Grievance suggestion: about locking threads - Dallas Dance Music - Dallas nightlife, music, tickets, and more

MysteryMeat · 08-01-04, 05:57 PM

Just wanted to throw this out there:

Most of us pretty well understand the rules about thread locking and what is / isn't allowed on this board. Also, I think that for the most part, we understand that sacrificial bumping isn't cause for boat-anchoring a thread.

On the other hand, there are those of us that attempt what falls under 'sacrificial bumping' in order to bring attention to a thread that by rights and purposes should be locked, whether due to board rules or due to overtly/obscenely inflammitory initial thread posts.

What I'd like to purpose is this: in order to extend 'board justice' a little to the members, would it be feasible that if a thread surfaces that many of us feel truly should be locked, several individual members (say 10 or so) could anonymously (well, between the admin and the sender) send a PM with a link & quote from the thread and a short grievance of why the thread needs to be locked?

Expounding on that suggestion, if there was an extra button added at the top or bottom of a thread to launch a new window for just such a purpose, it could make this rather easy to do.

Just a thought

MysteryMeat · 08-01-04, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by stargazer
lets hope the problem doesnt get so bad that something like this is necessary

thats what i think

so far i dont think its that bad

It happens at least a couple times a week. I think it'd be a justly-used feature if available.

annesta · 08-01-04, 06:13 PM

All you gotta do is just send any of the admins a PM about the thread if you have a problem with it. That is how it's done in the past, present and future.

Just because you're bumping it doesn't mean it will give us a signal to check the thread. So next time, just try contacting us if you have a problem with the post. We'll deal with it then.

Also when we upgrade the site, there will be a feature to warn about a post. There's no point for us to do it now (too much work when we're going to be upgrading soon). PM'ing will be fine enough for now.

MysteryMeat · 08-01-04, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by annesta
All you gotta do is just send any of the admins a PM about the thread if you have a problem with it. That is how it's done in the past, present and future.

Just because you're bumping it doesn't mean it will give us a signal to check the thread. So next time, just try contacting us if you have a problem with the post. We'll deal with it then.

Also when we upgrade the site, there will be a feature to warn about a post. There's no point for us to do it now (too much work when we're going to be upgrading soon). PM'ing will be fine enough for now.

thanks!

Damn... I'm scared of this upgrade

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08-01-04, 05:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
MysteryMeat Ain't your momma's meat Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,364	Grievance suggestion: about locking threads Just wanted to throw this out there: Most of us pretty well understand the rules about thread locking and what is / isn't allowed on this board. Also, I think that for the most part, we understand that sacrificial bumping isn't cause for boat-anchoring a thread. On the other hand, there are those of us that attempt what falls under 'sacrificial bumping' in order to bring attention to a thread that by rights and purposes should be locked, whether due to board rules or due to overtly/obscenely inflammitory initial thread posts. What I'd like to purpose is this: in order to extend 'board justice' a little to the members, would it be feasible that if a thread surfaces that many of us feel truly should be locked, several individual members (say 10 or so) could anonymously (well, between the admin and the sender) send a PM with a link & quote from the thread and a short grievance of why the thread needs to be locked? Expounding on that suggestion, if there was an extra button added at the top or bottom of a thread to launch a new window for just such a purpose, it could make this rather easy to do. Just a thought

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08-01-04, 06:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
annesta Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brooklyn, NYC Posts: 771	All you gotta do is just send any of the admins a PM about the thread if you have a problem with it. That is how it's done in the past, present and future. Just because you're bumping it doesn't mean it will give us a signal to check the thread. So next time, just try contacting us if you have a problem with the post. We'll deal with it then. Also when we upgrade the site, there will be a feature to warn about a post. There's no point for us to do it now (too much work when we're going to be upgrading soon). PM'ing will be fine enough for now.