Rule Change (New Staff Power)

[*Deidre*]

An idea I've seen used on another forum, is when someone is doing things to endlessly disrupt a forum but hasn't exactly broken rules per se, the person is only allowed to post in one subforum, and it's usually a subforum that acts as a 'time out' for problem members. There's a time limit, a few weeks, a month, etc. Once that time is up, the person is allowed to post back in the open forum, and then if they eff up again...they're banned forevah. The other members can interact with the person whilst they're in this other subforum, and so can the person, but that's the only place they can interact until they have 'served their time.' Just a thought, it seems to work well. Kind of like having cyber-gallows. 

That was the point of Thumps sub forum in another group he was in. Two pages back, it's mentioned.

lol I'll have to go back and see. 

Yea, definitely don't think it's the best choice, but mentioned it because I've seen that type of thing work both positively and negatively, but at the end of the day, maybe someone just needs a temp bad to learn lessons, you know? 

I was a mod for a short time on a religious forum, and honestly didn't like it. I didn't feel like I could just be me, but that people may have treated me differently as a mod. That site too had a strict policy of needing three mod votes based on certain 'reports' that would come in of members' complaints. So, many people might think that mods of forums just whimsically come about their decisions, but it takes a lot to ban someone or even consider it. Which is a good thing, otherwise, there would be an abuse of 'power.' My hat is off to the mods here, and elsewhere, it's not an easy job, sometimes.