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Well it would help for that thread, yes, but if he is devoted to spam he will just continue doing it. You have to understand that it won't work, there are to many flaws. I mean ArmorHero points out the obvious read that and it'll get you thinking.

Did you see my comment? This would be over if you did!
We are rambling now! This isn't an arguement anymore.
You seem to be avoiding certain comments! I'm sure this won't even follow through like the thousdands of other suggestions that were canned. But it's goog, because this has many flaws (already stated) and if you wish to be stubborn and continue, then I will not stop you. But please, take the critism with open arms! It's help, it lets you know a lot!

So answer these questions:

What good will this bring to AG as a whole?
What are the benefits if blocking users from Topics?
What will happen if this fails? (As Pedspog asked)
What can go wrong with this ability?

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Moderators/Admins will obviously have immunity over blocking, but even so, what ArmorHero has pointed out will be true. If I hate bob, and bob posts on my thread, I can block bob, just because I don't like him. I can also block many other people just out of pure boredom. Oops, here comes a moderator, he might ruin my fun, *block*.

Now comes for my complicated suggestion. If you don't want the person's post to be seen here's my idea that just spouted up. You can click a button next to the flag button and the users' posts simply won't be seen on your screen. You won't have the displeasure of seeing any of his posts on the thread(s) specified (course this also means that his/her posts might be important and worth looking to). If you are curious as to what that user might have posted, you can simply click the unblock button, and you will be able to see the posts as usual. The blocked user will not receive notifications if a specific user has blocked them, and of course, the moderators are immune to being blocked, since 99.9% of their posts are important to read.

I don't see the point. Most people who spam, like our recent spammer, don't usually last that long in a thread. The most that our recent spammer posted on was the 'Glitches' thread, and he only lasted what? 15 minutes at most? It's not like spammers exist forever and aren't going away. The only way to truly stop them is to ban them or take away their forum rights, this will not help much otherwise.

No, it won't increase Total Spam Amount, it will not decrease it either, it will just increase Total Topics Spammed...

What good will this bring to AG as a whole?

What are the benefits if blocking users from Topics?

What will happen if this fails? (As Pedspog asked)

What can go wrong with this ability?

I don't see the point. Most people who spam, like our recent spammer, don't usually last that long in a thread. The most that our recent spammer posted on was the 'Glitches' thread, and he only lasted what? 15 minutes at most? It's not like spammers exist forever and aren't going away. The only way to truly stop them is to ban them or take away their forum rights, this will not help much otherwise.

No, it won't increase Total Spam Amount, it will not decrease it either, it will just increase Total Topics Spammed...

OK what if you lock that user and their posts will also disapper?

And please don't call me stubborn or anything.

OK what if you lock that user and their posts will also disapper?

That would make more sense BUT, I believe Mods can already do that, they can take away Forum Rights, which is just blocking them from everything on the forum...if they can't then they should be able to, seriously, would save some trouble >_>

The only problem with this is then if the spammer is gone from the forums(which in my opinion is better so everyone's not seeing it and yelling/encouraging) and then he'll move into the profiles. Which I guess would be better because the profile-owners have the power to delete comments, so I guess that's better.

Their posts from the whole community? Or just from a forum? Or topic?

You mine as well do things the way you do now!

I guess a trial wouldn't be too damaging! :P

I'm sure it may prove to be useful for awhile, who know though?

Yes, exactly. If we stress to the users that they have the power to delete any comment that they wish, that would hurt spammers very much. If there is a such thing as revoking posting privileges, then the moderators should do so. They would shift to the profile page, which every user has the power to delete those spam messages (most are just ignorant to figure that out, no offense). As for the game comments, well... that's another story. We COULD do something about it, as I have an idea that might halt such spam in game comments.

Game comments are the hardest here in AG!!
If we pressure the spammers to hard then they'll stop spamming and maybe change right?

We COULD do something about it, as I have an idea that might halt such spam in game comments.