This place is going to the dogs again.

[ZZ-Tops89]

shouldn't the admins/mods impose some kind of rule for new users?Achieving a certain post-count [80 would provide ample experience, I think] before being granted the privilege to start threads?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. That would make the problem infinitely worse. Imagine all the trolls trying to meet that quota as quickly as possible.

I somehow doubt the average troll has the patience for that kind of thing, when the whole internet is rich-pickins' anyway.

Edit: I just saw that this thread got trolled by somebody with 600+ posts...Hm.

Trolls are the anti-thesis of lightning; once they strike once, they tend to strike the same place as often as possible since they already have a username. Also, while the internets is huge, there are so many trolls of so many varieties out there that prevention is really a losing battle.

 

[Spektre41]

I'm more concerned with the members of this website who think the best response to any form of criticism is "lolstupidkids" or "well why don't parents know every nuance about my hobby? they should not be a parent"

 

[SomeUnregPunk]

the forum seems to go through stages where its either nazi germany, with the mods being so strict as where you misspell and you get banhammered, or a hippy run city with no rules, where you can pass by even if you were to put up porn.

It seems more like the mods have sleep cycles that conflict with their work and play cycles.
Perhaps we need moderators without a sleep cycle.

 

[DisturbiaWolf13]

Eh, you should be more lenient. I remember when I was a wee paperboy, I did a lot of stupid shit. Time is a teacher though.

The good will stay, and will learn the arts of fine posting, the rest will just go away and find a new site to hold their attention for the next couple of weeks.

True. But if you've been around later then the last year then you'll notice the change. Too many people assume this place is like the rest of the net. Drawn in by Yahtzee who swears too much, they too feel that the Escapist is just the Yahtzee forum where everyone can swear and act like idiots.

whats wrong with swearing? they're just words.