[spodbox]

No, the best practice for newcomers to a board is to read enough to identify who are trolls and who are actually civil. Then, once identified, newcomers can just skip over trolls' posts. That's exactly what I do.

This could be facilitated by the admins by including the number of abuse complaints (or different abuse complainers) right next to every poster's name. It doesn't resctrict anyone in a any way, but it does help identify who is a habitual flamer and who isn't.

[CWOJackson]

That's kind of what happens at the ballot box. Voters look over the parties, platforms and positions and make their decisions. And we've seen where that's be going lately.