[quote=@Izurich]
You remove the status bar, they’ll find other avenues for trolling, such as posting “venting” threads, are we going to remove the ability to post threads too?
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Vent threads are banned FYI.

But a venting thread is like a poster, where a status bar is more like a chat overlay in an MMO that has no permanent off button. I can ignore a poster easily enough. A chat overlay on the other hand pushes anything interesting off the front page as soon as a flame war breaks out. I don't find them similar at all.

[quote=@Kuro]
—and this would require Mahz to show up again—
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Yea, which is why I think defaulting to hidden would be for the best, because anything beyond that is going to require Mahz to look over the code. Hell, even that might be beyond the capabilities of the mod team. But I'm more looking for people's opinions than a fix.