STAFF MEETING

The simple truth of the matter is that the signal-to-noise ratio here is still INCREDIBLY strong here, even with Baba babbling about lesbians or Starguard posting worthless images.

In terms of perceived quality to potential new members, the Red Room is far more destructive than the village idiots. For existing members, they are just an annoyance, which is entirely subjective. I roll my eyes whenever I see one of their posts, but it certainly doesn't make me think "Something must be done!"

Bad idea.

You are asking for a major shitstorm.

Look, you need to talk to him and give him consequences if he doesn't listen to you. Elwood did this with decent results.

Occasionally, a special poster requires special handling. Tell him if he doesn't stop mucking up Media Central with non-sequitors and stream of conciousness crap that interferes with discussion you will ban him from the forum. And follow through if he does. Let him know you don't want to kick him out, but if he can't control himself within the normal functioning of the board, you will do it for him.

When Tasvir wouldn't stop harassing people over PM but was okay publicly, we took away his PM privileges.

It is far better than new rules we don't need or bouncing a long term member just because some people are annoyed by him. Baba just needs structure and follow-through and he can at least be brought down to a minor annoyance.

Baba has made me promises before that he's not followed thru on. So if we focus his attention a bit first, I'm thinking he'll respond a little better.

Agree with Tamar. You just can't go editing posts. Its censorship plain and simple. It's only a matter of time before one of the tards grabs hold if it and then all hell breaks loose.

Again, a lot of posts could be considered trolling, let's step up enforcing the existing rules without adding member specific rules.