How this could have been handled by a decent Mod, thus saving the spitelikes.
[PM to Victoar] Vic, this point is tired. How about you change your posting style in this regard and edit this post to make it less combative. Your compliance would be appreciated.
The poster wouldn’t necessarily fire an abusive PM back at the mod, like some ex-mods might
Literally already discussed with him via PM.
Also, I stepped down as mod already, so not sure who you’re addressing here.
Apologies but you still have the badge, Sheriff
Oh good, better use it then.
Banned “Shitlib” for what its worth
Ah, thought that was your alt. Nevermind then.
Ill just post here what my PM would say. “Quit bitching”
I prefer to enumerate the powers that mods have at their disposal and leave it up to them as to how they use those powers. If they use those powers poorly, then we can vote on demodding them. You can refuse to vote for mods who won’t pledge to do things in the OP.
Guess that depends on whether you’ll take the suggestion or not
Is that ban within community guidelines, if you’re not a mod anymore? (even though the badge is not removed yet) FWIW, I’m a not shitlib
I didnt ban you. I literally banned some random new poster with the name “shitlib” spelled backwards sarcastically liking posts that blah blah blah blah.
Doesnt matter. Wasnt you. Just doing a good dead and stomping a troll.
OK. But I have not seen Shitlib’s offending post, can’t decide whether this is an ‘RM style’ ban and no link in the ‘mod’s action’ thread to assess whether this ban, from an ex-mod, is legit - yeah, I know I don’t really count - but that’s half the issue, I’d imagine i.e. no transparency (handle doesn’t bode well though)
Please stop.
I’d suggst you just ignore him if it upsets you so rather than some no content silencing.
I don’t think anyone here has ever seen that side of you.
It’s not just a matter of “it annoys me,” it’s that the constant nitpicking and bad-faith litigating of every single mod action is obnoxious and makes this community worse. An obvious troll gimmick catches an easy ban and now the Captains are demanding a long-form essay to explain why. Just stop with this, please.
Since we have 3 days to discuss, maybe it would be helpful to go point by point?
Anyone have issues? Wording changes? Other comments?
This whole thing feels really quixotic, but I’m your huckleberry: how would this be enforced?
Like, a bad poster gets to call someone an n-word, but only once (assuming they get a stern talking to)?
How should mods talk to drunks on a shit-posting binge?
Have you seen the n-word on UP, many times?
Do you think this answers my question?