Do you ever see heated arguments and grudge matches between your forum members? If so, how do you handle these tense situations? Do you penalize or warn? Do you ask forum members to avoid each other? What's the best solution?
If you don't deal with troublemakers early, they will ruin your forum and everyone will leave. That's why you need to warn or ban troublemakers when they start, not after they have driven off your best members.If you don't deal with troublemakers early, they will ruin your forum and everyone will leave. That's why you need to warn or ban troublemakers when they start, not after they have driven off your best members.
Even the best forums can become infested with argumentative people. And, sadly some people love to argue so much, even over trivial matters and won't really care if they are right or wrong as long as they can find someone to bicker with. If you love your forum, you won't let this happen.Even the best forums can become infested with argumentative people. And, sadly some people love to argue so much, even over trivial matters and won't really care if they are right or wrong as long as they can find someone to bicker with. If you love your forum, you won't let this happen.
I know of several forums where bickering is not a rare occurrence. One is a forum about music and the other is about gambling. Most of the arguments arise from theories which cannot be proven or debunked. Now I remember there is another forum about politics where the arguments are endless during the election period. It is a local forum here. But what makes me wonder is that the forum is still alive and well despite the frequent arguments and sometimes heated arguments of members presumably belonging to opposing political parties.I know of several forums where bickering is not a rare occurrence. One is a forum about music and the other is about gambling. Most of the arguments arise from theories which cannot be proven or debunked. Now I remember there is another forum about politics where the arguments are endless during the election period. It is a local forum here. But what makes me wonder is that the forum is still alive and well despite the frequent arguments and sometimes heated arguments of members presumably belonging to opposing political parties.
