Personally, I think it would be nice and beneficial for those who can control their tempers and keep their inner Eeyores on a leash during the game threads - as well as easier on the mods and admins - if it were possible to implement Bama-Game-Thread-Only bans.
Perhaps there could be a special tag or something that only mods and admins could set for Bama game threads which would preclude posters who have been designated as having a game thread ban from participating?
Ideally, for the benefit of the mods and admins, they would see two options for posts in Bama game threads: "Strike {x}" and "GT Ban". The strike button would depend upon how many strikes the user had previously received, e.g., "Strike 1" for zero previous strikes, "Strike 2" for one, etc., and a user who is given their third strike - for either foul language, player/coach bashing, excessive Eeyore-ness, etc. - would automatically receive the game thread banishment. The "GT Ban" button, obviously, would immediately give the poster a game thread banishment for egregious violations.
As for the duration of the ban, there are several options there. It could be just for the remainder of the current game thread and/or the upcoming game thread; for a certain number of days; and/or semi-permanent, i.e., having to be manually reset by a mod or admin.
For posters who do have issues with game threads, it gives them a little bit of a safety net in order to participate, knowing that taking it "a little too far" only affects their posting privileges within the game thread and not on the board as a whole.
Of course, anything that would get you a board suspension in a normal thread would still get you a board suspension in a game thread.
What do you guys think?
Mods and admins, do you think this might make moderating the game threads a little easier?
Regular posters, do you think this might make the game threads more enjoyable?
Perhaps there could be a special tag or something that only mods and admins could set for Bama game threads which would preclude posters who have been designated as having a game thread ban from participating?
Ideally, for the benefit of the mods and admins, they would see two options for posts in Bama game threads: "Strike {x}" and "GT Ban". The strike button would depend upon how many strikes the user had previously received, e.g., "Strike 1" for zero previous strikes, "Strike 2" for one, etc., and a user who is given their third strike - for either foul language, player/coach bashing, excessive Eeyore-ness, etc. - would automatically receive the game thread banishment. The "GT Ban" button, obviously, would immediately give the poster a game thread banishment for egregious violations.
As for the duration of the ban, there are several options there. It could be just for the remainder of the current game thread and/or the upcoming game thread; for a certain number of days; and/or semi-permanent, i.e., having to be manually reset by a mod or admin.
For posters who do have issues with game threads, it gives them a little bit of a safety net in order to participate, knowing that taking it "a little too far" only affects their posting privileges within the game thread and not on the board as a whole.
Of course, anything that would get you a board suspension in a normal thread would still get you a board suspension in a game thread.
What do you guys think?
Mods and admins, do you think this might make moderating the game threads a little easier?
Regular posters, do you think this might make the game threads more enjoyable?
no harm no foul.
