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25 Apr 2020, 1:45 pm

I didn't know Goldfish and Ezra got banned?

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25 Apr 2020, 1:49 pm

I knew Ezra had been banned (last night our time) haven’t heard anything about same for goldfish: has that happened in the last hour then?

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25 Apr 2020, 2:30 pm

ezra got the same 6 month ban that goldfish recently returned from. an eye for an eye

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25 Apr 2020, 5:29 pm

Why did Goldfish get banned exactly? I've been looking in his recent threads out of interest and I haven't seen anything overly offensive, unless mods deleted some of his posts.

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25 Apr 2020, 6:39 pm

Ignoring personal attacks is a wise choice, as Karamazov said. We are all, by definition, impaired in our ability to communicate.

Amity is correct that we would do better if we could participate in self-governance.

Some people have not learned to self-modulate. Ignoring outbursts is the fastest way to have things settle down. Responding to outbursts is a good tool if you want to ratchet it up. Reporting serious violations of the rules, using the report function, may be a better way to address the problem.

Mods are volunteers and have a tough job. We need to thank them for what they do and not jump all over them because you think a decision was in error, or influenced by point of view. So are we all. They are autists too and do the best they can. If you damn the mods, you endanger the structure. Who is moderating the mods? I believe they consult with each other when there are serious issues.

There are two things I noticed. 1) some posters leave the topic to attack another poster. These people remind me of six year olds. I see temporary bans as sending them to "time out." 2) some people want to pound over and over the very same point of view. This isn't against the rules, but it's boring and it prevents others from having an actual discussion, listening to the "other side" and learning from each other.

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25 Apr 2020, 8:39 pm

Joe90 wrote:

Why did Goldfish get banned exactly? I've been looking in his recent threads out of interest and I haven't seen anything overly offensive, unless mods deleted some of his posts.

goldfish said he got banned for ageism

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25 Apr 2020, 8:46 pm

Pepe wrote:

Magna wrote:

This thread sparked a good point in regard to PPR. Naturally titled, Politics, Philosophy and Religion is a thread created to discuss those topics. Discuss. Is it a thread created for any member of any ideology to ramrod, hammer and incessantly pound a specific issue or issues ad nauseum knowing full well their fixation is incendiary and is meant to be so? It's devolved into that.

Picture a face to face group with a very small number of attendees who bullhorn their agenda constantly. There are two options for that group: 1) ask/tell the person to moderate their obsessiveness. 2) Everyone else walks out of that group to get away from the noise and the person/people "win" (win what exactly? Who knows. Bully for them I guess.).

Or:
3) Ignore the posts/poster.
I prefer "3".
I have a problem with "unreasonable" censorship, btw.

#3 is good advice. Becoming proficient at ghosting those I find egregious will allow me to continue to participate as I desire in threads I want to contribute to.

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26 Apr 2020, 12:01 am

lliam420 wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

Why did Goldfish get banned exactly? I've been looking in his recent threads out of interest and I haven't seen anything overly offensive, unless mods deleted some of his posts.

goldfish said he got banned for ageism

I thought the OP meant Goldfish was banned again, which was why I got confused when I saw that Goldfish was active 20 minutes ago. My mistake. :oops:

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26 Apr 2020, 1:27 am

Joe90 wrote:

lliam420 wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

Why did Goldfish get banned exactly? I've been looking in his recent threads out of interest and I haven't seen anything overly offensive, unless mods deleted some of his posts.

goldfish said he got banned for ageism

I thought the OP meant Goldfish was banned again, which was why I got confused when I saw that Goldfish was active 20 minutes ago. My mistake. :oops:

Fishman escaped the net.
Report this to the "Department of Agriculture and Fisheries". :fish:

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26 Apr 2020, 1:29 am

blazingstar wrote:

Ignoring personal attacks is a wise choice, as Karamazov said.

Scuse me!

It was I, the Pepe, who said it.

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26 Apr 2020, 3:07 am

Pepe wrote:

blazingstar wrote:

Ignoring personal attacks is a wise choice, as Karamazov said.

Scuse me!

It was I, the Pepe, who said it.

Yeah, it was indeed.
I chimed in in agreement underneath, and gave a few anonymised details-free examples of types of posts I’ve chosen not to respond to.
Thought a slightly more concrete elaboration of your point might be a worthwhile addition to the conversation.

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26 Apr 2020, 3:30 am

Karamazov wrote:

Pepe wrote:

blazingstar wrote:

Ignoring personal attacks is a wise choice, as Karamazov said.

Scuse me!

It was I, the Pepe, who said it.

bet i can guess who flamed you within 3 tries

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26 Apr 2020, 4:08 am

Karamazov wrote:

Pepe wrote:

blazingstar wrote:

Ignoring personal attacks is a wise choice, as Karamazov said.

Scuse me!

It was I, the Pepe, who said it.

Yes, yes, Pepe is a wonderful ...muse :mrgreen:

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26 Apr 2020, 4:48 am

Amity wrote:

Karamazov wrote:

Pepe wrote:

blazingstar wrote:

Ignoring personal attacks is a wise choice, as Karamazov said.

Scuse me!

It was I, the Pepe, who said it.

Yes, yes, Pepe is a wonderful ...muse :mrgreen:

Nice of you to notice.

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26 Apr 2020, 7:45 am

Pepe wrote:

blazingstar wrote:

Ignoring personal attacks is a wise choice, as Karamazov said.

Scuse me!

It was I, the Pepe, who said it.

My apologies, Pepe. It was good advice. Thank you.

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26 Apr 2020, 8:45 am

gotta be careful who you talk to. everyone in this thread is safe. others go off on you

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