[wp-forums] What's with all the Bozo's?

[Josh Lobe]

Thanks Mel,

I've looked back through prior posts... and didn't notice anything 
immediately obvious.
I mean... a couple of these folk seem like genuine people.

What's the threshold for a bozo?
I mean, I'm sure harassment, solicitation, etc... qualifies.
What about a genuine b-fest?  A vented frustration towards a developer; 
or WP in general?

I don't want to bozo anyone... don't have the authority, anyways.
I'm just wondering if there isn't a 'glitch' somewhere in the system...

Talk to ya soon.

*Josh Lobe*
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On 5/16/2014 4:40 AM, esmi at quirm dot net wrote:
> on 16/05/2014 06:07 Josh Lobe said the following:
>
>> Okay.. what is the deal with all the BOZO people on the forums?
>> I'm seeing more and more.. and some of the people I can't really
>> determine a reason for why they might be BOZO'ed.
>
> Usually they've behaved in such a way that a mod has wanted to keep an 
> eye on them. Perhaps they become overally aggressive in a topic or 
> solicited email contact or something else entirely. Sometimes you can 
> locate the original problem by looking through their past posts 
> (normal  or deleted) but I agree that it's not always very obvious. 
> Having the option to add an "mod eyes only" note to the account is 
> something that's been on the wish list since... forever.
>
>> Can a BOZO happen automatically?
>
> In theory, no.
>
>> Or does it have to be done manually by a mod?
>
> Yes - although most mods will tick both boxes - "This user is a bozo" 
> and "Akismet Never Trust". I have seen the odd account with just the 
> first box checked but there's no way of knowing whether that's been a 
> db hiccup, an old bozo (from before we had the second checkbox) or 
> someone just forgot to tick the send box.
>
> Mel