Forum is not balanced - Page 6

Originally posted by: MochaQueen

Vijay would never be okay with me, his favourite member, deactivating and leaving this forum after 19 years. Try again.

I asked Vijay to delete my account-and he wouldn't.

So rethink on fav member.. that's moi.

Originally posted by: Shwetha02

MIDs are created in spit of anger. By the time they answer these questions & submit the answers Mods can review the ID whether they are genuine member or not.

But dont you think some MIDs will still do the questionnaire just to come back on the forum when their previous ID is banned, like FOD for example or driven? There are some MIDs which stay here for a long time and don't just come here for a day to create chaos. This might help tone down the mIDs but I don't think it would get rid of them completely.

Then there might also be some genuine members who get put off by the questions and change their mind. I don't think our admin ji would be okay with decreasing his forum traffic. Isn't there an easier and more permanent solution like the phone number one except something which wouldn't be so personal?

Can't they block proxys and allow only one account to be made under every IP address?

Originally posted by: FingerFetish

Thank you lovely ❤️

Mids are usually made in the heat of the moment, so they can contribute to a heated thread by bashing members. Sometimes it takes 24 hours for the mods to notice the thread and take action. If every new member is forced to answer an online questionnaire and wait a whole 24 hours or more until responses are reviewed, by then the thread is usually locked by mods.

What if people answer those questions beforehand and keep many ids ready in advance to use at opportune moment? Even 10 days waiting period before posting abilities can easily be bypassed that way.

Originally posted by: vijay

Well just want to say that we are currently just brainstorming ideas and it should not be considered as final.

Of course we can brain storm amd come up with things which hopefully may get implemented.

It depends what fits within your administrative parameters for the site and software.

But I will get back to you by pm.om certain other suggestions and things.

Originally posted by: FingerFetish

All sorts of random questions

• Why do you want to join the forum?
• How do you plan on contributing to the activity of the forum?
• Which part of the forum do you plan on spending time in?
• How did you find out about India Forums?
• Name your favourite Indian TV show. Why do you like the show?
• What’s your favourite Bollywood movie?
• Name a favourite book and explain what you liked about it
• Why is SRK the best? (lmfao)
• Do you pledge to be a proud Boobian and hail Lord Bobby as your saviour?

I’d imbed the music video of Meri Khayalon Ki Malika from Josh and would ask questions based on that.

• How did that video make you feel?
• On a scale of 1 to 10, how much does the video bother you? (1 being not at all and 10 being bone-crippling rage)

Blah blah

Originally posted by: vijay

However, it can be an optional feature which gets you some sort of "verified" badge that this person has validated their phone and also get some extra features.

That would be good. Coz I surely will not give my phone number.

Originally posted by: AlbeliKali

Why targeting newbies only?

Strict action should be taken over the socalled old members as well, especially the toxic fan groups who attacks in groups, bully people, manipulate the moderators and force them to do whatever they desire (banning members, making them deleting legit threads and posts against their laadlay stars) while they are the one who needs to be banned for their bullying, group badmaashi, manipulations, and using various tactics to rile up members without using crass language... that in my opinion is the WORST thing compared to anything else

Those members have an identity. They can get Wls.

There's a difference.

Mids are causing at least 70%off the trouble

Originally posted by: carisma2

Thanks for responding.

I have a lot of proposals. I will send them via PM by tmrw Evening.

One thing I'll say here is that do not let newbies join without providing a phone number. Which wouldn't be available to mods to see but just yourselves.

All existing members should provide a phone number too. Verification should also be done to that number by sending a code.

Some may think it's extreme, but there is genuine concern, a lot of IF members are socially networking off IF. Unfortunately, people are taking info shared off there and sharing it on IF via MIDs. So yes we are at a place where we need to take extra precautions.

Regarding everything else, I want to suggest.. I'll send it via PM. I'll copy Jayshree in too.

I've been admin/Global mod in forums, so there are a number of ideas I have.

I am not giving anyone my phone number

Originally posted by: FingerFetish

Create an online questionnaire that takes 10-15 minutes to fill out for all new members. Once the form is submitted, the request should be pending for 24 hours and reviewed by mods. Cross-check all answers then approve or decline request.

+1

And don't let them interact or say, the account should be put on hibernation mode within minutes of creation and could be used after 7 days