After putting a few folks on ignore reading this thread got a little easier but having to do so made me question a couple things.
Why does riu let people just troll. Plenty of people I could name that don't positively contribute to the community, only negatively.... and I only surf the strains section lol.
Got "mr. Let me post pictures of plants from 'seeds I made' even if it's not relevant", lg2k/strainwyze/whatever other accounts he has, ky man posting unintelligible mumbo jumbo drunk off his ass trying to buy seeds direct from breeders on the forum, plenty of people taking digs at other users/breeders that cross the line as well.... just too stoned to think of them atm.
I'm sure that at least the people I mentioned are ignored by a large number of users. If a sizable chunk of the community doesn't deem a user's posts as valuable enough to just scroll past, they get ignored, why are they still posting/not shadow banned?
I'm sure that opens a can of worms, especially given the political discourse... people would rather have echo chambers than deal with the reality that their opinions aren't necessarily everyone else's.
Tldr: if this place was moderated like other, non marijuana, forums it'd be a better spot. Shadow ban the mentally ill, trolls and drunks.
