# Pit threads against members should have a unique tag and should automatically close after a period of time

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**Created:** [September 15, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-threads-against-members-should-have-a-unique-tag-and-should-automatically-close-after-a-period-of-time/990169 "2023-09-15T15:48:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-threads-against-members-should-have-a-unique-tag-and-should-automatically-close-after-a-period-of-time/990169/5 "2023-09-16T09:47:21Z")

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> [@filmore](#):
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> If that member is so awful that people get to insult them for years, then they should be banned. If the admins don’t think they should be banned, then the other members should just deal with their behavior.

…adding to their running Pit thread is _how_ we “deal”.

You can look at how many people had running pit threads … and then were banned for (some pretty obvious in hindsight) egregious patterns of behaviour. IMO, many people who have had long-standing Pit threads _are_ that awful, and the admins were way too lenient, for too long with most of those trolls. I’m thinking of shodan, of SlackerInc, of Martin\_Hyde.

> [@filmore](#):
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> It takes no effort to complain about someone if they already have a Pit thread.

That’s a _good_ thing.

> [@filmore](#):
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> the effort would mean it would have to be for things that were more Pit worthy

You seriously overestimate how much effort it takes to make a new thread. It’s literally an option in the quote box.

> [@filmore](#):
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> there wouldn’t be a never-ending thread that goes on for years

Instead there’ll be hundreds of threads pitting the same troll. You think that’s better?

> [@filmore](#):
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> Another thing I think would be beneficial is to tag these Pit threads with something like ‘member-pitting’.

That’s a far more sensible suggestion

Or hey, how about _you_ just mute the whole damn Pit, since you clearly don’t like the forum (this isn’t the only complaint [you’ve made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-dope-offered-a-ban-amnesty/987371/123) about it this week). There, problem solved.

> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> And people like to complain about behavior of other members that are not ban-able offenses.

This is also a very good point.

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