Rule Change (New Staff Power)

[robvalue]

The ignore feature is great and I would be lost without it. However, a disruptive member can deliberately make themselves the focus of any thread and derail it. This used to happen with another member for a while and it really pissed me off. The ignore feature can't overcome this. It made me just give up on a lot of debates I'd otherwise participate in.

I'd be worried about something like this if I didn't have great confidence in the staff. But ultimately, this is a private forum, it's like Tiberius' house. As such, someone who walks into your house and carefully avoids any stated rules yet deliberately infuriates most people there to the point where they don't even want to be there anymore should be asked to alter their behaviour or get out of the house.

I fully expect warnings to be given for potential candidates, and only someone who really is here just to annoy us (which is basically trolling) or someone not mentally capable of sensible conversation (more tricky) is going to carry on anyway.