[serious] Off Topic Moderation Input - Part 2

[loinburger]

"All hell breaking loose" would be the time that half the off-topic was banned for posting in the "if you post in this thread then you'll be banned" thread. This time only one person was banned, and the banning was about as uncontroversial as you can get.

[DaShi]

okay, i'll stop.

Damn it! Ban MikeH!

[Hauldren Collider]

Alby seems to believe I should be banned for having a DL, is this really the case? I didn't know we had a policy about DL's; I've never heard of any such rule except when you use one to get around a banning.

[loinburger]

Having a DL used to be a bannable offense, but it seems to now be included in the "who gives a ****" rules

[Elok]

Has BK whined via PM that HC hasn't been banned for breaking site rules and is a little consistency too much to ask for, yadda yadda?

[Nikolai]

This thread obviously break rule #2, #3 and #13.

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[Zoetstofzoetje]

Every single related post in the off-topìc breaks rule 12.

[Nikolai]

Does not make the situation any better.

[loinburger]

Nikolai's right - if we're going to ban people for major offenses like repeatedly threatening another poster, then we should ban people for every rule infraction no matter how minor. Somehow this will be more fair/consistent.

[Nikolai]

An infraction should be given in any case.

[loinburger]

The mods ban somebody maybe two or three times a year at most (not counting spambots), and now you want them to start banning five people a day as though this will somehow unban Ben or make what he did any less reprehensible. It makes no sense.

[Nikolai]

I feel offended by the thread. It breaks rules. Obviously something should be done from the mods' side.

[Nikolai]

Btw, please don't make a strawman argument out of this. It's just so silly.

[loinburger]

Okay, so you're being petty. Mystery solved.

[loinburger]

Btw, please don't make a strawman argument out of this. It's just so silly.

Do you approve of Ben threatening other posters? If not, then why are you white-knighting for him?