Michael

This is getting ridiculous. Ban an idiotic spamming troll and he starts under a new name the next day. I think it's time to not only require an email verification to register, but disallow using any free email services such as MSN, Yahoo, Google etc. IndyStar has this procedure to keep the trolling and spamming down. I can't even register there with my dotmac account (which is a bit much considering I pay for that account).

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desi-patsfan

i agree with you a little, but if indystar is your example of a troll free community, we definetly dont want to emulate them.

Bella*chick

Well, as long as those of us already registered under MSN wouldn't be affected, I'd have no problem with it. It seems to me, though, that people who really want to will find a way, particularly around this time of the year.

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shmessy

Excellent idea, Michael.

I enjoy it when fans of other teams come here to talk football, but some of this idiotic woofing is crowding out the football talk here.

I remember what happened to the ESPN boards in the past few years. it would be a shame if this same fate occurred to Patsfans.com.

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Mosi Moose

Has there been any discussion of a small membership fee? Something nominal, but enough that the trolls wouldn't bother registering. Just a thought. I'm sure I am not the first to bring this up.

dryheat44

No, you're not, and I fully support the idea.

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Michael

Is that true? I never go there since I can't register. Well certainly it's not fool proof, but it's just too easy now. By eliminating the use of free email accounts you can stop the same people from reregistering with a new name every day.

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T-ShirtDynasty

They're almost worse now than ever before. Totally swamped. It takes work to actually find a decent football discussion that hasn't been trampled on by trolls.

homergreg

Just offering up an observation. What would many of you do here without the Trolls? I know that a few of the type you have had recently are more irritating, posing as Patriot fans.

But I read this board a lot because it's fun to watch you all in search of trolls when the new people come and post, I enjoy the Colts on the brain posts from before too, but the troll hunts are just as enjoyable. Face it, some of you are hooked on troll meat, and maybe a couple of the posters here are cannibals, feasting on trolls here, while they are possibly a troll on another board? If you lock out the few trolls here, where will you go to get your "fix"?

It's all good though! I'm glad you all still have a great successful team to stoke your fire!

njpatsfan

A useful tool is a 10 day trial period where you can't post. Very effective against the "WE RULZ, YOU DRULZ" crowd. Usually, they can't remember what their login was after they sober up / get straight.

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