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Are there any good moderated forums for bitcoin that people can recommend?  I don't really like the thought of someone having that kind of control over forum postings, but this forum has degenerated to the point where I think such a forum is an unfortunate necessity.  And, btw, this kind of thing is not unique to bitcoin.  Almost every community that achieves some degree of popularity has to take such steps at some point.  I would also recommend shutting this forum down (an action that I think, while unfortunate, is probably in the best interest of bitcoin).

Have you thought of just using the ignore function.

Have you thought of just using the ignore function. Not sure how it works, but whether you can ignore a whole thread or a particular user, that would work nicely. It would be sad to see you guys leave, you're among those doing really good work for Bitcoin.

However, the best solution I've seen is a voting system (like Reddit), where trolls get down-voted and effectively ignored.

I don't need tools to ignore certain people or threads, I just do.  I just want a place where I can engage in serious discussion about bitcoin without having to wade through pages and pages of people's personal quarrels and other nonsense.  I also want a forum where people new to bitcoin can land and not be completely turned off by such nonsense.  I suggested shutting down this forum not because I'm against having unmoderated forums, but because this is the oldest and hence most popular bitcoin forum.  And in my opinion this forum is no longer deserving of being the place where people are first introduced to bitcoin discussion topics.  I'm sure another unmoderated forum will be started in short order and it can stand on its own merits.

I think free speech goes hand-in-hand with the Bitcoin philosophy and places like Reddit turn into circle-jerks where only the popular opinions ever get seen and anyone expressing a contrary opinion is effectively silenced via downvotes.

Apparently freedom is a great concept until it becomes a minor inconvenience, right?

There is plenty of free market demand for well moderated forums.  Freedom of speech is not an obligation for others to listen.

You could go to tweetforum where you get PAID BITCOINS to be part of a REAL community.

0.25 BTC per every 100 posts

http://tweetforum.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-paid-to-post-program/
http://tweetforum.com/bitcoin/
http://twitter.com/bitcoinforum

You and three Twitter-repost bots copy-pasting AP articles and UFO conspiracy theory blogs sure is one hell of a 'community'

You and three Twitter-repost bots copy-pasting AP articles and UFO conspiracy theory blogs sure is one hell of a 'community'

Ignored. Just so you know you really blew your chance in this community (and mine if I ever catch you at TF).

I could not pass it by and not shamelessly plug this:

https://bitcoin.org.uk/ is a up and coming collaboration platform for everything related to "block chain and proof of work" technologies,  naturally including Bitcoin.

We are on the first page for google's "bitcoin forums" already and moving up. What's more important is that my goal here is to get a business friendly board going and it will be moderated. It is also a full featured advanced forum platform already and more improvements and clean up is being worked on.

  For example, you could get your own subforum(s) here (PM me) and be able to moderate your subforums as you see fit. There are also plans to come up with while label setup eventually and possibly even with openAuth/openID API to enable even deeper integration with participating businesses. We already support twitter auth. You can see, for example, how MMC pool is using it at the moment at https://bitcoin.org.uk/mmc and https://mining.mainframe.nl/forum .

Kind Regards,
Vladimir.

(and mine if I ever catch you at TF).

Are there any good moderated forums for bitcoin that people can recommend?  I don't really like the thought of someone having that kind of control over forum postings, but this forum has degenerated to the point where I think such a forum is an unfortunate necessity.  And, btw, this kind of thing is not unique to bitcoin.  Almost every community that achieves some degree of popularity has to take such steps at some point.  I would also recommend shutting this forum down (an action that I think, while unfortunate, is probably in the best interest of bitcoin).

Yes, because everyone loves being moderated.

You belong in 1984.

While very few people like it when moderation is done to them, very many people prefer it when moderation is done for them.

Until a moderator comes along that doesn't like your particular point of view and uses the banhammer to silence your voice.

Yes, yes, the market will correct itself eventually, but why go through that in the first place? It just seems like people here don't like to see anything that is contrary to their worldview. The Bruce situation is wrong with the accusation of pedophilia, but it is very justified in questioning his decision making and heavy handedness when it comes to the location he chose.

Its easier than that. You can moderate by not allowing coments claiming something without proof or citation, and even more important not allowing personal attacks (unless they can clearly proof what they are saying about the other forum member is true).

With those two clear rules you can get quite a good forum without having to limit the range of ideas someone can express.

Its easier than that. You can moderate by not allowing coments claiming something without proof or citation, and even more important not allowing personal attacks (unless they can clearly proof what they are saying about the other forum member is true).

Yes, because everyone loves being moderated.

You belong in 1984.

The citations of Bruce's own words have been shown multiple times.  What further proof would you like, exactly?

I have to say, if it wasn't for the fact that there is actual evidence behind these accusations, I'd be supporting the deletion argument right now. However, I also don't think this would have become an issue if there wasn't evidence, so the point is moot.

The Bitcoin stack exchange site has just begun the private beta stage.
http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com (http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com)

Looks like it's only open to the original committers currently but will be open as a public beta from Tuesday, September 6.

I think it could be a good alternative to this forum and only host Bitcoin related topics without the other nonsense.

Apparently freedom is a great concept until it becomes a minor inconvenience, right?

Until a moderator comes along that doesn't like your particular point of view and uses the banhammer to silence your voice.

I'm actually permbanned from an IRC network I used for quite literally less than five minutes. Someone asked a question in a channel, and I knew the answer. Thanks to lag, I answered about simultaneously with an IRCop. We had different answers. He informed the channel I was wrong, but I had included a link in case anyone wanted more information.

When everyone said, "Um, actually, the people who make the equipment and posted the reference manual he just linked seem to agree with him..."

And off I go, with "People who make me look bad aren't welcome here" as the kill message. He actually banned my entire state on that ISP -- and the ban's still there five years later. (Along with like five users on a good day, from what I'm told.)

That is the main reason why the Moderation team here can't directly ban anyone. All bans have to be reviewed.

Let's just plug our ears and whistle "Dixie" while our entire currency is taken over by scammers, con-artists, and worse.  That's the best plan, just pretend it's not even an issue and it'll go away! ::)