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Started by StreetEasySupport
about 15 years ago
Posts: 300
Member since: Jan 2006
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Starting today all new accounts will be subject to moderation. We will decide on a case-by-case basis, how long moderation will last for a particular person. We didn't want to go this route, because it will delay some good questions/comments. It also creates busy work for us and we would rather spend our time on real estate features. We know it won't be perfect, but it will certainly slow the trolls. Please continue to provide us with feedback when you encounter comments which are unwelcome. Many thanks to those of you who have provided us with ideas regarding the best ways to manage the scourge of the trolls.
Response by spinnaker1
about 15 years ago
Posts: 1670
Member since: Jan 2008

midtowner: you're truly a troller, with bait and everything. Good for you.

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Response by se10024
about 15 years ago
Posts: 314
Member since: Apr 2009

ar, i know the context very well... this is not acceptable (same way as it's unacceptable for troll to post ANYTHING about anyone else's family)

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Response by aboutready
about 15 years ago
Posts: 16354
Member since: Oct 2007

your point is taken. my apologies.

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Response by NYRENewbie
about 15 years ago
Posts: 591
Member since: Mar 2008

Free W67th!

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Response by MidtownerEast
about 15 years ago
Posts: 733
Member since: Oct 2010

Spinnaker -- Actually, no; I don't meet that definition at all. I was simply responding to your ridiculous lecture. You just don't like anyone disagreeing with you, so you cry "troll" in order to squelch any discussion. I see that my guess about your arrogance was dead on.

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Response by spinnaker1
about 15 years ago
Posts: 1670
Member since: Jan 2008

You're doing great midtown. Seems you found a home here. Good work. Keep those high value contributions coming.

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Response by helenwaite
about 15 years ago
Posts: 169
Member since: Jan 2009

I like the football style yellow and red cards. Perhaps instead of full-on banning after 3 yellows, the miscreant could get an icon like Hester Prynne's scarlet A. But a big ol' honkin' scarlet T next to their name, instead?

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Response by MidtownerEast
about 15 years ago
Posts: 733
Member since: Oct 2010

Wait a tick, clever man. That's sarcasm, right? I can see why others on the board are so impressed with your towering intellect. Really had me there for a second.

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Response by sidelinesitter
about 15 years ago
Posts: 1596
Member since: Mar 2009

So 5 days into Discussion Board Moderation 2010 it seems like things are pretty good

No troll
Minimal new Riverspam threads
No political shouting matches
Board somewhat self-policing

You really know the tension level is down when Truth, aboutready and civility all appear at the same time on the thread about the upcoming East 57th St Whole Foods. Those three didn't used to spend time together

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Response by sidelinesitter
about 15 years ago
Posts: 1596
Member since: Mar 2009
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Response by Truth
about 15 years ago
Posts: 5641
Member since: Dec 2009

sidelinesitter: As you know, I don't care what aboutready posts about. I live in Midtown East. I posted a relevant comment.

The same goes for "MidtownerEast"; who clearly is now trolling spinnaker.

"Talk changes"?!
For example:

I was able to work out my differences with julialg, without new rules and "Talk changes".

Any non-drunken adult posting comments could have, and can now still do the same.

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Response by MidtownerEast
about 15 years ago
Posts: 733
Member since: Oct 2010

See what I mean? Any challenge to the right-wing coterie/hate crowd elicits claims of "stalking" or "troll." Plus, now that I know Truth lives in Midtown East, I'm thinking about a new moniker. Perhaps "Amnesty for W67." Or "DrunkenAdult."

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Response by columbiacounty
about 15 years ago
Posts: 12708
Member since: Jan 2009

Or....

Hfscomm1?

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Response by nyc10023
about 15 years ago
Posts: 7614
Member since: Nov 2008

Even drunk, I can't be trollish. It's just not in me. Or engage with trolls. I have a half-mad idea that maybe I_am_the_troll and it's another one of my multiple personalities. Am I waking up tired every morning because I post ridiculous things in the middle of the night.

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Response by Truth
about 15 years ago
Posts: 5641
Member since: Dec 2009

MidtownerEast/aboutready, has known where I live. She needs no new information to "think about a new moniker".

It's very easy, to see what I mean.

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Response by Truth
about 15 years ago
Posts: 5641
Member since: Dec 2009

nyc10023: I have, nor have I ever had any problem/complaint about you.

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Response by Truth
about 15 years ago
Posts: 5641
Member since: Dec 2009

Goodnight, nyc10023. Tuck the kids in and sleep tight. Don't let the aboutready bedbug bite.

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Response by StreetEasySupport
about 15 years ago
Posts: 300
Member since: Jan 2006

The troll creates many accounts. Sometimes he's creative with the names. We have removed more than 300 of his accounts recently. Some he posted from just a few times, others were regulars. Some he left as "sleeper" accounts, so he could post from "old" accounts.

Just a few: nopigsorshrimp, bslotkin, splaken, reallypissed, vornaise, debfrank, Poster, tomlawner, Maxsfisher, komo, ootin, omg, rule109g, pitishiro

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