The Sandbox is a great idea - it gives problem members a time-out where they can get right with their community. I think the Silence isn't necessary, especially if you could put a notice on the offender's view of the site; picture of kid in corner, dog in dog house, etc..
- Keith On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Evan Prodromou <e...@status.net> wrote: > So, I've been working on adding user bans and blocks to 0.9.x, and I'm > realizing that I don't like the current model. Currently, a *banned* user > cannot post notices. A *publicly blocked *user's notices don't show up on > the public page. > > I'd like to give site moderators the following ways to manage users: > > - *Sandbox*. This is the logical extension of public blocks. The goal > is to isolate a problem user and keep them from bothering others, but still > let them use the platform. Sandboxed users... > - ...Don't show up in public timeline, tag lists, or search results. > - ...Don't generate outgoing emails when they subscribe to other > users, send an @-message, etc. > - ...Can't send DMs or nudges. > - ...Have links they generate (homepage link, links in outgoing > notices) add a nofollow to reduce search-engine juice. > - ...Can't post to a group. > - *Silence.* This is to completely prevent a user from > participating without actually deleting their account. Along with silenced > users... > - ...cannot post any notices. > - ...cannot subscribe to others. > - ...cannot join a group. > - *Delete. *Deletes the user's account; all notices, subscriptions, > etc. are completely erased. > > Does that make sense? Another possibility is just to have two remedies: > Sandbox and Delete. > > -Evan > > -- > Evan Prodromou > CEO, StatusNet, inc.e...@status.net - http://identi.ca/evan - +1-514-554-3826 > > > _______________________________________________ > StatusNet-dev mailing list > StatusNet-dev@lists.status.net > http://lists.status.net/mailman/listinfo/statusnet-dev > -- Keith Erskine Padpaw, Inc. tel: +1 978 566 9432
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