Want to expand site traffic and combat trolls? Here is a potential good compromise.
- Give good, established mods, such as yourself and reinscarf ban powers. That's at least three credible people with permaban powers. That way @Houston911 isn't doing all the work himself.
- Expand the amount of mods. Previous POTY winners are potentially good candidates. These mods wouldn't be able to ban posters but they could at the least bush posters. I think @Gold and @Booksnrain are excellent candidates for this category. They are responsible, unbiased, and consistent posters. Regardless, I think at least one female poster of this category is a good idea, lest we become a woman hating echo chamber.
- Experiment with this new form of moderation for a month or more. Even if we isolate it to TLR. Determining whether or not to expand it to other forums is TBD.
- If successful, open registration again. This time we have expanded, well equipped moderation able to deal with the influx of inevitable trolls, cacs, and others.
As an addendum, the idea of a verified tag and ability to lock threads to only verified users (regardless of ethnicity/race) could go a long way. I'm done with this digital blackface, it ruins discourse.
Right now mods don't have the tools and manpower needed to handle a potential influx of trolls. This is the only way to get traffic up and not have the website commit seppuku in doing so.
Who do we need to talk to even get this conversation going or idea rolling? Do we need a poll? A petition?
Because TLR is going to shyt. We have 'Black' people hating (actual) Black people.