Forum morons

[anonymous-user]

There is a new poster called Teamaker. This idiot has started 4 threads, all of which have been closed quite rightly because they are a pathetic waste of bandwidth. I really think it does PH no good to allow these cretins to continue to have access to this site. In the old days anybody coming here and doing that would have been bounced pretty much straight away. I really believe it lessens the PH experience for a lot of people to allow these morons free reign on the forums.

Have the powers that be considered having a posting holiday for new members so that you have to be here for a month before you can post or 3 months before you can start a thread, for instance? It would hopefully deal with this sort of chaff.

[Kinky]

Paul,

Said person is no longer with us.

Tonight alone I do agree with your comments - but it's not that common an event (fortunately) - and we're usually here to clean up and sort out.

A combination of too much beer and school holidays is the usual suspect.

K

[Big Al.]

Paul profile banned about 5 mins ago, shortly after I banned another idiot!

[anonymous-user]

Kinky and Al. I know you guys snuff this sort of thing out very efficiently but it seems (to me) that there is far more of it these days.

I guess I'm just an old git. I remember late night banter with CarZee and even when trading insults with Flasher and being slapped down for verbal jousts with CWC it all somehow seemed a bit more adult, you know? Anyway, I only stopped by whilst my cocoa was warming up, I'll mount the stair lift and bid ye goodnight....

[Big Al.]

After you with the stair lift, I've put me back out again.

From one old git to another Night Mate.

[Kinky]

The good old days eh?

Which stairlift have you got? I've got the the Bison 80 Curved Stairlift in bute. Looks the dogs proverbials. Suffice to say I've got the racing stripes and PH logos fitted

Needless to say I pulled some PH strings and got the XLLifts to fit it

K

[Hollywood Wheels]

I think the mods generally do a very good job of nipping these idiots in the bud sharpish. Considering the time of night etc, it's nice to know that the site is still being watched.

[Combover]

Like Unrep has said, if you really want to be here, you can wait at least a month or two (read 3) before starting threads.

As this is a car site, how about hiding the P&P from view until said 3 month period is up?

[Kinky]

An interesting subject that crops up every year ... dare I shout repost

But to be honest though - a quick glance through all the reported threads - it would appear that the majority of drivel seems to be from existing PHers - so I'm not sure that excluding P&P for a few months would help all that much.

Please note that it's an unqualified comment - but just a quick glance through reports.

K

[Big Al.]

I discussed this many time in the mods forum I think all the mods know my views regarding P&P. But as other mods have said it does keep all the crap in one place.

OK manure IS GOOD for the garden but too much can also be detrimental as well.

[Mattt]

What about a system where if a user had too many complaints lodged against them, they were blocked from creating threads for a period?

[Kinky]

Mattt said:

What about a system where if a user had too many complaints lodged against them, they were blocked from creating threads for a period?

That's you buggered then

[Mattt]

Feck

[Silent1]

Mattt said:

What about a system where if a user had too many complaints lodged against them, they were blocked from creating threads for a period?

see you in january then.

[Kinky]

Silent1 said:

Mattt said:

What about a system where if a user had too many complaints lodged against them, they were blocked from creating threads for a period?

see you in january then.

2011

[Podie]

[I remember when it were all fields]

[anonymous-user]

I think the mods have been doing a great job recently. I bet there is loads of behind the scenes modding and binning going on that we don't see.

The P and P has been hugely improved over the last month or so.

Rainy weather during the school/university holidays must be a really busy time around here.

Well done guys.

[GreenV8S]

Perhaps new posters attempting to start new threads should be positively moderated? I mean so the thread doesn't appear until a moderator has approved it.

[falcemob]

GreenV8S said:

Perhaps new posters attempting to start new threads should be positively moderated? I mean so the thread doesn't appear until a moderator has approved it.

Do mods on here get paid for their time? I doubt it so why should they have to spend any more of their free time surfing through some of the drivel that's posted?

[Kinky]

falcemob said:

GreenV8S said:

Perhaps new posters attempting to start new threads should be positively moderated? I mean so the thread doesn't appear until a moderator has approved it.

Do mods on here get paid for their time? I doubt it so why should they have to spend any more of their free time surfing through some of the drivel that's posted?

We don't. We do it all for free and in our own spare time.

To be honest - there's absolutely no chance that we could vet every 'newbie' post. We'd need hundreds of mods on all day long just to do that.

I think everything is fine as it is. But please do remember that there's a [report] function on the top right of each post - so if you are not happy about a post - then report it, and we can action as appropriate.

We don't get the opportunity to read every post on every thread - so of course stuff will slip through the net.

K