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Posted 09 July 2015 - 05:36 PM
Lacroix, on 09 Jul 2015 - 1:31 PM, said:
fair enough, i might not agree with everything you said but i ll refrain from debating anything of this nature in the future,its just too draining and leads nowhere
I wise assessment. We've heard this all before, more times than I can possibly count. We moderate with a light, but firmly guided hand. Which most people appreciate since the alternative forums tend to be ugly places to visit. For all the activity here there are few threads locked and only a few people banned. I'd say I've probably banned less than 75 non-SPAMer individuals in 17 years. That is less than one quarter of one percent of all the people registered on this Forum. A forum moderated by a Fascist type attitude would not have such a track record.
Steve"
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Funny stuff.
Assuming the stats provided by the interested party are correct...
Suspending is not banning.
Threatening suspension and/or banning, especially when done (and not done) in a very selective manner, is not banning.
Cowing into silence, directly and/or by not moderating your friends with the same "light, but firmly guided hand" is not banning.
People punting out of the forum because of the way it has been run for a decade or so is not banning.
Moderating differently between people based on the substance of what they post is not banning.
Initiating special investigations for violation of other forum rules against people whose posts you don't like and not others is not banning.
Does anyone really think that Steve and company's handling of their forum is remotely similar to this one when run by Geordie and others? If so have another sip of Kool Aide.