... only if creating it doesn't detract from time that might be spent on more important features. Deterring the occasional cretin doesn't seem worth much to me.

To the extent that good information is still good months or years from now (and to the extent that Super Search has proven well worth the effort to set it up), I think there's more at issue than just the short-term goal of coping with jerks while they are in our face. Having an easier, less drastic means for skipping the noise would yield a lasting benefit.

And it's not just a question of nodes posted by trolls; it's also the responses they get, whether well-intentioned and constructive or spiteful and vindictive, that have nothing to do with Perl or the given thread topic.

I think the <ignore> tag by itself (without the special NodeReaper protocol) would be handy in any case, but I can't hazard a guess as to the effort required to set it up, and maybe that's not so much better than <strike> tags as to be worthwhile. Just an idea...

In reply to Re^2: Requesting a new tag for PM posts by graff
in thread Requesting a new tag for PM posts by graff

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