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Subject: Re: Forum Software

Author: Jürgen Ecker

Date: 21:51:50 12/26/05

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Hi Stuart,

the vBulletin sorts the most recently replied thread by default to the top, so
the newest and current thread is always the first you see. I think this is a
good feature, because you see very fast what's the current discussion at the
board. You also mustn't search for the current discussion.
But there is also a hack for sorting the threads in other ways, like the date of
the threadbeginning. So it will be represented like in the CCC.

Of course there is the problem, that some users will try to bump their threads
to the top, but this will be an issue for moderation. I would handle it in a way
of warning this user. If a user has an specified level of warning he will be
baned for some time or forever.

The troll problem can be solved by the 'global ignore user'-function. This works
like this: the troll posts and his posting will be seen by himself, but not by
the other users, so they can't and won't reply on his posting. After several
times he will mention, that his posting are not interesting and he will go away.

Jürgen Ecker

>Jürgen,
>
>Does vBulletin push the most-recently replied-to thread to the top of
>the physical screen?
>
>Stuart



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