http://www.communityspark.com/dealing-with-abusive-members/ Community Building Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:34:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.communityspark.com/dealing-with-abusive-members/comment-page-1/#comment-8781 Irritating members are not always a bad thing » Online Community Building Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:39:05 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/dealing-with-abusive-members/#comment-8781 [...] have written before about how to deal with abusive users. Before you do that though, you should always consider whether those irritating members who [...] [...] have written before about how to deal with abusive users. Before you do that though, you should always consider whether those irritating members who [...]

]]> http://www.communityspark.com/dealing-with-abusive-members/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Kathie Thomas Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:53:59 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/dealing-with-abusive-members/#comment-228 Yes, I have all new members on moderation till they settle in. In my case it was a member who had been with the group for sometime and they were inciting some of the other (newer) members so that we had a flame war going - I shut the whole thing down by moderating the whole list. Some chose to leave and start their own group up. Things returned to normal a few days later and I was able to put the group back to normal mode. Yes, I have all new members on moderation till they settle in. In my case it was a member who had been with the group for sometime and they were inciting some of the other (newer) members so that we had a flame war going – I shut the whole thing down by moderating the whole list. Some chose to leave and start their own group up. Things returned to normal a few days later and I was able to put the group back to normal mode.

]]> http://www.communityspark.com/dealing-with-abusive-members/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Martin Reed Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:34:20 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/dealing-with-abusive-members/#comment-226 Hi Kathie - thanks for your post. I have placed my forums on moderator activation for new members temporarily in the past after deleting particularly persistent abusive members - this ensures they do not re-register and post abuse overnight or whilst I or my moderators are away from the forums. This is only ever used on a temporary basis though. Hi Kathie – thanks for your post. I have placed my forums on moderator activation for new members temporarily in the past after deleting particularly persistent abusive members – this ensures they do not re-register and post abuse overnight or whilst I or my moderators are away from the forums. This is only ever used on a temporary basis though.

]]> http://www.communityspark.com/dealing-with-abusive-members/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Kathie Thomas Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:50:10 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/dealing-with-abusive-members/#comment-190 Thanks for this post. Dealing with abusive members can indeed be a trial and somewhat stressful too - especially if they keep pushing their point and ignoring your requests to cease the discussion and take it offlist. Sometimes it means putting everyone in moderation mode till tempers calm down and things get back on an even keel. Thanks for this post. Dealing with abusive members can indeed be a trial and somewhat stressful too – especially if they keep pushing their point and ignoring your requests to cease the discussion and take it offlist. Sometimes it means putting everyone in moderation mode till tempers calm down and things get back on an even keel.

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