[wp-forums] B-Coded user

[Andrea Rennick]

What Jan said. :)

a.

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Jan Dembowski <jan at dembowski.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Francisco de Azevedo
> <frandeazevedo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Do you mean a list if usernames, as a public shaming?
> >>
> > Yeah, something like that, a hall of shame of sorts. It doesn't
> necessarily
> > have to be tied to the bozo list actually.
>
> While that may be (temporarily) satisfying, I think that'd be counter
> productive. People misbehave sometimes and we've all sent out
> communications that later on we thought "WHOA. What was I on that
> day??"
>
> Everyone should get at least one second chance, preferably many. ;)
>
> The b-code just puts them in the timeout room. It doesn't block or ban
> them, it just means a moderator has to approve their post before other
> people can see it.
>
> If they fly straight then they'll get to play with the other kids
> unsupervised. If they don't, then any new offending posts will/can be
> deleted and they stay in the timeout room longer.
>
> Having a public shame list won't encourage people to behave and would
> possibly just start more fights. We wouldn't want that.
>
> I mean really, WordPress has got a cool community and we want to
> encourage people to play nicely using pleasant means.
>
> Jan Dembowski
>
> PS. That doesn't mean I'm opposed to banning outright repeat
> offenders, there are limits after all. But that's a last resort IMHO.
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