I’ve noticed that there are a ton of posts in L&P by new members (as in only a week or two of membership). Without getting into one side or the other or the merits of various statements posted by those members, in my opinion, the overall tone of the forum has diminished by virtue of their posts. In the interest of “more signal less noise” and maintaining the high standards TFL has striven to project, is there something that could be done about this? I’ll avoid the troll label, or mentioning specific members, but I think that what I’ve seen recently treads perilously close to trolling. I’m sure various moderators are aware of what types of posts I’m referring to.
In the interest of not presenting a problem without also offering some solutions, I’ve thought of a couple of options.
I’m not as crazy about the latter option, but anything would be an improvement. As any search of my posts will show, I'm a huge fan of L&P. Hundreds of valuable discussions have occurred there, and will continue to occur. Lately however, wading through all the baloney (or trolling if you want to label it that way) is making L&P less than enjoyable. Am I alone in this view?
In the interest of not presenting a problem without also offering some solutions, I’ve thought of a couple of options.
- Could the L&P forum posting privileges be limited only to members with a certain amount of membership time?
- Or, could posting privileges be limited to only members with a certain number of posts in other sections of TFL?
I’m not as crazy about the latter option, but anything would be an improvement. As any search of my posts will show, I'm a huge fan of L&P. Hundreds of valuable discussions have occurred there, and will continue to occur. Lately however, wading through all the baloney (or trolling if you want to label it that way) is making L&P less than enjoyable. Am I alone in this view?