Re: [Suggestion] Troll Score

I really don't think theymos would implement something like this. It's too open to abuse.

Quote from: malevolent on September 13, 2019, 08:05:17 PM

In the past the more of so-called "established users" ignored a given user, the darker the ignore button's highlight colour would become (from light yellow to brown-ish). That was the only thing that happened as more users ignored a give user, but it was enough inform other users that someone with a highlighted ignore button is likely to be a troll.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=68329.msg796962#msg796962
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=68329.msg1195988#msg1195988
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=68329.msg1584088#msg1584088

It was later disabled due to being too resource-intensive to keep it:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=68329.msg4295782#msg4295782

I don't know how feasible it would be to have it rewritten to accommodate a larger number of users.

Yeah, I really wasn't a fan of this, though it was at least some barometer for trolls, but it was also abused or could give the wrong impression. Back in the day people used to use the ignore button if they didn't like what you were saying or just because you were on a signature campaign and they'd be open about telling you that. People shouldn't be lit up like trolls just because someone doesn't like what you're saying. How many of us would be marked as trolls just because there's certain people who don't like you or have a few alts they can do the same on just to try impact you negatively. By all means, use the ignore button if you don't want to see what certain people are saying but that shouldn't effect how others perceive you.