Hi!
If you check out www.my-symbian.com, the forum has a "Blue button"
This is a "click-here-to-alert-the-moderators-about-this-post" button.
It sends a mail to a list of admins containing a link to the post, and the reporter.
This way, users can alert admins of post that violate the rules of the site. For example: warez or spam
I think this is a standard module for this PHP BB engine..
Come on..
No one going to respond?
Not even to say: "I agree" or "I disagree"?
Take a look at this example, and I think that many could agree with me..
The moderators should be more active, and this would be of great help to them..
At least I think so..
I agree
Absolutely right! Not sure where thwe mods are right now but we could sure do with them! (and the blue button).
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This is a quote from another post i made in another thread. The reason i decided to make this into a thread is because i honestly dont think a lot of people read a very old thread for requests. Please reply with a real opinion.
Orgional Post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10753332&postcount=1387
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The admins say this is our forum,why not give us some control? Not mod permissions or admin permissions but our own 'personal' permissions. There's a vb mod called the "Comprehensive Ignore System" it can do these things for users :
users can ignore entire threads. These threads will then not show up in searches, forumdisplay, and "new posts".
if a user puts someone on their ignored list, they stay ignored, meaning their threads will not show up in forum displays, searches, or "new posts".
Users can ignore threads with certain tags.
Users can select to ignore an entire forum, so that they no longer see it, nor do search results that are located in those forums show to the user.
Complete user group control for each of these features.
Admin can also clear a users ignores when editing a user.
Users can review and remove ignores from their UserCP.
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This can give us power over our forum without giving us the power to control others, but control what we see.
Link: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=181626
There's also an addon to the above mod called "Users on ignore list cannot reply to thread" and it can do this:
If a user is on the thread starters ignore list, that user cannot reply to the thread, or quickreply. This of course is bypassed by moderators and admins.
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This will allow developers to ignore other people they see as incompetent and not helpful to the cause in the thread but those uses on the list can still view it.
Link: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=181315
Hi
I' like to suggest something like an opposite to the Thanks button.
It might not need to be profile-wide but I want to be able to mark a Post at least within a thread as unhelpful.
I'd suggest that button only being visible for OPs and requiring giving a reason.
Then this Post should be collapsed or gryed or something that it is easy to see that it's nonsense.
This button is NOT meant for disregarding people but to be able to have mor control over own threads when it comes to organization.
It is meant to mark posts as unhelpful not when they are just like things somebody already tried but it is really meant to mark posts like "Android of Course" which I had in my Thread.
If I ask for a decision-help it is not enough to say Android but you should tell why this would be you choice.
So the Button should only clear the thread and give the OP an opportunity to clear it by tagging SPAM, Floods, etc.
To prevent wrong usage I'd further suggest this feature only being available for OPs which have at least lets say 15 posts to ensure they are not only trolls or so who try to blend out answers which give some information about its a troll or so.
And further I (as said) think there should be a reason to be given like a dropdown:
Spam
Flaming
Stupid Comment
Off-Topic
Other Reason (opens Text-Box)
A marked post could look like this (Modified Screenshot taken out from the Spammers Thread):
Just like title mentions:
A "I have this too." button.
So what would this button do? you might ask.
It's similar to the "Thanks" button, but people will use it to tell the thread that they have the same situation as the poster in question.
It could be someone who reports a bug with a particular ROM.
Instead of creating a +1 post, people can hit the "I have this too." button to tell the community that the poster isn't alone with that particular problem/situation.
Just like the "Thanks" button, the "I have this too."-clicker will be listed under the post in question.
That would clean up some of the clutter and hopefully less +1 posts.
And it would be:
Easier for users who doesn't need to create a new post to report the same thing.
Easier for moderators, who doesn't need go throught piles of +1 posts to see if they're relevant ot not.
Easier for developers, who can see if that case affects more than one without the need to go throught the whole thread searching for particular +1 posts.
All of us are XS users, since we're posting at an XS sub-forum, what's the point of showing it off with a banner? The pages are now completely cluttered, take more time to load and makes every page a mess. Picture signatures should be banned. Or at least be made at reasonable sizes.
Now I gotta disable signature showing to make the forums look clean, which in turn removes useful signatures like FXP, who has download links in his signature.
Please people, be reasonable. We all know you're an Xperia user since you're posting here, no need to show it off with a huge picture on every post.
This happens everywhere..not just here.
I would like to suggest people to use
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Need help with CyanogenMod??Go here CM Help Thread ​Sent via the muffin launch _/^\_
I know, but it wasn't the case in this subforum before. But lately it's been picking up insanely fast.
I noticed this too, and wrote a letter to moderators. No answer since them. So Adblock is my new banner eraser
Isn't there an option in user CP to "hide signatures"?
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Yep!
Edit Options>>Visible options, uncheck signatures.
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Sorry just reread your first post, so this isn't helpful
I have to go with Ortega1, just use Adblock if the mods won't stop those ginormous sigs.
revan17 said:
All of us are XS users, since we're posting at an XS sub-forum, what's the point of showing it off with a banner? The pages are now completely cluttered, take more time to load and makes every page a mess. Picture signatures should be banned. Or at least be made at reasonable sizes.
Now I gotta disable signature showing to make the forums look clean, which in turn removes useful signatures like FXP, who has download links in his signature.
Please people, be reasonable. We all know you're an Xperia user since you're posting here, no need to show it off with a huge picture on every post.
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Please read the last 10 pages of this thread....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987254
The problem has been dealt with a few days ago by the moderators/admins
I like the new policy
From my Xperia LT28at ION
OP thank you for your input, yes this is under review, once an agreement is made...I would say an announcement will be made. Thanks Again.
Greetings friends,
We all agree that - xda-developers is an amazing site !!!
unfortunately, there are so many unnecessary and redundant posts, every where.
Therefore - I would like to suggest a Negative 'THANKS' button, on every post,
a 'rotten tomato' counter, if you please.
This button and counter will make people - search / read / think twice - before posting,
Something we will all enjoy and benefit from.
What do you think ?
If you can improve my suggestion
or you have another idea to help this cause,
please write.
A few years ago we did try an alternative up/down button. People seemed to like the single "Thanks!" button better because it is more positive.
Right. People that ask Noobish questions would get a "negative thanks" and that's just very discouraging
Yea, the idea of the Thanks button is not to "control" post content and judge post content. It's there to say "thanks, your post helped me".
We don't want to say to anyone "your post did not help" or "your post was silly"...if you find any posts that you think aren't appropriate, you can report the post and a moderator will take a look at it
bitpushr said:
A few years ago we did try an alternative up/down button. People seemed to like the single "Thanks!" button better because it is more positive.
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svetius said:
Right. People that ask Noobish questions would get a "negative thanks" and that's just very discouraging
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the_scotsman said:
Yea, the idea of the Thanks button is not to "control" post content and judge post content. It's there to say "thanks, your post helped me".
We don't want to say to anyone "your post did not help" or "your post was silly"...if you find any posts that you think aren't appropriate, you can report the post and a moderator will take a look at it
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Thanks for all responses.
please have a look at a very famous site's - user reputation ranking system.
http://stackoverflow.com/help/whats-reputation
it supports my point.
if a user posts rubbish or too lazy to read - it should carry a consequence, (a very minor one, but efective).
perhaps the negative THANKS button - is not the best way achive the goal,
I do belive that something should be done.
I'll leave it to greater minds than my own....