sure if this can be done, I did think if nothing else it could lead the leaders here to another idea, even if this one isn't feasible. I hate to lose good authors because peoples parents never taught them to hold their tongues.../rant)

Edited March 30, 2012 by Ti74Raven

[DrakeTheDragon]

I agree, a new feature could help authors in this regard. But taking your example for example this is a direct rule break, a do-it-once-and-you're-gone offense, anyways, so a user who actually posted something along this line will be gone for good once he got reported, as will all his posts, and anybody "quoting" the offending post is also in high danger of being removed as well, as their posts then contain the same offense and also break the rules.

 

Coming to think of it, whenever you see such a post which you even hate to read sometimes, and you're up for protecting mod authors in general here, what use is there to have such an individual gone from "only" the one author's comments? Only to wreak on havoc on other authors' threads instead? I don't think that's of much use. In these cases using the report button really would serve your purpose far better than just a blocking out from one single author's threads. Won't you agree?

 

Having such individuals removed once and for all is for the good of the community, whereas having them only locked out from a specific mod author's threads is only good for this one single author. And believe me when I say they will even go out of their way to bash this author in other peoples' threads for being blocked from their's! You know them.

[Ti74Raven]

And believe me when I say they will even go out of their way to bash this author in other peoples' threads for being blocked from their's! You know them.

 

Yeah you have a point there. I guess the main use of a hide would be for people who didn't quite break the rules far enough to get ban-hammered, but were still less than courteous. BUT I suppose eventually they'll mess up and get report+banhammer.

 

I suppose this thread can safely be closed/locked/deleted since it seems like for the most part this might be a redundant solution.

[bben46]

Closed at OP request

Bben46