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[–]serial 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It is an interesting idea, but who approves people to go from the introductions sub to the rest of the site?

i think that i have suggested this before, and probably my idea got lost in the wash somehow..

if the OP of a thread had moderator privileges over that thread... and he would have the ability to boot offensive users out of his thread ONLY, then threads would be less chaotic...

notice the thread that i created using another userid about counseling...

https://saidit.net/s/whatever/comments/9ns6/private_counseling_8637037633_call_toll_free/

notice how a small brigade straight out attacked me... they said fuck you, etc... that simply should not be allowed and it should be the decision of the OP.

what if the OP could just edit his original post to contain lines that look like this:

ban /u/magnora7

ban /u/usehername

ban /u/jasoncarswell

and if he put that into the original post then you could have a chrome extension that would hard core remove any comments in that thread that were made by those users.

your site would rock and roll.

yes, i am an internet doctor.

if people did not have the ability to just run around and bully people and to crap all over threads, then people would be free to have intelligent conversations.

if i run a thread about counseling and i boot you from it, you could always create another thread about counseling and present your view about things.

as things are, it is impossible for anyone to discuss hot topics because the threads always get bombed by brigades... if you allow the OP to boot offensive users, the bombing will stop.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I like the original idea of having a "newcomer sub" that requires whitelisting to be able to post to the other subs on the site. This is a good idea for a new forum website.

The "OP bans users individually on each thread" idea isn't as good imo because it just causes censorship and infighting.