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Perhaps we need a jerk flag. If enough people flag a user as a jerk for making inappropriate comments, then that user would be banned. People could upvote the o
by 16s 14y ago
Perhaps we need a jerk flag. If enough people flag a user as a jerk for making inappropriate comments, then that user would be banned. People could upvote the offending comments all they like, but after X many jerk flags, that user is no longer a HN'er.
Edit: You could say that only experienced users (members for several years with X many points) may use the jerk flag. Or something like that.
- debacle 14y agoI've never been on a site where the jerk flag wasn't abused. If the majority of a site has $opinion_x, chances are people with $opinion_y will earn jerk points every time they express themselves.
- cpeterso 14y agoMy suggestion is to get rid of down-voting. Griefers that want to abuse the system would need to do a lot more work if their only tool was up-voting. Accentuate the positive! This also reduces the problem of people down-voting posts simply because they disagree with an opinion.
- andreasvc 14y agoThat sounds rather like the current hellban system.