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The problem has gotten even worse in the four months since this question was asked. I had forgotten about this question, and posted a new one "Need to throttle users with consistently bad posts". ...
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#4: Post edited
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Olin Lathrop
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2022-02-01T14:02:30Z (almost 3 years ago)
The problem has gotten even worse in the four months since this question was asked. I had forgotten about this question, and posted a new one: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/285776. Please consider that an "answer" here.- In summary, I looked around on all the sites and found it surprisingly easy to spot the few problem users. You only need to look down the question list for negative scores, then look at who posted those question. The same users appear consistently, in any one site and even across all sites. A couple of users have gotten below -50 rep, but still keep doing the same thing. Take a look at the Outdoors, Math, and Power Users sites for the most egregious examples.
- <h2>Suggested mechanism</h2>
- The simple solution I propose is to force a wait time between questions based on your rep. One day (24 hours) for each negative count sounds about right, and is easy for everyone to understand. Someone with -7 rep wouldn't be able to post more than one question per week, for example.
- <h2>It's time to do something</h2>
- This question got overwhelming support and the problem has gotten worse since then, but the issue seems to have been forgotten. The duplicate I wrote has also been heavily upvoted despite being closed. I know the developers are volunteers, but at least this should go fairly high up on whatever list of priorities there is.
- In the mean time, moderators need to take the initiative and suspend problem users, with the length of the suspension being related to rep or up/down vote totals.
- The problem has gotten even worse in the four months since this question was asked. I had forgotten about this question, and posted a new one <i>"<a href="https://meta.codidact.com/posts/285776">Need to throttle users with consistently bad posts</a>"</i>. Please consider that an "answer" here.
- In summary, I looked around on all the sites and found it surprisingly easy to spot the few problem users. You only need to look down the question list for negative scores, then look at who posted those question. The same users appear consistently, in any one site and even across all sites. A couple of users have gotten below -50 rep, but still keep doing the same thing. Take a look at the Outdoors, Math, and Power Users sites for the most egregious examples.
- <h2>Suggested mechanism</h2>
- The simple solution I propose is to force a wait time between questions based on your rep. One day (24 hours) for each negative count sounds about right, and is easy for everyone to understand. Someone with -7 rep wouldn't be able to post more than one question per week, for example.
- <h2>It's time to do something</h2>
- This question got overwhelming support and the problem has gotten worse since then, but the issue seems to have been forgotten. The duplicate I wrote has also been heavily upvoted despite being closed. I know the developers are volunteers, but at least this should go fairly high up on whatever list of priorities there is.
- In the mean time, moderators need to take the initiative and suspend problem users, with the length of the suspension being related to rep or up/down vote totals.
#3: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2022-02-01T13:41:16Z (almost 3 years ago)
- The problem has gotten even worse in the four months since this question was asked. I had forgotten about this question, and posted a new one: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/285776. Please consider that an "answer" here.
- In summary, I looked around on all the sites and found it surprisingly easy to spot the few problem users. You only need to look down the question list for negative scores, then look at who posted those question. The same users appear consistently, in any one site and even across all sites. A couple of users have gotten below -50 rep, but still keep doing the same thing. Take a look at the Outdoors, Math, and Power Users sites for the most egregious examples.
- <h2>Suggested mechanism</h2>
- The simple solution I propose is to force a wait time between questions based on your rep. One day (24 hours) for each negative count sounds about right, and is easy for everyone to understand. Someone with -7 rep wouldn't be able to post more than one question per week, for example.
- <h2>It's time to do something</h2>
This question got overwhelming support and the problem has gotten worse since then, but the issue seems to have been forgotten. I know the developers are volunteers, but at least this should go fairly high up on whatever list of priorities there is.- In the mean time, moderators need to take the initiative and suspend problem users, with the length of the suspension being related to rep or up/down vote totals.
- The problem has gotten even worse in the four months since this question was asked. I had forgotten about this question, and posted a new one: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/285776. Please consider that an "answer" here.
- In summary, I looked around on all the sites and found it surprisingly easy to spot the few problem users. You only need to look down the question list for negative scores, then look at who posted those question. The same users appear consistently, in any one site and even across all sites. A couple of users have gotten below -50 rep, but still keep doing the same thing. Take a look at the Outdoors, Math, and Power Users sites for the most egregious examples.
