Forum Toxicity

[Gryphonknight]

Ignore option

@Tato

Ignore option for those that only are toxic people.

@Gryphonknight

this is per design, though you can turn off notifications from them:

https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-block-or-mute-another-user/6001/67

Having moderated a forum with ignore list it does quickly fracture into cliches.

Not to mention the headache from only seeing half the conversation when no one quotes.

Or clogging up smartphone screens when whole sections of conversations are quoted and not hidden behind [details] tags. Which are very hard to use on smartphones. Sometimes I save a draft and finish it on a computer.

Personally I am against an ignore option.

It is highly unlikely Discourse.org will implement such an option.

Forum flags

Not to be abused, but flags signal the mods a post has violated a forum rule.

Enough user flags will hide a post until a mod can review the flags ( clear flags or confirm flags or take whatever steps are necessary for all parties involved).

Summarize button

@Gryphonknight

If users would use their Gorram Likes, the “Summarize This Topic” button works wonders.

Goes from 257 posts - with a 34 minute average read time - to 54 posts ( linky, linky )

For FAQ questions, like lost recruits when canceling training, the summarize button can be awesome.

Use your likes

@Gryphonknight

==Highlights==

(What are "Likes"? - users - Discourse Meta)

Likes are central to how Discourse works. So central in fact that there’s no “on/off” button for them because Discourse is not designed to run without likes enabled.

Signaling

• Trust Levels: By default, we use the likes to calculate a user’s promotion to a higher trust level. This can be disabled, but again it’s one of the best signals of a high quality user.
• Top Users: while it’s of course not a perfect metric, like counts are very helpful in identifying major contributors in your community.

Likes help.

But if you do not use your likes then trolls have zero likes but mentors also have zero likes so the software, and new users, have no way to tell the difference.

Please, use your likes.

Instead of responding to toxic posts, use likes to raise up users who constructively contribute so their voice can be heard above the trolls rumbling in the dark.