Quote Originally Posted by Times Roman View Post
I think the overall performance of the board has vastly improved recently. I remember not too many months ago we were commenting about all the system problems we experienced. But recently, with the exception of the new spam filter that seems to block me out from time to time, things seem to be running smoothly.

One other thought that may help, not sure. A thumbs up/down rating system for members. doesn't necessarily have to be published what their rating is (and I think maybe the rating should be private?), but i think that when the occassion does arrise that a member goes rogue and really starts becoming disrespectful, if that member gets too many thumbs down within a certain period of time, then the system gives them a "time out" so that things can calm down. I think this approach would be easier than for some of us to report said disrespectfulness to admin, where admin may or not be sitting at the desk at that particular moment. It allows action to be taken in real time, without admin intervention. I think this would give members better control to self police, and free up valuable time for admin to make better use of his time.
what do you do about ppl with vendettas then? they'd just down rate someone for the hell of it