oooh! Idea!

Pheezer · June 2004

What if a link were added to each post that said "Report this post to a mod" and then when you clicked it, it checked if there were anyone online in the appropriate mod group to pm, failing that, any mods, then admins, then deputies, and it'd auto-populate a PM containing the appropriate recipient and a link to the thread page in question. Then you'd just fill out what you think is worthy of attention (goatse, whatever) and the details of whoever you're ratting on, and then you could send it.

It'd make it easier than ever before to be a snitch.

Dog · June 2004

That'd be heavily abused. Also, isn't that why Ramius did the deputy thing?

A duck! · June 2004

We used to have it on the old forums, but I don't know what happened to it. It's been mentioned a few times, but I think it's something that's put on the queue list and then forgotten about when Ramius gets totally trashed and makes a new forum.

Pheezer · June 2004

SeÃ±orAmor wrote:

That'd be heavily abused. Also, isn't that why Ramius did the deputy thing?

Anyone who abuses it and pisses off a mod/admin/deputy depending on who's online gets jailed and BAMF! It's gone along with the Quote button.

Ferry · June 2004

God you people are fucking lazy. How hard is it to check what mods are on and copy paste a url?

Smasher · June 2004

Well, the mods don't always have the 'show as available' (or whatever) option checked, so they won't necessarily show up in the online users thing.

futility · June 2004

everyone seems to always forget about the

when trouble's a brew'n

Pheezer · June 2004

futility wrote:

everyone seems to always forget about the when trouble's a brew'n

This is the thing. People never bother to PM, they just bitch and moan. We just recently had a thread created HERE that proves this. This way, all they'd do is click the link, type up a quick summary, and click submit.

It'd be no different from a PM except that it'd be more convenient, and allow PM's to be routed to the best available person to handle it, and it could even be set so that mods not appearing as available would be PM'd as well.

Ferry · June 2004

If they dont care enough to send off a fucking PM then they must not care about the problem that much either.

Pheezer · June 2004

Ferreous wrote:

If they dont care enough to send off a fucking PM then they must not care about the problem that much either.

Is it impossible for you to stop to comprehend something after you've read it and before you reply to it? Because it seems that way.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=64579

Ferry · June 2004

So wait, because someone does something retarded, the mods should implement a overly contrived and superflous feature?

Pheezer · June 2004

Ferreous wrote:

So wait, because someone does something retarded, the mods should implement a overly contrived and superflous feature?

Look, we could tell by your nick that you're proud of your mad thesaurus skills. You don't need to keep on knocking our socks off with incredible displays of synonymity.

That aside, I like how you're really just here to piss on an idea and have nothing at all of substance to say other than "that's too much work" on behalf of someone else. If it's too much work, the admins can say "fuck off, that's too much work, by the way you've got a tight ass" without your help.

Ooh, and in case you didn't catch it: fuck off.

Ferry · June 2004

I'm saying its unnecessary. The same thing can be accomplished without anyone having to tamper with code or make an easily abused feature. If you really care enough about a problem, then you can PM a mod. If one isnt on, then nothings going to happen till one is, and no code can predict which mods are going to be on next, so unless it mass sends to all mods, it will be no better than a PM

Edit: and if it did mass send to all mods, it would just serve to annoy all but one of them.

Pheezer · June 2004

Ferreous wrote:

I'm saying its unnecessary. The same thing can be accomplished without anyone having to tamper with code or make an easily abused feature. If you really care enough about a problem, then you can PM a mod. If one isnt on, then nothings going to happen till one is, and no code can predict which mods are going to be on next, so unless it mass sends to all mods, it will be no better than a PM

Edit: and if it did mass send to all mods, it would just serve to annoy all but one of them.

So my theory regarding you, reading comprehension and posting was in fact correct. Wonderful.

Orthanc · June 2004

On every other forum I've seen that has something like that the mods get spammed becuase people click it for stuff that the mods would let be.

I get the occassional PM or IM when stuff needs attending to. I don't browse every thread. I have no intention of doing so. If something bothers you, PM a mod. It's realy not that hard.

Ferry · June 2004

Oh I comprehend your point, its just stupid.

Johnny Smash · June 2004

I think we should have a button that sends a pm to a random person. these are the issues i care about

Orthanc · June 2004

Johnny Smash wrote:

I think we should have a button that sends a pm to a random person. these are the issues i care about

Yes.

Whippy · June 2004

back at m2 no one abused the report post button. hell, it was rarely ever used. but when it was, it was actually helpful. i fully support bringing it back.

Legacy · June 2004

WhipstitchZombie wrote:

back at m2 no one abused the report post button. hell, it was rarely ever used. but when it was, it was actually helpful. i fully support bringing it back.

And any abuse should lead to jailing. Or it being taken away from them. Or something like that.

Pheezer · June 2004

Ferreous wrote:

Oh I comprehend your point, its just stupid.

No, you clearly do not and obviously have no place calling anything stupid.

As I said,

pheezer wrote:

What if a link were added to each post that said "Report this post to a mod" and then when you clicked it, it checked if there were anyone online in the appropriate mod group to pm, failing that, any mods, then admins, then deputies, and it'd auto-populate a PM containing the appropriate recipient and a link to the thread page in question.

It was also brought up that...

smasher wrote:

Well, the mods don't always have the 'show as available' (or whatever) option checked, so they won't necessarily show up in the online users thing.

and this brings up an interesting benefit for such a system, ie:

pheezer wrote:

it could even be set so that mods not appearing as available would be PM'd as well.

to which you said

fucking idiot wrote:

The same thing can be accomplished without anyone having to tamper with code or make an easily abused feature. If you really care enough about a problem, then you can PM a mod. If one isnt on, then nothings going to happen till one is, and no code can predict which mods are going to be on next, so unless it mass sends to all mods, it will be no better than a PM

Which indicates you really don't understand what I was suggesting, which proves my theory that it's impossible for you to attempt to understand what I'm saying before you reply to it.

Älphämönkëy · June 2004

Ill take it into consideration...

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