Ducking flames.
May. 21st, 2010 10:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serynYou know a feature I'd like to see for my DW? I want to be able to set certain people to be screened. Not that the whole post is screened, though obviously if I was doing this, I'd have to screen anonymous comments too. *pause* [OK anonymous comments are screened. I realize that with the IP logging, CAPTCHA, and screening; I've pretty much completely discouraged anonymous commenters.]
That way the people who have the intent to be vicious for whatever reason (engaging in personal attacks when the discussion was about an abstract concept) and have demonstrated it elsewhere would not appear to anyone else. Then when I banned them it would be reasonable which it is not if the discussion takes place elsewhere.
I hate the idea that I'm giving someone who intends to flame me a forum, even temporarily. Because vitriolic attacks against me in my own space are only going to convince other people that I'm some sort of masochist and that I like it when people try to hurt me.
What's weird about this is that none of these people who have done this have actually come to my space. I'm probably worrying over nothing because anyone who attacks me elsewhere and shows up here with anything other than an apology is a troll and trolling takes a lot of time that's better spent doing something else.
That way the people who have the intent to be vicious for whatever reason (engaging in personal attacks when the discussion was about an abstract concept) and have demonstrated it elsewhere would not appear to anyone else. Then when I banned them it would be reasonable which it is not if the discussion takes place elsewhere.
I hate the idea that I'm giving someone who intends to flame me a forum, even temporarily. Because vitriolic attacks against me in my own space are only going to convince other people that I'm some sort of masochist and that I like it when people try to hurt me.
What's weird about this is that none of these people who have done this have actually come to my space. I'm probably worrying over nothing because anyone who attacks me elsewhere and shows up here with anything other than an apology is a troll and trolling takes a lot of time that's better spent doing something else.
