Hey Hey,

Black Cluster: Changing the number of APs needed to ban someone won't help.... Anyone who's getting their jolly's this much and has been banned time and time again is just going to keep coming back.... That'd be hurtful to new members who happen to make a mistake and get negged for it... It's not going to damage the trouble makers.

Val: You've got some good ideas there... others could just hurt the community.

1, 2, 3, 4 -- I agree
5 -- Why limit the useful information that someone could be providing?? There's been times when I've started more than 4 threads in an hour..

6 and maybe even 7 ... again I agree

8 -- Same as 5.... I know a lot of members post more than that.. especially if two members get involved in a debate you may see twice that number of posts in a half hour.

9 -- Definately Agree (but again won't hinder the person you've made this post about.. it's just something that should exist)

10 -- Not sure I follow what you're saying here... Each IP should only have one account.. trouble makers are just going to use proxies

11 -- Agreed... but that won't stop posts..

The fact is that anything IP based is fairly useless.... proxies will easily evade that.. That sort of protection should be in place.. but it's like having a lock on your front door... It'll only deter the people that don't need deterance.

I think its sad how much of the communities time and energy (and how much of the front page) is going towards this problem... While ignoring the problem won't make it go away... this is just making it more apparent..

Even when Spec isn't flooding the forum.... members are flooding the forum to bitch about him... I wonder what new members must think when they come across this site...

Peace,
HT