People Sign Up just to spread hatred to your forum

[Chadook]

I've faced this problem few years ago, when someone doesn't like you or something, he signs up to your forum for the sake of destroying it by any means, how to deal with that?

 

[Moonface]

If someone joins my board solely to cause trouble, I'd ban them as soon as it was evident that is their sole intentions, regardless of whether they do it out of dislike or boredom. It's not behaviour I'd want in my community or spreading throughout it.

 

[MwsFan]

If someone joins my board solely to cause trouble, I'd ban them as soon as it was evident that is their sole intentions, regardless of whether they do it out of dislike or boredom. It's not behaviour I'd want in my community or spreading throughout it.

Same here. If it's something really bad, it's best to keep banning them till they eventually give up. Don't try to talk to them about the issue, don't even make a general conversation out of it, that's how they gain attention, and by showing them that you're angry will only encourage the behavior. I learned this lesson the hard way almost four years ago, now.

 

[Graffiti]

I don't like people who do this, I've had a similar problem a long time ago when I used to run another forum. These people are just scum.

 

[DearSweetAru]

I have had that problem years ago and it really sucked, because originally me and the guy were really close friends. However, favortism solves nothing in the workplace or on a forum.

As others stated, once you find solid evidence it is the person who seeks to cause havoc, evidence the person plans to provoke chaos, etc. ban them immediately.

For my instance, I gave the guy THREE tries. After several months I even told him to try being a member with a new username, only for him to do it all over again. So, definitely keep on your toes and don't let that sort of stuff fly. It's not good for the loyal members you have and definitely not good for a healthy forum.

 

[Ziveeman]

Ban them and consider IP banning them if I anticipate them coming back.

 

[kfander]

If I have reason to believe that someone has joined the forum for the sole purpose of doing harm to it, then I wouldn't hesitate to ban the user and his IP, as I do those who come only to spam. Otherwise, I am far more inclined to try to bring problem members into conversation; even when I am not successful, I think this leaves a good feel for the rest of the membership.

 

[Forces of Steel]

...and they get booted!