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comment by Cedar

mk I've just had to change the community tag on this post as it was previously tagged as #pedophile presumably by Grendel as he has a standing grudge with TFG. Can we have muting count for community tags as well please?

Edit: Actually had to change community tags on several posts, and don't imagine muting would help as he can sign up another account. Perhaps if people are going to abuse the community tags (more probable as the community grows) they should be something that has to be earned by or bestowed upon the user.





thenewgreen  ·  3360 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, we need to make the person that adds the shown community tag visible. It's something that currently can be abused. Someone that is muted should definitely not be able to add a com tag.

rob05c, insomniasexx, forwardslash, mk, let's make this a priority.

insomniasexx  ·  3360 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I agree. If you mute a person, they should not be able to community tag your post.

You can only community tag once you have filled up your hubwheel once, so creating a new account (without effort) is already deterred. If we find the community tag is still being abused, there are other steps that can be taken at that time.

cc: Cedar

mk  ·  3360 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sounds reasonable. We will do that.

Isherwood  ·  3359 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Can we choose not to see a community tag by another user? As in, if I block Troll, community tags he proposes will not show up on posts in my feed?

caeli  ·  3360 days ago  ·  link  ·  

He's still here?? I have him muted so I never see his stuff. Wow, I just went to his profile page...no one has shared or commented on his posts for a long time yet he's still posting so much. It's bizarre how persistent he is even when people are ignoring him...I worry for his mental health...

user-inactivated  ·  3360 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    It's bizarre how persistent he is even when people are ignoring him

I envy it. He seems to be fueled by discontent. With such sufficient energy, if only he'd put this mind of his into something beneficial, we'd soon hear good news from his fields.

user-inactivated  ·  3360 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wow. Thanks. I did notice it once, on the failed fanfic post (it said #creep), but never thought it got beyond that.

Was it you who set the #creep tag to #tonightletswritelikeits1999? Is the writing this bad? Given how it's the first story I've posted here, I'm worried about its quality.

Cedar  ·  3360 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nono, the writing isn't bad I was just stuck trying to come up with an idea for a tag and I had the prince song on my head. Sorry if it offended you, want me to change it?

user-inactivated  ·  3359 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, it's fine. I didn't know what that meant, so I had to ask. Thank you for changing the tag.

Cedar  ·  3359 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just had the sudden thought that if I entered a blank tag it might just remove it... but mk has disabled community tags evidently so now I can't remove them hah

mk  ·  3359 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They haven't been disabled. You just can't change a tag more than once.

user-inactivated  ·  3359 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I guess I'm lucky that I didn't get stuck with what I had. Perfect timing, Cedar.