This is the just another step closer to cleaning up the warlight forums.

Well you know what one of these days you're gonna wake up and realize that I'm fizzer's bae

@japan. I mean if he is living off of warlight revenue and only working 30 hours a week then he has it made lol. I wish I could live comfortably only working 30 hours a week.

Doesn't everybody

Also isn't it weird how its not one of the so called "troll" clans who ruined it for everyone?

Goes to show who really is the ones causing trouble and are "ruining" warlight.

Hey is okay fizzer. Senpai notices you

Dam ruined the moment

@ChrisCMU:

Well, this does not surprise me at all. I've been reporting images of naked people for a while on here, since I am powerless to actually remove them.

The report will help, but there still remains the issue that only Fizzer and Mercer can actually do anything about the reports, right?

I agree, Chris. Fizzer needs to reform his forum policies and come up with a strategy for allowing volunteer moderators to have more responsibility and power -- of course, without succumbing to the risks that that entails (which are very serious as well; not to be ignored). There are many healthy forums out there, so there should be no difficulty finding a good example to emulate.

For the record, I think the new report link is a very good step forward. Usually I'm very pro-free-speech, but this website is not dedicated to that. It's dedicated to a game, which costs money to host and develop. This trolling behaviour puts that purpose at risk. I hope Google reconsiders.

DAm

Seems like the non-strategic gang are taking over this thread, not a bad thing just I guess it wouldn't be as constrictive and detailed possibly..

How about reverse google search ?

When someone posts a link, a server retrieves the image. The image is uploaded into Google Image Search. A special parser looks at the tags or site description to find if it is sexual content.



The solution is perfect.

that's actually not a bad ideal

yay it works

http://rarlindseysmash.com/images/stupid-programmer-tricks-and-star-wars-gifs/star_wars.gif

Because Fizzer is, day after day, becoming more of a joke.

Maybe you should boycott the forums, Zephyrum, since you see its administrator as such a problem. Show 'em who's boss. Vote with your feet. Better yet, start your own forum. I'm sure everyone will flock to join you.

@platinum what does being a strategic player have to do with this thread?

The trouble is proper moderation abilities require a fair amount of development to the boards. It isn't easy to just say give player x N powers. The powers may not exist at all, or as kynte said you have to be very careful with who you give powers to. There has to be some way to keep mods accountable. My suggestion is to create a report/trash/etc forum hidden to all but mods/admins that a mod could move a thread (ideally just a post) to. That way nothing is lost (Fizzer could easily undo it), but would allow for the general public not to see inappropriate content.

Other tools could be developed as needed over time, but a one way move for current mods would suffice to prevent legal issues while also keeping some transparency. That way mods don't go on a power trip without Fizzer knowing.

Honestly, I think forum software is a solved problem. Fizzer doesn't have to re-invent the wheel. There are several good forum packages out there, all free, AFAIK. Again, use other healthy forums as guidelines. BTW, I was going to suggest a hidden forum or hidden post state as well, but you and others have beat me to it. You can also have different levels of moderators. Again, there are tons of good forums out there that handle stuff like this all the time, on a volunteer basis. It's really a doable thing, IMHO.

blacklisting Zephyrum

That's ridiculous beyond belief. You can disagree with him civilly on his opinion of Fizzer, but to blacklist him for sharing this opinion is tyrannical at best.

Umm, no, it's not. His blacklist only applies to his account. He's not imposing his blacklist on others. *That* would be approaching 'tyranny'.

Personally, I rarely blacklist or put people on an ignore list, but I have no objection when others choose to do so. They have a right to choose what they are willing to pay attention to.

When you publicly declare you're going to blacklist someone it effects the community's view of that person. I don't want Zeph to be falsely impugned for sharing his opinion. There's no debate here for you to start, although I know you're dying for one wct. Don't blacklist him for superfluous reasons is all I was saying and I think many people can agree that that would be an overreaction.

"Honestly, I think forum software is a solved problem. Fizzer doesn't have to re-invent the wheel. There are several good forum packages out there, all free, AFAIK."

Some of the best options, such as vBulletin, are indeed, not free. Those that aren't free typically are however rather affordable IMO.