Automatic Lock

[jgu1994]

So I was thinking that there should be a function where if a certain amount of users report a topic, it automatically disappears to all users but moderators for further judging. This may be useful when there aren't any mods on and a spam bot strikes and it may take a bit off of the mods as well.

If there is a function like this already than just lock this thread.

 

[Hatsu]

So I was thinking that there should be a function where if a certain amount of users report a topic, it automatically disappears to all users but moderators for further judging. This may be useful when there aren't any mods on and a spam bot strikes and it may take a bit off of the mods as well.

If there is a function like this already than just lock this thread.

Can't we just keep reporting this topic to get it closed?

That means the same person could report any topic as many times as they want, and they could close it. Power abuse, btw.

 

[The Catboy]

So I was thinking that there should be a function where if a certain amount of users report a topic, it automatically disappears to all users but moderators for further judging. This may be useful when there aren't any mods on and a spam bot strikes and it may take a bit off of the mods as well.

If there is a function like this already than just lock this thread.

Can't we just keep reporting this topic to get it closed?

That means the same person could report any topic as many times as they want, and they could close it. Power abuse, btw.

Hatsu has a point there

 

[Law]

So I was thinking that there should be a function where if a certain amount of users report a topic, it automatically disappears to all users but moderators for further judging. This may be useful when there aren't any mods on and a spam bot strikes and it may take a bit off of the mods as well.

If there is a function like this already than just lock this thread.

Can't we just keep reporting this topic to get it closed?

That means the same person could report any topic as many times as they want, and they could close it. Power abuse, btw.

Hatsu has a point there

Not unless either of you have a plethora of multiple accounts.

 

[p1ngpong]

I suggested a similar thing in another thread, but with a few tweaks to only cater for spambots.

Would it be possible to give certain members the ability to hide posts? Like if your post count is greater than a set amount it would give you the option to hide offensive posts instead of just reporting them. That would get rid of the porn in the GBA section much faster.

Maybe have an option to report while still in thread view, so if it's painfully obvious that it's spam, then it can be reported without being opened.

This got me thinking, how about....

If a thread from an unconfirmed member that is up to an hour old gets five or more reports in its OP, it automatically becomes invisible to everyone apart from the mods. This way a new sub group of mods does not need to be created, and everyone can do their part.

 

[Salax]

This would be extremely helpful. Then again, there would have to be strict rules on what can and can't be report-locked. If someone was globally hated, people could report all of their stupid threads just to get a lock.

 

[Destructobot]

I think p1ngpong's version of this could work, provided it only applied to posts from users that have not yet established themselves as active members. There is too much potential for abuse in a system that would let unpopular people be silenced by their haters, and it would take too much of the moderating team's time to deal with people abusing this system in addition to deleting the spam and the regular moderating chores.

That said, any time spent on this would be better spent fixing the security so that there weren't so many spambots in the first place.

 

[fedgerama]

So I was thinking that there should be a function where if a certain amount of users report a topic, it automatically disappears to all users but moderators for further judging. This may be useful when there aren't any mods on and a spam bot strikes and it may take a bit off of the mods as well.

If there is a function like this already than just lock this thread.

Can't we just keep reporting this topic to get it closed?

That means the same person could report any topic as many times as they want, and they could close it. Power abuse, btw.

Not unless you change the report system so that a specific topic can only be reported once by a specific user. Unless that user has a slew of accounts to use, they wouldn't be able to lock it themselves. And to stop such a thing, don't allow new accounts based on IP for a certain time frame, ie 24 hours, a week, or even forever (though forever would discourage multi-user households). That would stop most abusers, at least those without proxies.

 

[Destructobot]

There are pleny of jerkwads here that have a long history of getting IP banned from forums and using anonymous proxies to get back on and keep misbehaving.

 

[Bladexdsl]

There are pleny of jerkwads here that have a long history of getting IP banned from forums and using anonymous proxies to get back on and keep misbehaving.

are you 1 of them?

Spoiler

J/K!

 

[Ace Gunman]

This is an interesting idea. It warrants staff discussion at a later date. I'll try and keep this in mind.

 

[Dark Blade]

No way..only the mods make the right choice...Otherwise what would they do on the site?

 

[Cyan]

this is not a good idea with the actual user report system, imagine the number of reports in big thread like usbloaderGX (or recently kingdom hearts PSP), etc.
if a lot of people gives links to copyrighted materials, how many reports would be needed to hide the hole (legal) thread to other users ?
That would be bad for all the other legit posts.

There should be a report thread instead of report user then. That way, yes it could work fine, being not abused.

 

[Destructobot]

That's why I said p1ngpong's version of the idea might work:

how about....

If a thread from an unconfirmed member that is up to an hour old gets five or more reports in its OP, it automatically becomes invisible to everyone apart from the mods.

 

[dice]

This idea would be very good if members aren't (weren't) aware of it.

 

[DeMoN]

Yeah, then we'd be just like GameFAQs though, and this could be abused easily.
But I have faith in GBAtempers, so I'm all for this suggestion. It will help greatly when the spambots attack while there are no mods online.

 

[Hatsu]

Yeah, then we'd be just like GameFAQs though, and this could be abused easily.
But I have faith in GBAtempers, so I'm all for this suggestion. It will help greatly when the spambots attack while there are no mods online.

Mods should be online 24/7!