A Serious Question for the CN Community

Many of them just want to come over and talk football. I’d hate to ruin it for them just because of a few that have diarrhea of the mouth and constipation of the brain.

Amazing timing. I was actually just stopping by to snag your email address so I could let you know that I wouldn’t be coming back due to the trolls and what has happened to the dialogue. If, in speaking with other site admins, this will significantly improve the situation, then you have my full support.

By this I mean, we should be able to tolerate a few trolls slipping in and then dropping the ban hammer on them.

and I hated that 24-hour wait rule. I can handle some trolling if the ban-hammer is dropped in a timely manner. No more nice guy, I’ll give you another chance, etc.

the only instance that really stands out for me is the idiot last night that said he had a brother on the team and TM was out. Trolling is going to happen no matter where you go, if everyone could agree on just ignoring them completely – perhaps they would go away?

True fans would wait the 24hrs and be ok with it…I see nothing but growth for CN and think that having to wait isn’t going to kill that.

Either way is a win, but I say for now just keep a heavy hand unless it really gets out of control.

give ban privileges to more members? I think that the 24 hour rule sucks when I go to other pages so I generally never post there if they have it. I think if a few more members had the capability to ban people it would hinder trolling as one of the members who can ban will probably see it going on fairly quick.

I don’t think the trolling is at the point where a waiting period is necessary. Just got to keep a tighter watch on things at this point.

I like the idea of people being able to jump in immediately if they want to comment during or after a game or a big news story – that’s the way I’ve joined most of the SB Nation blogs I’ve posted on. Some really good conversation can happen that way, but only if you’re aggressive about keeping the bad eggs out.

they’ll go away after this season or at least we’ll see a lot less of it. That being said, it wouldn’t bother me to start the new policy. I doubt there’s anything to be said here that can’t wait 24 hours.

It is a double edged sword with the 24 waiting period. You might be able to filter out the trolls, but someone who is really determined to rile up a fanbase is going to wait. It’d be better just to have a quick ban.

On the other hand, if you have someone who may discover the site on a game day, it happens, and they want to join in as soon as possible. It might frustrate them and cause them to leave. I don’t really know how the internet blogging community works when it comes to making money, if it’s possible? But I figure that you would want as many members as possible. That also comes down to someone wanting to join will be patient and wait the 24 period. Like I said, I don’t know, just my opinion.

But my vote is for a quick ban. Stop it at the source.

But the 24 hour thing is handy. It keeps the stupidity down. I join an opposing site early in the week, and thus have no problem. Double t nation has that policy. Or just employ a swift ban hammer, but then you have to monitor the boards more closely. Could you turn that feature on for gameday and turn it off on Sunday?

Anyone who disagrees with the prevailing wind? Anyone who discredits “your” team? I think it serves the community a disservice by banning a troll. I have called for that from time to time at BON and I don’t think I’ve been in the right to do so. The internet is a wacky place. You can blow off a lot of steam duking it out with a board foreigner. And I agree that is not a very adult way to handle the situation either. I do concur with Cheesycorn (see what I did there). He and I kinda went at it at BON after our game earlier this year. He is a great sport and likes to work all the angles. He’s got the right idea, IMO. I think I was even banned/warned by Jon. Comes and goes with the territory. I remember wanting to join in the discussion at Bruins Nation during the run up to our game with them and had to wait. By the time I could log in and join the conversation, the velocity of the conversation petered out and I did not get my 2 cents worth so to speak. Squirrel is correct. A double edge sword for sure. I can certainly see where the wait period makes It easier to deal with the “ban the troll” and monitoring. I’m glad I am already of member of Corn Nation. You guys are real pro’s.

A lot of Big 10 people will be coming here for the first time so we dont want to hinder them to much, but we already know how the Big 12 fans are going to come across for us and we might as well skip that from them.

Let ’em troll. Take the higher road from that of many other SBNatioin blogs; those who ban fans of other teams for simply voicing an opposing point of view.

Heck, most of what I’ve seen aren’t even necessarily trolls, just other fans taking a prime opportunity to take a tough loss and rub it in.

