Personal Thread Restriction List for TradingGround
I have a great suggestion that will help clear away spam, unwanted multibumps for threads, restriction flaming and off topic spam. Will help thread makers keep their legit threads from closing due to bad trolls.
Basically my suggestion will be only for trading grounds pertaining specifically to diabloii trading grounds. will be a bonus to thread creators in trading grounds only. If you like this idea you can use it for other parts of your forum cuz you'll be doing the programming. It pretty tough programming if you want to incorporate it.
So here goes.
You know how everyone has their own private message block list right. basically same idea for the trading ground threads(iso/ft/price check/service/etc).
Allow people that create threads to restrict people that make posts who are not the thread maker. Basically it will work like a regular thread.
When users makes a thread in trading ground allow them to press a bullet button like the iso/ft buttons. The restriction button will have the words next to it like load restriction list. The restriction list will be in people profiles right under the message block list.
So if loaded when making a thread in trading ground it will restrict everyone from the restrict list to only allow them to make one post and only one post in the thread and would also restrict the restricted from editing their post.
So If someone is restriction they get a maximum of one post with no edits. this will stop them from multibumping spam,flame,and off topic stuff, and prevent negative attraction that would cause more people to be influenced into spamming. It will also cut more than half the load that admins get pertaining to reported/spam/flame/multibumping threads/etc. It will also have counter measures against preclosures of legit threads. Will stop alot of trolls too.
My other suggestion about this is since most of us are not esp and can't predict who will spam is to only allow the thread maker to see a restrict bar next to the quote bar and report bar right above each post. so rather than typing in someones name to restrict in the thread the thread maker could just click the restrict bar above the post of the non thread maker post and stop that particular person from editing or posting anymore posts in the thread.
So everyone gets their own restriction list and ability to restrict people in their own thread they create. and restrictions are allowing one post with no edits before and or after restriction. So its not complete ban from thread because I heard from many people that complete bans of not posting anything suck. so look at it this way. if its spam then everyone will at least get a plus 1 count to their total posts for that thread.
Some people might ask if this will change any jsp trading policy. My answer is absolutely not. jsp trading policy will go unchanged. for example if these features were included and not used bad thread could still be reported. if someone spams and multi bumps flames it can be reported just the same that we have right now. If thread with restrictions and the thread maker abuses with flame then the thread can be reported just the same even if they restrict eveyone from posting. so same jsp trading policy and same thread reporting is available. thread restriction list of restriction certain unbehaving people to one unedited post would just be a bonus to stop trolls on-the-go.
what do you think?