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BRJurgis
Aug 15, 2007

Well I hear the thunder roll, I feel the cold winds blowing...
But you won't find me there, 'cause I won't go back again...
While you're on smoky roads, I'll be out in the sun...
Where the trees still grow, where they count by one...
Do an event where all posts are anonymous except to mods. Imagine trying to identify your posting enemies not by their handle, but by the content of their posts.

In all seriousness the recognized posting tendencies of some folks, and the lasting rivalries and resentments that follow are what allow simply disagreeing to turn into report spamming cheerleading and slap fights. Judging a post by who made it is helpful to shut down obvious trolls like h a u of course, but it sucks to see people reflexively go at each other's throats largely independently of context. Or just decide its not worth it to post in a thread about things that effect or at least interest them. Seems USPOL weed thread is more active than USCE these days.

Wait, no, actually we need to form a secret panel to assign people to teams based on their positions. Their affiliations will be reflected with color coded gang tags, and a running score will be kept factoring in number of reports/number of successful reports by or against them, solidarity amongst their team members,, and points will also be awarded for successful "owns" against opposing teams. The losing faction will be shamed and the winners get one million forum points.

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