Would CreateDebate be more successful if something was done about the trolls and spam?
Would CreateDebate be more successful if something was done about the trolls and spam?
You know the trolls I'm talking about, the kind that ban you from taking part in a debate because you might have an opinion that is contrary to theirs (please note that no one is banned from any of my debates). Unfortunatly, there doesn't seem to be a mechanism to report these trolls and, when reports are made about abusiveness, nothing happens.
Is there anybody watching?
And what is the deal with all the spam? No, I don't want to buy a point of sales machine! Stop asking already!
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Prodigee rarely post an actual argument, he makes fake debates and posts on both sides, he literally spams in debates by random stuff. His average is 160 posts a day... I would appreciate some kind of "preban" option of some people during setting up a debate... Chuz-Life ban every single person (without exception) who does not agree with his point of view... so what is the point? Spam such as this: This one is quite common: This spam has just been added: http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/ 2
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http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/ amphetamine tablets..... 1
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I'm of two minds about this. On one hand, I agree, it's a problem. It's irritating having to filter through a handful of spam-esque posts for every good one you read. And some debate and users have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. They are blatant troll debates and troll users. On the other hand one thing that I really like about CD as opposed to other debate sites is it's barely regulated. You can get off topic, you can be informal, you can post random funny shit, and you can talk shit for fun. These are all things I enjoy, but also thing that in the context of proper debating could be construed as trolling or spamming. I understand it's a slippery slope fallacy, but I feel that any serious crackdown on the trolling, at least, would be the first step in making CD a more serious, formal debating site. And that very well could mean the end of genuinely funny joke debates, casual dialogue, off topic discussions, and shit talking members like Prodigee every time they spew the contents of their fetid mind all over this website. Actually nix that last one... if there was a crackdown on trolls there would be no way members like Prodigee would last a day. So there would be no opportunity to shit talk them. Ideally something would be done about at least the spamming and some of the more blatant trolls. I just hope it doesn't somehow interfere with the freedom and flexibility that have made me prefer CD to other debate sites. 1
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