[dev] Allow Thread Creator to Moderate Own Thread (Forum)

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Originally Posted by Rentahamster

FYI, I'd edit everyone's post so that it links to deliciously illustrated fanfics of Final Fantasy/Voltron/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover romance stories.

You really don't want me to have this power.


"Leonardo longingly gazed at the empty giant mecha lion...it only seemed to remind him of Squall nowadays. Tears soaking his blue bandana, he rubbed his cheek against the smooth metal of his own gargantuan mechanical pussy-cat and let out a heavy sigh. He tried to hold back the happier memories of him and Squall at the carnival together in endless bliss, juggling materia, eating pizza, and learning magic from zombie Dumbledore.

From the tall grass, a wild chocobo appears!

Leonardo resists the temptation to pull out his pokeball once he sees that the chocobo carries a message.

"Wak wark! A letter from Squall desu!" squealed the horse bird.

Boco barfed up a small pink envelope. Leonardo picked it up, carefully opening it with a furious NINJA TURTLE SLASH.

His hands trembled as they unfurled the letter within..."







You really don't want me to have this power.

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You would not have EDIT, but only DELETE, so you couldn't modify someones post, only delete (hide) them.

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Originally Posted by Nuru

"some people have" not everyone.

If you think about it, isn't it easy to abuse every thread as it lies? All you have to do is say. "Nope, i dont agree, your idea is stupid."

Now if that were to happen, the OP could delete those posts and people could easily ignore trolls and be able to actually post their own opinions and not be influenced by these short-sentence posts, give more of a reason why something doesn't work or why it would work.

OP's shouldn't even be bothered to delete constructive posts like that because they are actually worth reading.

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You can ignore trolls by simply not responding. They can write bullshit posts all they want but the beauty of it is that they aren't stopping you, the logical human being, from posting your ideas as well. Why give OP the power to delete every post that he doesn't agree with? It would only serve to shit these boards up even more.

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Originally Posted by AuctionGirl

So your saying that NO ONE can create any threads about how they dislike the game? OR hate threads? What I'm saying is DON'T TROLL others positive/idea threads because you hate the game. Constructive Threads are how the game improves, not Trolling them

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From my experience here, if you don't have something nice and poetic to say, you're branded a troll.

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Originally Posted by AuctionGirl

I hate the fact that trolls kill almost every idea that someone posts

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and now imagine what would happen if they could moderate their own threads...

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Originally Posted by Rentahamster

FYI, I'd edit everyone's post so that it links to deliciously illustrated fanfics of Final Fantasy/Voltron/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover romance stories.

You really don't want me to have this power.


"Leonardo longingly gazed at the empty giant mecha lion...it only seemed to remind him of Squall nowadays. Tears soaking his blue bandana, he rubbed his cheek against the smooth metal of his own gargantuan mechanical pussy-cat and let out a heavy sigh. He tried to hold back the happier memories of him and Squall at the carnival together in endless bliss, juggling materia, eating pizza, and learning magic from zombie Dumbledore.

From the tall grass, a wild chocobo appears!

Leonardo resists the temptation to pull out his pokeball once he sees that the chocobo carries a message.

"Wak wark! A letter from Squall desu!" squealed the horse bird.

Boco barfed up a small pink envelope. Leonardo picked it up, carefully opening it with a furious NINJA TURTLE SLASH.

His hands trembled as they unfurled the letter within..."







You really don't want me to have this power.

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Damn you !!, now i wana know how it ends.. what did the letter say :O

Seems like the easier way of implementing this would be to stop people on your blacklist from being able to post in your topic.

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Originally Posted by Wynn

Allowing people to censor their own threads defeats the purpose of a forum.

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^^This.

The point of the forums is to open up a discussion and let people's viewpoints be heard (seen?).

If this were implemented and people, as you suggested, had to start "rebuttal" threads to a topic if they disagreed with a poster's idea you're going to have multi-page madness and good topics/discussions continuously bumped to page 5. EVERYONE would want to create their own topic to lord over.

Does anyone (or the devs for that matter) really want to read 10+ threads on one single issue? My guess is "ummm........not really" based on the numerous "hey buddy, that thread already exists" posts I see pop up on repeated topics.

Just put the trolls on "ignore" (protip: then it's up to YOU to actually ignore them... if you keep taking them off so you can find out what rubbish they responded with, it kinda defeats the purpose)

Only three types of people should be allowed to delete posts: admins, moderators, and the person that created their own post. Allowing any more is pathetic and defeats the purpose of discussion.

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Originally Posted by Rentahamster

Leave that function to the mods. Otherwise you'll get too many OPs on power trips.

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As an admin of a fansite, I can't even imagine having to un-do the mess that our users would create by everyone moderating their own thread.

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Originally Posted by Jinko

Damn you !!, now i wana know how it ends.. what did the letter say :O

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Through his teary, love-soaked eyes, Leonardo read the text contained within.

Slowly,

Deliberately,

His lips mouthed the words, "Switching to GEICO saved me 15% or more off my car insurance".