I have a few minor suggestions that just might improve things here at the BCDB Forums:
-I think that certain types of redundant threads should be locked automatically, or better yet, any thread topic that is generally considered spam should not be allowed to be posted on the forums at all. If someone wants to plug their own site or get people to sign an online petition, then they should make that message their signature. Otherwise, if this person wants to do this and this alone and not take part in any discussions, then it should be considered spam and said thread should be locked immediately. Seriously, don't leave a thread open and then get angry when people post on it.
-Also, it might not be a bad idea to give members the option to block other members. If there's someone else on the board who routinely pulls your chain (whether said chain pulling is intentional or not), them you could block that members' posts so that he/she would not be able to talk to you.
-Finally, and this is just generally, I really think that some of us here really need to make more of an effort to be civil to other members. Recent incidents here have caused me to consider stop posting on the Big Cartoon Forum entirely. I don't want to do this, but if things continue the way that they have been, then I see no other course of action to take. After all, we're never going to evolve as a species until we learn to pretend to like each other.
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Procrastinators unite....tomorrow.