Do you use warning system?

[The Raven]

I recall when I was a teenager, all forums had this cool feature (and still do depending on admin) called warning system. One would have a bar under number of posts or whatever which indicates either in percentage or by image how much warnings a member has. Depending on the strike, the percentage will rise until it reaches 100 which causes a member to get ban.

Ban can be permanent or for a few days. But, the positive thing is that warning percentage reduces over time so that a member don't have to worry on being banned when he became good.

Do you use this type of preventing members to make problems or you find it obsolete?

 

[Dismal_Bliss]

Yes, we use the warning system. But only you and the staff can see your warnings. It's not something that is displayed for all to see.

 

[Jason]

I don't in the case of spambots or extreme spammers. In that case, it's very obvious they're just coming to ruin your site, nothing else, so a disabled account on first strike is used.

 

[Aaron]

I haven't needed to on my forum yet but I can if you want @The Raven

 

[Ravenfreak]

I never use the warning system myself, I just usually got by a three strike rule unless the member has broken a severe rule. I have seen a few forums use this system and keep it public, for example Forumotion I believe does this.

 

[Paul]

Can't say I've ever used it.

 

[Uncrowned]

I have a warning system in place, but so far so good and not really needing it as most issues are spam related.

 

[Reverie]

I think warning systems are good to have, but what I found the most important is User Notes! This allows for us to have a log communicating and it is easier to read in my opinion. I've previously had a "Warn Log" in the staff area as well so the staff were aware of warnings/multiple warnings.

 

[Empire]

Yes, but I don't ahve to use it that often never and so that's been very good in terms of that That being said I did for the first year with IPS with some idiots but that was a long time ago.

8 warnings points and you are all out with an ban - that if you get eight

 

[Arantor]

I used to use the warning system to deal with simpler things that could be basically boiled down to admin overhead.

E.g. a member with an annoying signature, issue one of the warning templates to remove the signature from public view until the member edits it, and if they do it repeatedly, remove the power permanently for them.

Wedge was ahead of its time.

 

[Joeychgo]

Short answer, no. It's too difficult to put everything into a black and white scenario.

 

[Cory]

I've never had to. I don't think I've had many users break the rules over the years. I've had to ban two users for coming to the forum just to post a spam advertisement and then leave, other than that the users of my forum have been well-behaved.

 

[Darth Cognus]

You don't really need this unless you're operating at a scale where a personal touch and manually tracking problem users becomes too much for the forum to moderate smoothly. Then, a built in warning system (and user notes, etc) is a nice way to indicate chances given which can be easily standardized with a wide staff team. Paired with a decent rules structure and the agency to bypass in case of spam or extreme incidents, it can be essential. In any case consistent application is key, as well as the ability to handle lawyering...

 

[Kennysplash]

That can have a negative effect on your forum. Anyone spamming should not be issued a warning point but a direct ban.