NOVAVA wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:02 pm
This isn't a "flamewar". I would describe a "flamewar" as a quarrel between at least two actual, genuine users. In our specific case, one user is just some troll from a troll farm who only joined the forum just to spread spam. These people are not actual users, they are low-wage scam artists. The troll/spam industry is a big and dirty business. Why should we tolerate obvious criminals, who only come to sh!t up the entire forum?!?
We shouldn't (tolerate 'obvious criminals, who only come to sh!t up the entire forum'), Novava. However, responding to them with what appears to be annoyance in text is hardly the best way to react. Give it a bit. We may agree that trolling/spamming is bad, but this is a one-off incident on the user's part. In my opinion, the escalation was a bit faster than ideal, on all parts. On the LMMS forums, our most problematic sort of useless user is the kind who advertises with links. Our reaction to that, is to report. Or leave it unreported, musikbear checks the posts anyways.
This was a one-off incident on a user, who just made a comment that is illogical. While I absolutely agree, in cases like these, I prefer the idea of watching any other posts the user makes to ensure they are genuine.
I don't know how to feel about any post being highlighted as useless this sharply. I agree with you, but not with your approach.
Requesting you to, instead of reacting passive-aggressively (or completely acidic, in any case, for future users with any 'ideas'), look at incoherency on more unique bases. The post you chose to flag, was longer than a sentence or two, still prompted a reply on help, and didn't talk about something ENTIRELY different from the first post (I've seen spam that spoke about amt multiplicator controlling the amount of water in a pipe.).
