The Importance of the Home Button

Re:The Importance of the Home Button by ivankirigin on Tuesday October 16, 2007 @09:42PM (#68864)

I've been thinking about how to ban people effectively. Do you think there is any use in making the banned person appear to be functional, though in fact impotent?

Comments could be seen from their account only, same with submissions. Voting/modding would appear to affect the total, though the number being tracking is the pair (total real, total real + total fake), with display based on banned status.

The idea is that there is little to stop someone from making a new account account if they note they are banned.

A similar scheme could be used on an individual basis for trolls. If you mark a troll, you can't see their comments, and they can't see yours. It would fork the audience, but the hope it would eventually be bipartite: trolls on one side, people that matter on the other.

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Re:The Importance of the Home Button by vegashacker on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @12:40PM (#69092)

That's a really interesting idea. I've never thought of that. One problem with it is that the trick might be exposed if the evil-doer ever viewed the site without being logged in.

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