/m37 nevermind. it's closed again. And after 230+ (generally civil, with some notable and deleted exceptions) posts, too!

Hey! there's a BB QT thread again!

Yeah, but, like, nobody comes here anymore.



Too popular, I guess.

The autoban moderation features of the slashcode generally handle trolls fairly well...but I don't think the BB crowd is up to installing it.

/m32 I shudder to say it, but what if the posters were ranked by "whuffie" ????


(I'm gonna burn in flame hell for that one.)

Maybe we could write our own software to censor posts. If someone posted something that is anti-boingboing, or contains slanderous remarks about Cory or me, we could delete their post and log their IP. The software could then do a simple IP trace to find out where the IP is from and who the admin is of that provider. When all that info is collected it could be sent to Cory's email address.

Cory could then contact the Gestapo and SS with what limited information he has. They will then blitzkreig their way into the internet service provider's office and force information from the unpure mouth of the admin. When they have the name and address of the poster, they can quickly surround that area and take him/her and their family into custody. Under the persuasive hands of the SS I am sure he/she will tells us about any collaborators.

When all of these people are rounded-up, we can put them all in cattle bins on trains and send them to camps outside of LA. There they can be reeducated and fully indoctrinated with love of boingboing. In no time at all the posts will be orderly and formal. No one will dare post anything not to our liking. Not only will it not stay up, but we shall personally see to it that they are "instructed" in the proper manner of posting and thinking. We will honor this measure with a phoneblog of the whole process, and make it the fourth step in the Final Solution.

Boingboing readers, do not be fooled by our seemingly liberal voices in our blog posts. Cory and I are both hard-handed dictators willing to take any action to keep the purity of the site. If we have to remove all the discussion forums to strip the infidel a place to voice their opinions, we will. The ends DO justify the means.

Some of us would like to figure out a workable discuss method
that will avoid trolls.

bbdiscus@eli.users.panix.com

It must be my cologne.







[:::smacks head:::]


I don't wear cologne!

IS it quiet in here, or is it just me???

YOU is not Eli, Eli.

Goodbye, all. I'll (:::sniff:::) miss ya.



Well, some of you. YOU, on the other hand, I won't miss at all.

Mothrafugger, I agree that the bb trolls are about the least
imaginative and subtle trolls I've run across. Unfortunately,
what with QuickTopic lacking blocks for similar names (such
as the Xeni/xeni pair) I can see why Cory et al. don't want
to revive discuss.

I'm going to miss it.

Eurotrash.

I wish BB could get a higher level of troll. This stuff would get laughed off B3TA in 5 minutes.

STOP NET.CENSORSHIP