I've lived in Salem, MA. I've seen where the witches were hung. I know the story well. I think that there's a big difference between targeting innocent people and creating a system designed to identify professional trolls.
The idea provides an intermediate place to discuss the shill-like behavior. (Keeping it out of the main forum). It also opens the discussion to the entire community and helps mods focus on real problems.
Who cares if 3,000 people with 1 vote each get nominated to /v/shillreport? If they have 1 vote each we ignore it. I'm interested in the nominee who has 1400 votes. Chances are he's a troll/shill. This method leverages the wisdom of the crowd. It could occasionally be abused but, I think that it would prevent more abuse than it creates.
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casualwhoaversereade ago
I've lived in Salem, MA. I've seen where the witches were hung. I know the story well. I think that there's a big difference between targeting innocent people and creating a system designed to identify professional trolls.
The idea provides an intermediate place to discuss the shill-like behavior. (Keeping it out of the main forum). It also opens the discussion to the entire community and helps mods focus on real problems.
Who cares if 3,000 people with 1 vote each get nominated to /v/shillreport? If they have 1 vote each we ignore it. I'm interested in the nominee who has 1400 votes. Chances are he's a troll/shill. This method leverages the wisdom of the crowd. It could occasionally be abused but, I think that it would prevent more abuse than it creates.