- <h2>Suggested mechanism</h2>
- The simple solution I propose is to force a wait time between questions based on your rep. One day (24 hours) for each negative count sounds about right, and is easy for everyone to understand. Someone with -7 rep wouldn't be able to post more than one question per week, for example.
- <h2>It's time to do something</h2>
- This question got overwhelming support and the problem has gotten worse since then, but the issue seems to have been forgotten. The duplicate I wrote has also been heavily upvoted despite being closed. I know the developers are volunteers, but at least this should go fairly high up on whatever list of priorities there is.
- In the mean time, moderators need to take the initiative and suspend problem users, with the length of the suspension being related to rep or up/down vote totals.
#2: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2022-02-01T13:36:13Z (almost 3 years ago)
- The problem has gotten even worse in the four months since this question was asked. I had forgotten about this question, and posted a new one: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/285776. Please consider that an "answer" here.
- In summary, I looked around on all the sites and found it surprisingly easy to spot the few problem users. You only need to look down the question list for negative scores, then look at who posted those question. The same users appear consistently, in any one site and even across all sites. A couple of users have gotten below -50 rep, but still keep doing the same thing. Take a look at the Outdoors, Math, and Power Users sites for the most egregious examples.
- The simple solution I propose is to force a wait time between questions based on your rep. One day (24 hours) for each negative count sounds about right, and is easy for everyone to understand. Someone with -7 rep wouldn't be able to post more than one question per week, for example.
- <h2>It's time to do something</h2>
- This question got overwhelming support and the problem has gotten worse since then, but the issue seems to have been forgotten. I know the developers are volunteers, but at least this should go fairly high up on whatever list of priorities there is.
- In the mean time, moderators need to take the initiative and suspend problem users, with the length of the suspension being related to rep or up/down vote totals.
- The problem has gotten even worse in the four months since this question was asked. I had forgotten about this question, and posted a new one: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/285776. Please consider that an "answer" here.
- In summary, I looked around on all the sites and found it surprisingly easy to spot the few problem users. You only need to look down the question list for negative scores, then look at who posted those question. The same users appear consistently, in any one site and even across all sites. A couple of users have gotten below -50 rep, but still keep doing the same thing. Take a look at the Outdoors, Math, and Power Users sites for the most egregious examples.
- <h2>Suggested mechanism</h2>
- The simple solution I propose is to force a wait time between questions based on your rep. One day (24 hours) for each negative count sounds about right, and is easy for everyone to understand. Someone with -7 rep wouldn't be able to post more than one question per week, for example.
- <h2>It's time to do something</h2>
- This question got overwhelming support and the problem has gotten worse since then, but the issue seems to have been forgotten. I know the developers are volunteers, but at least this should go fairly high up on whatever list of priorities there is.
- In the mean time, moderators need to take the initiative and suspend problem users, with the length of the suspension being related to rep or up/down vote totals.
#1: Initial revision
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2022-02-01T13:28:28Z (almost 3 years ago)
The problem has gotten even worse in the four months since this question was asked. I had forgotten about this question, and posted a new one: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/285776. Please consider that an "answer" here. In summary, I looked around on all the sites and found it surprisingly easy to spot the few problem users. You only need to look down the question list for negative scores, then look at who posted those question. The same users appear consistently, in any one site and even across all sites. A couple of users have gotten below -50 rep, but still keep doing the same thing. Take a look at the Outdoors, Math, and Power Users sites for the most egregious examples. The simple solution I propose is to force a wait time between questions based on your rep. One day (24 hours) for each negative count sounds about right, and is easy for everyone to understand. Someone with -7 rep wouldn't be able to post more than one question per week, for example. <h2>It's time to do something</h2> This question got overwhelming support and the problem has gotten worse since then, but the issue seems to have been forgotten. I know the developers are volunteers, but at least this should go fairly high up on whatever list of priorities there is. In the mean time, moderators need to take the initiative and suspend problem users, with the length of the suspension being related to rep or up/down vote totals.