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Voting Mechanism for Threads/Messages

Jon Ward

I have received complaints about the quality of some of the threads and messages posted to the forum these days.

If I see a thread that is out of control, I can and do mark it as Read-Only. This effectively shuts down the thread. However, I just don't see a majority of the rogue threads.

So, my question is, should we try to inhibit the noise and improve the quality of the responses in some way? For example,

  • We could institute a weighted voting system of some kind to limit the noise. Threads with too many negative votes would be closed (read-only). Messages with too many negative votes would be removed.
  • We could require forum users to login to reply to message threads. I would only want to do this if we can make it painless for legitimate users.

Let me know your thoughts and feelings on this.

Jon

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  • 0 in reply to Jack Sprat

    I believe that both SiLabs and 8052.com require registration to post. Anyone can read the posts but cannot reply without registration. I don't see the vituperative posts on those fora yet many of the egos of this forum post on these two other fora.
    Registration does not seem to me to be an undue hardship to use the forum.
    I feel if Keil tech support could just glance at the posts occasionally to block or wipe the undesired post, that the forum would soon become a bit more professional. Please don't censor spelling. I would never get anything posted ;-).
    Bradford

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  • 0 in reply to Jack Sprat

    I believe that both SiLabs and 8052.com require registration to post. Anyone can read the posts but cannot reply without registration. I don't see the vituperative posts on those fora yet many of the egos of this forum post on these two other fora.
    Registration does not seem to me to be an undue hardship to use the forum.
    I feel if Keil tech support could just glance at the posts occasionally to block or wipe the undesired post, that the forum would soon become a bit more professional. Please don't censor spelling. I would never get anything posted ;-).
    Bradford

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