Denied Stop leech spam

27-12-2018, 10:19 PM

Yuun Wrote: it's way easier to just report some of his posts and wait until staff is online
and don't come with this bullshit about stopping or limiting leechers from joining since that's how we get members

it's already rare to see a leecher turn into an actual member, way rarer to see somebody that joins this forum to be part of its community and most of the time those users already know ppl from here or are invited by friends.
when suggesting those leecher-related things you have to remember what consequences it will have to other aspects of the forum e.g activity, just like aoki said; restricting leechers from doing their thing or making it harder (such as actually giving normal upgraded members the ability to stop them from posting, which will of course be abused if no harsh limitations to the function) will demotivate them to stay so they'll go look for their stuff somewhere else cuz it's easier than a forum that tries to shoehorn them into being a good member when they're only here for leaks. it's best if we leave it up to them, honestly.

anyway back on topic - big no from me. this already exists in the form of bans, we don't need an additional function for that if we'll end up having to ban them anyway; if you want to suggest something in this sense you'd be better off suggesting for more ACTUAL staff from diff timezones to deal with this, not leave it up to a bunch of normal members to restrict others' posts at will.

so you're basically saying that leechers has a big role to play in the community and they should not get demotivated?
kindly,