If a user is not following the forum rules and is constantly posting comments of low quality, using offensive language or spamming the site in other ways, you can send him/her a negative vote. When a user gets enough negative votes his/her number of speech bubbles will decrease limiting the users posting abilities on the site.

         

How does this work?N4G uses a unique comment system to keep the comment area spam free and to reduce flamewars which is a common problem on internet forums. All new members are given 5 speech bubble containers that will be visible on all posts. A member with 5 speech bubble containers is allowed to post a maximum of 5 comments per news article. As comments are made the speech bubbles will turn yellow, representing how many comments a member has made per news post. Members who post comments of low quality or ignore the forum rules will risk having their comment limit reduced, while members who receive positive feedback from other members and makes useful and interesting comments will be granted more speech bubble containers. This system has greatly improved the quality of the posts since people only have a certain number of turns to speak, encouraging them to put more thought behind their comments. The amount of speech bubbles you get is decided by the number of positive and negative votes you get from other members.