Plus, when you turn on the wait-to-post feature, I bet it turns away a lot of potential new posters.

I’ve been reading Corn Nation for quite a while but never post. I’ll say that I for one have found trolls to be very helpful in learning more about this community… not by what they post but by the excellent responses many of you have made to their nonsense.

Just my thoughts for what their worth.

If they just created their account today, then I think there should be a waiting period. If they have had their account for awhile, then they should be allowed to post whenever.

The worst trolls are the people that just create an account on the one day they want to use it to flame.

I agree with the thick skin guy. I don’t like the wait period. After Leach was fired last year, I wanted to get in on the discussion so bad because I had a lot of questions, but couldn’t. All I could do was follow along until my wait period was up. I fired a few shots a year ago on the MIzzou site and they fired back. In this anonymous world we all need to have thicker skin because how can they personalize something unless they know who you are? A few of you post your names, or I assume they are your real identity. But most of us sit behind anonymous names, like me! For the record, I am Todd Wolverton and I am Jon’s only friend!

Being new to this site( 1st year), It would not have hurt my feelings if I had to wait 24 hours to post anything. If it stops most of the trolling than I say do it. PLEASE ! thank you for asking for everyones opinions.

I say go for it

Well looks like I picked the wrong time to finally create and account and post last night, but for what its worth the 24 – hour wait period wouldn’t have deterred me from creating an account. I’ve been coming to this site for over a year just for the information alone, so 24 hours wouldn’t have been a big deal.

We have a 24-hour rule but that didn’t come about until late last year with the Leach fiasco and morons came crawling out of the woodwork, if I recall. We don’t get a ton of trolls…a few Aggie fans from time to time, but they slink away after a few posts. Nearly all of the contributors from other schools are pretty cool and recognize who’s “turf” they are on when they head over – and they are welcomed if they don’t push the wrong button.

I think the waiting period is a good idea in general on these sites, though. I doubt you’ll stifle any growth by doing that…just my two pennies.

Some like to push the envelope a bit too far for my taste, but generally the commentariat here knows how to handle it. And I’m okay with letting them run on if no one with the authority to drop the hammer is around – just more rope with which they’re hanging themselves. Ignorance in electronic form is easily recognizable, humorous and, frankly, just sad in the end: a waiting period won’t really change much as far as that goes.

firm but firm. No 24-hour rule but, if their first post is a troll- then BAM! Out the door.

I am all for no 24-hour rule. It isn’t hard to spot a troll in a short time, then just get rid of him.

Just the threat of waiting time made me make an account – I was going to Saturday night, but calmer thoughts prevailed. Been reading for a long time…

Just wish I had some funny cat picture, but yeah, I don’t.

No 24 hour rule though, it’s more fun to ban them after they spent all the time making an account…..

Jon

BTW whats up with lil red…. I thought that absurdity got killed quickly after birth.

Two arguments:
For rule – They are REALLY annoying when I’m still in a foul mood after a less than stellar performance. The 24 hr wait would probably stop some of the drunken banter by those who only intend to talk shit after a win. If someone wants to actually be a contributing member of the site, a 24 hr wait may be annoying but it’s not going to stop them from coming back.

Against Rule – While following the threads on this site for the past few months, I’m about 98.6% certain that my favorite part of this site has been the backlash from comments made by the random jackasses who have no idea what they’re starting. The onslaught that ensues tends to be hilarious.

I say, if the “Wack-A-Troll” is a pain in the ass, make them wait 24 hours. The ones who care will be back. If not, let the real fans take care of the majority of them and you can squash the ones that are really causing a problem

I should be judge, jury and executioner of all trolls. I have a friend in the CIA that can track them down and shoot them with a dart gun full of anti-stupid serum. It’s a win win situation…They troll, they get the serum, we eliminate all the stupidity on the boards… and that’s the goal, isn’t it?

Do you have a way to track how often CN members visit the site, post comments, start threads and otherwise make contributions that help grow the site? Perhaps those top few members can be your assistant troll whackers.

It would also be helpful if members who, only after they have achieved a certain level of participation at CN, be allowed to flag troll postings.

OK that’s all