I've written an idea to reduce spam which I really think would work.
It makes more sense to discuss it here so I'm quoting it along with some replies.
Another idea which could work, something like merging the SMAS list into the trust system:
- On every profile, besides Trust, there's an option to mark user as spammer
- This instantly makes that user's signature invisible for the user who marked him, or add him into the ignore list, to be decided
- If the user who marked him is on DT1 or DT2; staff; or any other list to be decided, then the marked user losses the right to wear a signature. This way, it's not up to signature managers to allow them into a campaign or not. The forum would disable the signature for him
Some details should be discussed, but that would be the idea.
I like this. A lot.
The limitation of SMAS right now is that it doesnt have a full impact.
People who get blacklisted can search campaigns that dont enforce SMAS rules and continue their habits there.
If the forum would get on board with an approach like this, the impact would be magnitudes higher.
How can we prevent system misuse?(keep hiding some signature).
By:
- Managing the list. People can be removed from the list if they wrongfully tag people as spammers
- By requiring more than one person to tag a person to remove signature privileges. I'd say 2 tags are enough
- By allowing others to untag users, then the sum (tags - untags) would have to be 2 or more