More severe moderation in update threads?

[nearmiss]

Remember...

This is a company forums. 1C develops and distributes products that people actually buy. The purpose of this forums is to promote and provide some support for 1C games.

Many posters are teenagers. Teenagers aren't very adroit communicators. It is very easy for them to sidetrack, and move off topic.

Oleg is very patient, sorting through the junk postings. We all know he makes timely postings about issues he is interested to share. Usually the update threads are pretty well exhausted after the first couple days, but Oleg or Luthier do post on later days when a posting tweaks their interest.

Several times we have tried to deal with troublesome posters. The only thing misguided posters seem to respect is BAN. Banning members really makes them mad, because for the most part these members don't really connect with the reason for the ban.

Best course of action is to report postings, or send a PM to moderator. Specifically identify the troublesome member and posting of concern. Every PM we get is dealt with and frequently a troublesome member is banned temporarily or permanently.