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    Baiting

    We have been getting more and more complaints about threads started as flamebait.

    Baiting is covered in the rules: "Members are expected to post in good faith. By this, we mean they are expected to engage in and contribute to discussion rather than detract from it. Examples of posting in bad faith include, but are not limited to: baiting members, going off topic outside of a natural progression, flooding the forum with threads of little or no content, and ignoring moderator requests. Members who consistently violate this principle will be at risk of being banned."

    It's not always easy to determine what's baiting but one criteria is whether the OP engages in discussion of topic, or detracts, disrupts and discourages any attempt to discuss. Anyway we will start to moderate this more.

    Moderation will consist of the following action: 1) Moving suspected baiting threads to Rants and adding a warning with prefixed to title. 2) The OP can then either redeem his thread by engaging in discussion; dropping it altogether; or continue detracting, disrupting and discouraging discussion, in which case it will be thrown in the Hole and the OP infracted.

    Report suspected flamebait. Don't bait back.

    Those who try to detract, disrupt and discourage discussion will simply be warned and, if they persist, infracted.


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    Could you give an example of a thread you consider flame bait?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matty View Post
    Could you give an example of a thread you consider flame bait?
    Try looking at my posts. The warnings can't be far away.

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    I'm guessing this will be used against two individuals a lot more than anyone else.

    What ever happened to "if you don't like a thread, don't read it"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matty View Post
    Could you give an example of a thread you consider flame bait?
    First use, from a few days ago, while we were discussing it: http://thepoliticalforums.com/thread...=1#post1347915
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    Posting a story people react badly to is flame bait?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Common Sense View Post
    I'm guessing this will be used against two individuals a lot more than anyone else.

    What ever happened to "if you don't like a thread, don't read it"?

    It will be used again behavior: "one criteria is whether the OP engages in discussion of topic, or detracts, disrupts and discourages any attempt to discuss."

    I'll add it doesn't just apply to OPs. The existing rules state " Members are expected to post in good faith. By this, we mean they are expected to engage in and contribute to discussion rather than detract from it. Examples of posting in bad faith include, but are not limited to: baiting members, going off topic outside of a natural progression, flooding the forum with threads of little or no content, and ignoring moderator requests."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Common Sense View Post
    Posting a story people react badly to is flame bait?
    Do you deliberately distort the announcement?

    Read: "one criteria is whether the OP engages in discussion of topic, or detracts, disrupts and discourages any attempt to discuss."

    Do you have questions about that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Common Sense View Post
    Posting a story people react badly to is flame bait?
    Stop being coy and intentionally contradictory, you KNOW exactly what a flame bait thread is. Just because its mostly the same individuals changes nothing
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