How to ban the idiots!-Wayne help?

[twin plugged targa]

Is their a way to ban the repeated postings by people who repeatedly post racist/offensive comments.
Wayne, you are the moderator.
Is their a way to lock certain offenders out?.
I realise they may reappear under different disguises but I wondered if their was a way to lock some of these persons out of the board permanently.
I am all for 'free speech'and realise that some of us have different cultures and opinions of what is acceptable or unacceptable, but should there be certain standards ?.
The OT posts are usually entertaining and I feel a welcome break from soley Tech. board which would be boring.
I know there is always the answer 'Just don't bother reading it!".
Maybe I am wasting my breath, but I feel there maybe others out there with the same feelings?.
Otherwise keep up the good work!.
Rgds Ben

[Decolliber]

I must agree with 86ragtop. I am not offended by nudity, but it is sad to find out that some of our members need little provocation to display their racism. Yet they are obviously a bit ashamed, because they post under new names ...

[Early_S_Man]

Amen!

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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa

[p0r2chby]

Good luck Ben... I have expressed these same concerns about the quality and subject matter of the content 944 board. In the 944 land, the result was revised content guidelines along with some firm warnings. After a few days, we also received a new moderator, Matt a.k.a "lordgrommit"

IMOP, things happened...

- The board cleaned up...
- Most of the younger members got upset
- Those who had been posting the objectionable material, used me as a target of their angst
- The content flavor of the board changed
- We lost some members (tired of listening to the "clean-up" arguments)
- The problem posters are more carefull (they use other ID's now)
- We exposed the fact that some of the content posters were from other pelican boards and were having fun stiring the pot
- My ID got cloned and several objectionable posts were created in my name
- Wayne got upset with me and my approach (lost my posting privilages)

SO, are you ready for the fire?

[AMCPorsche924Powerhaus!]

hey, the IP addresses are showing!!!

[AMCPorsche924Powerhaus!]

Hey! oooo look at my ip now!
hrm...how did that happen you say?

[Porsche 951 Fanatic]

do you have dial up?

[AMCPorsche924Powerhaus!]

dialup changes the last 3 numbers of the ip, not the first, the first ones represent location


ANyway so is this new IP thing gonna help us figure out who all the bad fake user name people are? I hoep it works...

ohp! there goes my crazy ip again!

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why does that car have two pedals? how does it work?

[M.D. Holloway]

classic!

[Chocaholic]

Thought this was a current thread until I got to Warren's post. Hope he's enjoying a heaven full of Early S's!

[Norm K]

Originally Posted by p0r2chby

- Most of the younger members got upset

One thing is fairly certain, many of the offenders are no longer young ...

Oh, and now they're over in PARF.

[ckelly78z]

After reading the first few posts of this thread, I couldn't understand the concerns of the OP, then I saw this started 14 years ago, before PARF came along and cleaned up the forums. Thanks PARF !

[Steve Carlton]

So... no banning of idiots?

Dammit.

[LeeH]

Somebody's been digging around in the back corners of the basement where all the old threads are kept.

[M.D. Holloway]

These old posts are a blast from the past. A time capsule. A great glimpse back when PPOT was just starting out.

[cgarr]

There was racism way back then? I thought that just started 6 years ago?

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway

These old posts are a blast from the past. A time capsule. A great glimpse back when PPOT was just starting out.

Not sure if serious...