Log said:
I believe it's more of a perfect example of why trying to police comments is a losing battle, personally.

Thus why comment-related moderation tends not to be done except in cases of significant obnoxious behavior.

Soljashy said: A perfect example of why the comment voting system doesn't work.

I'd have to agree that it's pretty useless for fighting spam, but it's generally been good for dealing with those aloof fools who make useless drive-by comments. At least for me, anyway.

But -sigh-, spam will always be a plague.

My main objection regarding the voting system is that perfectly valid posts are being made hidden.

Soljashy said:
My main objection regarding the voting system is that perfectly valid posts are being made hidden.

+1 to that. In the end this system really has more downsides than anything else it seems.

I take part of the blame for post #446270.
Had I not added the sentence cut-off and *head explodes* part the chain would probably have never started.

Some of the comments are rather amusing.

Soljashy said:
Hmmm. They've hidden 葉月's warning on post #627836.

A perfect example of why the comment voting system doesn't work.

Not just mine. Evazion's was hidden previously as well.

Requesting some upvotes for jxh2154's warning on post #531322. Idiots keep downvoting it and upvoting the spam.

Admin comments should have a +10 vote count or a rating lock or something to prevent this.

A rating lock, really, is the obvious solution. One should never have to see requests like "requesting some upvotes" on the forum, if the system is designed sanely.

Can moderators/administrators tell if a post was made with or without bumping? If the biggest problem with comment spam is the way it bumps the image, allowing silly posts without bumping could serve as a compromise. People who failed to follow this rule would receive their just rewards.

No, they (and we janitors) can't, afaik. I requested earlier in this thread that such a capability be introduced.

Indeed you did- sorry about that.

New one: post #795616

Also respawn: post #531322

Future comments locking tickbox?

Cyberia-Mix said:
Future comments locking tickbox?

I suggested something similar to comment locking before. Most of the janitor+ said a feature like that wasn't all that needed since comment spam of that caliber are rare. I always found that sorta flimsy but that's my opinion.

Just because some people are being obnoxious idiots doesn't mean that everyone should be prevented from commenting on a post. If the combos in those threads were just deleted then people would stop continuing them.

post #801898 could use some bans.

Goddamn, they're not even doing the meme, it's just brainless spam...

Cyberia-Mix said: New one: post #795616

Thread killed.

Also respawn: post #531322

Thread killed and another 8 or so people each banned 3 weeks.

the_redstar_swl said: post #801898 could use some bans.

Thread killed.

post #328094 could be killed. The spam is idiotic.

Killed.