How to get rid of shills permanently

[WhiteLiveredGiant-migratio]

I agree it's not me

Too late, shill. Your posts in this thread have already proven it is you.

 

whatever

You M.O. is exactly the same.

 

 

SHILL!!!

 

 

[Architecht]

Seriously, let's do this. Calling to verify IDs will take a little extra time, but not as much time as it must take to research and ban shills as they go out of control.

 

It would definitely take more time to verify. But they are annoying.

[WhiteLiveredGiant-migratio]

It would definitely take more time to verify. But they are annoying.

How about just relying on the honor system?

[comicseekers-migration]

Seriously, let's do this. Calling to verify IDs will take a little extra time, but not as much time as it must take to research and ban shills as they go out of control.

 

It would definitely take more time to verify. But they are annoying.

 

I agree

[WhiteLiveredGiant-migratio]

Seriously, let's do this. Calling to verify IDs will take a little extra time, but not as much time as it must take to research and ban shills as they go out of control.

 

It would definitely take more time to verify. But they are annoying.

 

I agree

Of course you agree. You know you're a shill. And you know you're annoying. What's not to agree with?

 

[comicseekers-migration]

Seriously, let's do this. Calling to verify IDs will take a little extra time, but not as much time as it must take to research and ban shills as they go out of control.

 

It would definitely take more time to verify. But they are annoying.

 

I agree

Of course you agree. You know you're a shill. And you know you're annoying. What's not to agree with?

[WhiteLiveredGiant-migratio]

Seriously, let's do this. Calling to verify IDs will take a little extra time, but not as much time as it must take to research and ban shills as they go out of control.

 

It would definitely take more time to verify. But they are annoying.

 

I agree

Of course you agree. You know you're a shill. And you know you're annoying. What's not to agree with?

Typical shill behavior, funtasticfour.

[comicseekers-migration]

Seriously, let's do this. Calling to verify IDs will take a little extra time, but not as much time as it must take to research and ban shills as they go out of control.

 

It would definitely take more time to verify. But they are annoying.

 

I agree

Of course you agree. You know you're a shill. And you know you're annoying. What's not to agree with?

Typical shill behavior, funtasticfour.

[sterlingcomics]

Scott, I agree this is a problem, and by starting this thread at least the mods will see that some of the contributors want resolved. The balls in their courts. Kinda like CGC on a number of other issues...

 

oh well...wishful thinking.

[WhiteLiveredGiant-migratio]

Seriously, let's do this. Calling to verify IDs will take a little extra time, but not as much time as it must take to research and ban shills as they go out of control.

 

It would definitely take more time to verify. But they are annoying.

 

I agree

Of course you agree. You know you're a shill. And you know you're annoying. What's not to agree with?

Typical shill behavior, funtasticfour.

[sterlingcomics]

Seriously, let's do this. Calling to verify IDs will take a little extra time, but not as much time as it must take to research and ban shills as they go out of control.

 

It would definitely take more time to verify. But they are annoying.

 

So does that mean yes, no, or let me sleep on it?

[Architecht]

That means no. The boards are a valuable asset to the hobby. But paying someone to sit around and call people on average 3 to 4 times trying to verify their identity seems quite out of proportion with the issue, and still not super likely to fix anything.

 

Let's put it this way, guys... many online games that charge on a monthly basis have problems with members... just like here. They ban those people, and ban their name and the credit card number they used to pay. They still come back through a whole variety of methods.

 

Put yourselves in the head of a shill addict. Now try to think of ways around whatever you come up with. If it takes the mods more effort to enforce than it takes one individual to circumvent it, then the mods lose.

[Ares]

It would definitely take more time to verify. But they are annoying.

How about just relying on the honor system?

You have no Honour

[Ares]

My Name is Ares and I am a god

 

 

What?

[Monstro]

not sure exactly what a shill is, but why not just ignore it.

talking about it just adds fuel.

[blowout]

My Name is Ares and I am a god

 

 

What?

 

Modest too.

[Ares]

not sure exactly what a shill is, but why not just ignore it.

talking about it just adds fuel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shill#Shills_on_message_boards

Shills on message boards

 

In online discussion media, such as message boards, discussion forums, and newsgroups, shills may pose as independent experts, satisfied consumers, or “innocent” parties with specific opinions in order to further the interests of an organization in which they have an interest, such as a commercial vendor or special-interest group. For example, an employee of a company that produces a specific product may praise the product anonymously in a discussion forum or group in order to heighten and generate interest in that product, or a member or sympathizer of a special-interest group may pose as a highly-qualified expert in a specific field in order to give apparently disinterested support to whatever cause the group promotes.

 

In some jurisdictions and in some circumstances, this type of activity may be illegal. In addition, reputable organizations may prohibit their employees and other interested parties (contractors, agents, etc.) from participating in public forums or discussion groups in which a conflict of interest might arise, or will at least insist that their employees and agents refrain from participating in any way that might create a conflict of interest.

 

In some cases, the members of an organization or the employees of a company may monitor and/or participate in public discussions and groups. Such people are not shills, since they don't attempt to mislead others. Some of them may monitor groups in order to better evaluate public and consumer attitudes about a certain product, issue, etc.; others may participate in order to provide information about products or other topics in a neutral way. Some companies allow their employees to participate anonymously in public discussion groups for the purpose of providing information or expressing opinions, as long as there is no intent to defraud and the employee's affiliation with the company is not mentioned (because mentioning the company might make a personal opinion seem like a corporate policy announcement, which would be both misleading and likely to incur liability for the company). Occasionally employees of a company may participate openly in discussions but will include disclaimers making it clear that they speak only for themselves. Finally, on rare occasions, employees of a company may participate openly in a discussion and speak officially on behalf of their employers—but when this occurs, often the employees are moderators of the discussion venue as well, and it is likely to be sponsored by the company (as opposed to venues operated by third parties or open to anyone, such as USENET).

[Illiterati-migration]

not sure exactly what a shill is, but why not just ignore it.

talking about it just adds fuel.

 

I think that's exactly what Arch was talking about. And good advice it is. (And advice that shall be heeded, at least by myself from now on.)

[Architecht]

Maybe Arch should create a kids table area where the shills, as well as the overly aggressive and flamers can hang out together and not interupt the rest of us.

 

I have occasionally thought about an "invitation only" board that was read-only to everyone, but you can only post there if given access.

[Scheradon]

not sure exactly what a shill is, but why not just ignore it.

talking about it just adds fuel.

 

So true...but many here just can't help the temptation of repeatedly responding to a shill and thus fanning the coals into a full flame war.