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Post by dahidendetective on Jan 14, 2007 19:19:20 GMT -5
Just as the title says, i suggest;
Mods, when new members register, why not before they are registered, have a set of rules that they must agree to before they register? Lots of forums have this and i think it'll be a good idea to have that sort of thing, that way, it'll save u guys more time from locking threads cuz you could garantee that they've read the rules, its simple too, they just have to spend a little more time registering that's all.....
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Post by Kentaru on Jan 15, 2007 11:16:34 GMT -5
Gotta check with the admin, if it can be done. Assuming it can, I think people still could get away with checking the "I have read this" thingie, without actually having read that. My opinion is that if people are interested and know they can avoid being banned if they read the rules and follow them they WILL read them.
You can't force people to read something : - )
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Post by dahidendetective on Jan 15, 2007 19:18:47 GMT -5
No i meant when they log in, unless they have clicked "i agree to the above", they can't register. Even if they don't read it, the mods will have a reason to ban them since they can assume that they have read the rules. Otherwise, there isn't any rule that says u HAVE to read the rules and FAQ BEFORE u start posting. ^^
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Post by Sabrina on Jan 16, 2007 20:12:45 GMT -5
I don't think it's even possible. I'm an admin/mod at a few proboards' sites myself, and with the way proboards is set up, it would be next to impossible to pull something like that off. The only rules and conditions you'd be forced to read upon signing up are the ones that go with proboards themselves.
...but if someone else can figure it out, more power to you. XD
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Post by Mizuhara on Jan 26, 2007 0:05:09 GMT -5
Gotta check with the admin, if it can be done. Assuming it can, I think people still could get away with checking the "I have read this" thingie, without actually having read that. My opinion is that if people are interested and know they can avoid being banned if they read the rules and follow them they WILL read them. You can't force people to read something : - ) how about..."you cannot click "i agree" until you are on the page for five minutes"
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Post by dahidendetective on Jan 26, 2007 4:13:29 GMT -5
yeah, i guess thats a good idea but 5 min is WAYYYYY too long... people would just go to another forum instead of waiting, i'd say about 10 seconds.. but its not the maximum, the minimum is 10 seconds. ^^
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Post by Fruitsbsk28 on Jan 26, 2007 19:14:46 GMT -5
How about this?: If they can't find the rules, then they're slow. The topic is in the first board. If they're so blind they cannot see the first board and what it says under it, they shouldn't be here. Pity is never an excuse. :/ Lots of forums have that, except Proboards. Oh well. But honestly, DO YOU MOST OF YOU PEOPLE READ IT ON OTHER FORUMS? Most people when registering want to get it over with and start posting. All they have to do is scroll down the 'rules' and then click 'I agree.' Btw, dial-up users won't have 'ten seconds' and even if Proboards had a feature to read the rules before registering, they wouldn't give you a friggin' time limit to do it in. And if you don't click 'I agree', you won't be able to register. Therefore, you won't be banned. Yeah, my two cents.
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Post by dahidendetective on Jan 27, 2007 2:34:10 GMT -5
but then, at least you have a reason to ban them. New users probably aren't aware that if you break the rules, you get banned. If you use this method, at least you can say that they were warned before hand.
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Post by Fruitsbsk28 on Jan 27, 2007 11:57:40 GMT -5
I think you need a clarification. If they break a rule, they get a warning. Do it couple more times, sure, a warning, but after several times It gets damn annoying if you tell them to read the rules and FAQ and they seem to avoid doing so. Then, we ban them. It's their own fault. We have a reason to ban them if they're not listening and continuing to do the things we strive to prevent. Do you see where I'm going with this? It's pointless. Just like many people before you have said, in the nicest way possible.
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Post by hshen on Jan 27, 2007 12:42:29 GMT -5
@fruitbsk28 -Yes it's pointless. By the way, if the rules put at the first place before a new member register, he/she will click "i agree" without reading it, same with the rules about proboard. Because most of the rules are too long and some unregister members won't read those rules. To tell the truth, i'm also one of them. I usually don't read any rules because it is tooooo long for me. Anyway, did you read those rules before you register to any forums? So i'm still prefer the old way, that is warn those members who are breaking the rules and ban them off when they are really getting annoying.
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Post by dahidendetective on Jan 28, 2007 18:46:03 GMT -5
sigh... ok.. obviously no one here agrees with me..... Mods? How about you lock this topic? Its really getting pointless at this stage...
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Post by triplelite on Feb 6, 2007 4:37:04 GMT -5
To be honest, every forum member that joins is expected to be mature and passed the stage of puberty, this is actually for every forum I believe (past the age of 13) and needs a guardian to give permission (which no one does).
Whats also bad about ProBoards is that when being sent a PM, a newbie wouldn't see it straight away. Theres no highlighted message thing like PhBoards or Invisionfree when you received a PM so telling the douible poster/spammer person by PM not to do it again is inconvenient...
At the other forum that I'm in, we're fine and we don't spend our troubles telling eveyone to read the rules and not to double post. And its hell alot more bliss than this forum.
Reason: We simply assume everyone has read the forum rules and we've kept it short too so if someone breaks the rule (and usually will break it more than once) then we'll punish a day or so. If that person thinks we're too strict, then he's better off being somewhere else and not in the forum. If that person doesn't think its strict then he'll learn the lesson and without us mods telling him not to do blah blah blah.
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Post by dahidendetective on Feb 6, 2007 21:06:30 GMT -5
errr.. what does that have to do with this topic??? ok.... anyway... does any mods care to lock this???
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Post by triplelite on Feb 7, 2007 0:18:15 GMT -5
It does...you should do direct punishment and tell that person in Private Message what not to do. I hate seeing topics everywhere where mods are telling people off instead of talking about the actual topic.
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Post by England on Mar 6, 2007 1:33:21 GMT -5
The list of rules usually consist of many things. Sort of like the terms and conditions one faces b4 registering for a game. Some of it GK (General Knowledge) such as don't spam, don't flame, don't multipost (although I think some of it is allowed in this forum =O). Other more specific and unique details will also be included.
I personally dont' read it. I know that the FAQ's thread exist - I don' tread it. The terms and conditions - I don't read it. It's not a waste of time but it uses too much attention and time. You may need more Mods and Admins on the forum but PM is the most effective. It's direct and clear. Anyways, there will also be members yelling/ correcting hte offensers.
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