So why hasn’t a mod slapped him with a temp ban?
He’s trolling as a centerist because he knows this is a lefty board. Trolling 101. He doesn’t believe any of his own nonsense.
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Unfortunately, there is no objective way to assess trolling.
Inso was swiftly contained after posting die–for-the-Dow attitudes, even though to me he seemed genuine about these shitty beliefs.
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Because those decisions are left to the community. Hence this discussion.
Is the vote for a temp ban or permanent ban?
Have we ever discussed whether there is a minimum number of votes (and/or a minimum percentage of the vote) needed for a permaban?
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I’m getting contradicting answers here. Shouldn’t a mod temp ban first and if behavior continues perma ban?
Notbruce was banned temporarily a few times and is still part of the community.
You don’t post anything like him. He’s a relentless troll who is actively trying to make this place worse. His chief characteristic is sarcasm and you’re nearly at JohnnyTruant levels of earnestness.
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NBZ was temp banned, the people revolted, and the mod who did the banning stepped down.
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Yea, the should we ban/contain posters for being relentlessly terrible people irl discussion is a different topic.
I was initially in favor of banning NBZ, but I have to say he seems to have toned down his edgelording and I now think he’s good people. Maybe I was wrong about that guy. Still not sure why chez and fuckbox haven’t been shown the door.
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I don’t understand how you are all able to so easily connect Old 2+2 screen names to UP screen names.
Yeah I can’t believe we are not getting results when the mods have no power.
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I pegged him first. (Publicly anyway.)
Should have probably kept it to myself but here we are. I also would have abstained from voting but did so to neutralize @marty’s accidental YES vote (and to see results).
Can quote the original posts but seems unnecessary.
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I’m not going to endorse “good people” just yet, but he’s changed for the better.
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We have lots of power, but we also have accountability to the community and to rules. If you want me to ban him, make a case relative to the rules we’ve ratified. We obviously should be skeptical of his good faith, but I haven’t seen a whole lot of demonstrable bad faith, although I also tend not to read his work too closely.
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Will you be a mod?
Or your scrolling ability…
Doesn’t sound like the bans are helping, honestly.
anachronistic seems to be really ramping up the trolling to get a reaction, just pure AIDS all over the George Floyd thread trying to bait people into responding.
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